SOLANACE.E. 97 
Var. a, genuinum. 
Plate DCCCCXXXI. 
ReicJi. Tc. PI. Germ, et Helv. Vol. XX. Tab. MDCXXXL 
A nigrum, Sm. Eng. Bot. No. 5GG. 
Leaves dentate or repancl. Berries black, rarely pale-yellow. 
(?) Var. $, minlatum. 
Plate DCCCCXXXII. 
Fetch. Ic. Fl. Germ, et Helv. Vol. XX. Tab. MDCXXXII. Figs. 2, 3. 
Billot, Fl. Gall, et Germ. Exsicc. No. 3440. 
S. lniniatum, Bernh. Willd. Enum. Hort. Berol. Vol. I. p. 236. 
Leaves sinuate-dentate. Berries scarlet, smaller than in var. a. 
In cultivated ground and waste places, and by roadsides and 
on sandy seashores. Common, and generally distributed in the 
South of England, less abundant in the North. Rare in Scotland, 
and apparently confined to the seashore in Wigtonshire and 
Ayrshire. It has also occurred in Eife, but no doubt introduced. 
The form with yellow berries has been found by Mr. II. C. Watson 
at East Moulsey, Surrey. Var. 3 has occurred only in the Channel 
Islands, on the Quenvais and at Petit Port, &c, Jersey, and at 
Jerbourg, Guernsey. 
England, Scotland, Ireland. Annual. Late Summer 
and Autumn. 
Stem much branched, the branches ascending or decumbent, 
6 inches to 3 feet long, angular, often more or less tuberculated 
on the angles, succulent. Leaves with the lamina 1 to 4 inches 
long, rather abruptly narrowed into the base, and continued 
downwards into the winged petiole, the outline varying from 
ovate to rhomboidal, but generally intermediate between these, 
margins entire, repand, or with a few large deltoid teeth. 
Cymes stalked. Pedicels drooping, all springing from nearly the 
same point. Calyx 5-cleft, the segments ovate. Corolla white, 
J to f inch across ; segments ciliated, at length rcflexed, but less 
re volute than in S. Dulcamara. Berries about the size of small 
peas, dull-black or rarely ochreous whenripe. Plant glabrous, or 
more or less pubescent. 
Var. 3 is said to come up true from seed, and if this be 
invariably the case, it must then be considered a sub-species. It 
is generally smaller, with the branches more tuberculate on the 
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