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umbels, of a beautiful purple, fometimes white : 
The berries are oval, and of a fcarlet colour ; the 
ftalks long, fmall, and woody, wreathing round 
the neigiibouring bufhes. It flowers in June and 
July- _ _ ; 
Bitter -fweet is commended for the dropfey, jaundice, and j 
king’s evil. This plant is much ufed in Weftmoreland ; they, j, 
after having fcraped the bark off the ftalks, boil about an ounce : 
of them in ale, and give it to women in child-bed, to helpjj 
the fwelling of their breafts. ' 
2. Solanum lignofum feu 'Dulcamara marina^ RJ 
265. Sea Bitter- fweet, or Woody Nightfhade. 
3. Solayium tuherofum efculenium^ R. 265. Batta-- . 
■ tas, or Potatoes. Cultivated in the fields. 
* 4. Solanum vulgar e^ R. 265, P. 346. horten-^\ 
fe, G. 268. hacciferum I. feu offcinarum^ C. i66.ij 
Common Nightfhade. On dunghills, and among i 
rubbifh : The ilalks are neither woody, nor winding : i 
The leaves are pointed, and waved about the edges j It 
the flowers white ; the berries, firfl of an Olive green, it 
afterwards black. It flowers in July^ Augufi^ and 1 
September *, and the fruit is ripe in September and Oc- d 
tober. 
The leaves and berries are ufed, and are good for all kinds of 
inflammations and hoc fvveliings ; as alfo for burns and fcalds. 
Belladonna, Deadly Nightfhade. The flower is i 
monopetalous, and cut into feveral fegments ; i 
ftriated, of a dull purplifh colour within, and, . i ^ 
at the bottom, of a changeable yellow : They f , 
are fucceeded by berries, when ripe, of a flii- ' 
ning black, and full of purple juice : The leaves / 
are large, of a dark green on the upper fide, and . 
a light underneath. We have but one fpecies of 
this plant, viz» ' ' 
* Belladonna^ R. 265. Solanum lethale^ P. 346, 
G. 269. melanocerafos^ C. 166. Deadly Night- 
fliade, Dwale. Beiide Furnace abbey, in Lanca- 
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