PENTANDRIA, MONOGYNIA. 109 



102. SOLANUM. Gen. pi. 337. (Solancx.) 



Calix 5-cleft, persistent. Corolla rotate, or 

 eampannlate, 5-lobed, plaited. Anthers part- 

 ly united, emitting the pollen by two pores 

 at the point. Bvmj 2-celled, many-seeded. 



— Xutt. 



1. S. stem fruticose, scandent : leaves cordate, the dulcamara. 



upper ones auriculated or hastate ; clusters cy- 



mose. 



Icon. Fl. Dan. 607. Eng. bot. 565. Woodville's 

 Med. Bot. t. 33. 



Dulcamara. Bitter-sweet. Woody Nightshade. 



Very common in gardens, but also naturalized in a few vici- 

 nal localities- Flowers deep purple, with the tube of anthers 

 forming a yellow centre ; berries red. Dulcamara has obtained 

 a place in the dispensatories of Europe, for its medicinal vir- 

 tues. It is much esteemed in cutaneous affections. In willow 

 hedges on the road to Gloucester Point, and in hedges near 

 Germantown and Frankford. Rare. Perennial. July. 



2. S. stem without thorns, herbaceous ; leaves ovate, nigrum, 

 toothed, angled ; racemes distichous, nodding. — /3 v " , s«nfcu 

 Sp. PL 



Icon. Dill. elth. t. 275. f. 256. (Pursh.) 



m. 



Deadly Nightshade. 



A very ugly plant, found growing near the gutters of the 

 suburb streets, near rubbish, and in cultivated grounds. Com- 

 mon. Annual. All summer. 



3. S. stem prickly, annual ; leaves hastate, angled, caroiinense. 

 prickly on both sides ; racemes loose. — Sp. PI. 

 Icon. D'kll. elth. 269. f. 348. Tacq. ic. 2. t. 331. 

 (Pursh.) 



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