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found in hedgerows growing alongside blackberries. Although 
the flowers and berries so much resemble those of the Potato, it 
is interesting to notice how widely two plants belonging to the 
No. 28. {SoLANUM MA(iLi.\— Flowers and Foliage. 
Fig. 54. 
same genus may differ. Indeed, the genus includes a number of 
extremely variable plants, and contains, probably, more species 
tlian any other ^'onus of flowering plants, there being upwards 
of 700 Solanuiiis, of wbicli only six kinds are tuber-bearing. 
