PENTANDRIA, MONOGYNIA. 
102. SOLANUM. Gen. pi. 337. (Solanex.) 
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Calix 5-cleft, persistent. Corolla rotate, or 
campanulate, 5-lobed, plaited. Anthers part- 
ly united, emitting the pollen by two pores 
at the point. Berry 2-celied, many-seeded. 
— Nutt. 
1. S. stem fruticose, scandent ; leaves cordate, the dulcamara, 
upper ones auriculated or hastate ; clusters cy- 
mose. 
Icon. FI. Dan. 607. Eng. hot. 565. Woodville’s 
Med. Bot. t. 33. 
Dulcamara. Bitter-sweet. Woody Nightshade. 
Very common in gardens, but 4so 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.— /SVirgimcum. 
Sp. PI. 
Icon. Dill. elth. t. 275. f. 256. (Pursh.) 
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. 
S. S. Stem prickly, annual ; leaves hastate, angled, caroUnense. 
prickly on both feides ; racemes loose. — Sp. PL 
Icon. Ddl. elth. 269. f. 348. Jacq. ic. 2* t. 331. 
(Pursh.) 
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