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bright red Colour, and growing in 

 long Bunches, they make a fine Ap- 

 pearance. Thefe Plants will abide 

 feveral Years, and produce plenty of 

 Flowers and Fruit : but they mould 

 conftantly remain in Shelter; for if 

 they are expofed in Summer, they 

 will lofe their large Leaves, and ap- 

 pear (tinted ; nor will the Fruit con- 

 tinue on the Plants ; fo that the beft 

 way is, to let them remain always 

 in the Stove, giving them a large 

 Share of Air in Summer, which will 

 keep them in Vigour, and, render 

 them beautiful. 



The Fruit of thefe Plants afford 

 a fine red Colour, whenbruifed; but 

 it foon fades on Paper ; which ren- 

 ders it worth little. If a Quantity 

 of thefe Fruit is fqueez'd into a 

 Glafs of fair Water, fo as to colour 

 the Water of a deep red, and a Stem 

 ©f Flowers of the Tuberofe put into 

 the Glafs, it will in one Night im- 

 bibe fo much of the Liquor, as to 

 variegate the Flowers with a Rofe- 

 colour. 



SOLANUM, Nightihade. 

 The Characters are ; 



The Flower confifts of one Leaf 

 which is divided into five Parts, and 

 expands in form of a Star : from the 

 Flower-cup rifes the Pointal, which 

 afterward becomes a routed or oval 

 foft fu ecu lent Fruit, containing ?nc.ny 

 fat Seeds in each. 

 The Species are ; 



1. Solanum ojf.cinarum, acinis 

 mgricantibus. C. B. P. Common 

 [Nightihade of the Shops, with black 

 Fruit. 



2. Solanum of. civ arum, acinis 

 puniceis. C. B. P. Nightfnade with 

 red Fruit. 



3. Solanum cficinarum, acinis 

 lutein. CB. P. Nightihade with 

 yellow Fruit. 



4. Solanum fcandt ns, feu du ka - 



s o 



mard. C. B. P. Perennial climb*, 

 ing Nightihade, commonly called 

 Bitter-fweet. 



5. Solanum/Ww, feu dulca- 

 mara, fore albo. C. B. P. Peren- 

 nial climbing Nightihade, with a 

 white Flower. 



6. Solanum [can dens, foliis va - 

 riegatis. H. R. Par, Perennial 

 climbing Nightihade, with variega- 

 ted Leaves. 



7. Solanum fruticofum baccife- 

 rum. C. B P. Shrubby berry-bear- 

 ing Nightihade, commonly called 

 Amomum Plinii. 



8. Solanum Guineenfe,fruclu ma- 

 gna injlar ceraft nigerrimo umbellato, 

 Boerh. lnd. Nightihade from Gut- 

 ney, with large Fruit, refembling 

 black Cherries, which grow in an 

 Umbel. 



9. Solanum fpiniferumfiutefcens, 

 fpinis igneis, Americanum. Pluk. Phyt. 

 Shrubby and thorny^«mVa»Night- 

 fhade, with fire-colour'd Thorns. 



10. Solanum fpinofum, maxime 

 tomentofmn. Bocc. Rar. Plant. Thor- 

 ny Nightihade, very much covered 

 with a Wool or Down. 



11. Solanum Americanum fpi?io- 

 fum,fcliis melonge>nce, frudu mammo- 

 fo. D. Lig. Toum. Thorny Ame- 

 rican Nightihade, with Leaves like 

 thofe of Mad-apple, and a Fruit 

 lhaped like an inverted Pear, com- 

 monly called in Barbados Bachelors- 

 pear. 



12. Solanum pomiferum frute~ 

 feens Africanum fpinofum nigricans, 

 fore boraginis, foliis profunde lacini- 

 atis. H. L. Shrubby African ap- 

 pie-bearing Nightihade, with black 

 Thorns, a Flower like Borage, and 

 deeply jagged Leaves ; commonly 

 called Pomum Amoris. 



13. Sola"num Americanum fpino- 

 fum herbaceum, acanthi folio, fore 

 amplo ceeruleo. Houft. Prickly her- 

 baceous 



