PL ex „ cor. 
26. SOLANtLE. 87. Atropa. 331 
Belladonna, Raii Syn. 265, 1. 
Solanum lethale, Ger. em. 340 ; Park. 346. 
Atropa Belladonna, Lin. S. P. 360. 
Atropa lethalis, Salisb. Prod. 132. 
Belladonna trichotoma, Moench. Meth. 179. 
Chalky ruins; perennial; July. 
Rhizoma creeping, fleshy; stem erect, 2-forked, downy; 
leaves lateral, in pairs, dark green ; flowers lateral, solitary, 
peduncled, drooping, dark-violet ; calyx viscous ; anthers 
white;; berry blackish, shining. — Leaves externally applied 
with advantage to tumours of the breasts, even if cancerous; 
applied to the eye it causes a dilatation of the pupil, and 
affects it for some time, so that it will not contract even in 
the strongest light. A poultice of the roots boiled in milk 
cures hard, ill-conditioned tumours and ulcers. Juice of 
the ripe berries is poisonous, and has frequently been fatal 
to children ; it also stains paper of a durable purple. 
VI. 88. DULCAMARA. Dodonseus. Bitter-sweet. 
Calyx 5-parted; corolla rotate, 5-parted; lobes equal, 
reflected, with 2 green spots at the base of each ; stamens 5 ; 
anthers oblong, soldered together; opening at the tip with 
2 pores ; stigma simple ; berry ovate, shining, 2-celled, 
many-seeded; seeds smooths — Stem shrubby; leaves lobed 
or sinuate; flowers corymbose, opposite to the leaves. 
Dulcamara flexuosa. Bending bitter-sweet. 
Stem flexuous; leaves bald, ovate, heartshape; upper 
leaves lobed, eared. 
Solanum lignosum, sen Dulcamara, Raii Syn. 265, 1 $ Park. 350, 
Amara dulcis, Ger. em. 350. 
Solanum Dulcamara, Lin. S. P. 264. 
Dulcamara flexuosa, Moench. Meth. 514. 
Woody nightshade. Bitter-sweet. 
Damp hedges; shrubby; June and July. 
Root woody; stem branched; leaves petioled, alternate, 
not cut, bald; corymbus opposite or terminal, drooping; 
flowers violet, flesh-colour, or rarely white. — Root smells 
like potatoes: twigs in infusion highly esteemed as a resto- 
rative and alterative, far superior to China or sarsaparilla. 
Two drms. of the sliced dry twigs infused in a pint of hot 
water for half an hour, then boiled for 15 min. dose two 
cupfulls, morn and even. Useful in acute rheumatism, in- 
flammatory diseases, fevers, suppression of the lochise, 
asthma, scurvy, and lues venerea. 
