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and glossy with a peculiar heavy odour. The flowers are 

 bell-shaped and purple in colour ; the fruit is a berry of 

 brilliant black colour, about as large as a cherry. 



Another member of the order, the Bitter-sweet, Solanum 



■'"" ' Fig. 46. — The HeTi.ha.ne [Hyoscyanius niger). 



Dulcamara (Fig. 45), grows in hedges, scrambling among 

 the twigs. The plant has a long slender stem, bearing 

 leaves with ear-like appendages and long cymes of purple 

 flowers. The yellow anthers project in cone-like fashion 



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