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CHAP. DXXL 
" Of NIGHT-SHADE DEADLY. 
0 R, 
D W A L E. 
1. 'T' H E Name}: It is called in Greek , 
I 27 (uxvQ- QcWc&tvAsi x) Srfu'x.i'©’ Savdoj^oy : 
in Lat'ine , Solan ion Lethale •, Solanum Lethi forum , 
vel Letbiftcum: Solanum Deleterium : in Englijk , 
Deadly Nightfhade , and Dwale. 
II. The Kinds. There is, i. Solanum Lethale 
('properly fo called) Solanum majus Matthioli , Gc- 
falpini & Came r an j Solanum bortenfe nigrum 
Tragi • Solanum fomniferum , Lobelij & Lugdu- 
nenjisz, Solatium Lethale Cl lift], Dodonxi , LfThalij -, 
Solanum Sylvaticum Gef fieri , Anguillara , Guillian- 
dini , t? Dodonxi Deadly Nightfhade, or Dwale. 
2. Solanum Lethale minus , The letter Deadly 
Nightfhade. 3. Solanum Somniferum alt e rum 
Matthioli , Camerarij , Gefneri iJ Lugdunenfis -, 
Solani Lethali aliud genus Dodonai , The other 
Sleepy Nightfhade, which Dodorixus calls, an 
other Kind of the Deadly Nightfhade. 
Tie DefcriptionSm 
III. Tfo? /r/?, or Deadly Nightfhade, or Dwale. 
J/y /’j , growing down deep into the 
Ground , and fpreading great Branches therein ■, 
BerbaL Lib, L 
lefties creeping under Groan 1 , riftng up in 
fever al places dijlant , quickly fpreading over d 
Ground It grows fometmes to the height of a 
Man, but ufually it ri/es up not above 2 Or 4 ffo-f 
or fometbing more , having round green Stalky 
Jet with divers large Leaves much greater than any 
of thofe before, fnooth and of a dark green color 
fet upon very fhort foot Stalks -, among which at the 
Joints with the Leaves, come forth fever al long 
hollow flowers , dented at the brims , of a faint 
dc adijh purple color , in a green Husk , growing up - 
on d fhort foot Stalk, which being fallen away, round 
Bernes fucceed , which are at fir ft green, but 
afterwards when ripe , come to.be of a fhining black 
color, like fhining or polifhcd Jet, full of a purplifh 
Juice, many whitifh Seeds being contained within 
it-, the whole Plant has 710 good Tafte nor Smell, 
but unfavory , bitter, and very pernicious 5 /&> ifcy-I 
r ! es are a little fweetifh and lufcious, but not plea- 
fant to an acute Palate. 
IV. The fecond,or Letter Deadly Nightfhade. This 
in its Roots , Stalks, Leaves, f lowers. Berries, Seed, 
Smell, Tafte, form and manner of growing, is much 
like the lift, faving that in this the Leaves are lefjef , 
Kightftade Deadly lefier. 
and of a darker green Color, and ft and upon longer 
foot Stalks , and the flowers which are Bell fafhi- 
oned as the other, are not fo great and large as they 
are. 7 
V. The third , or other Sleepy Nightfhade, 
called by Dodon.eus, the other Kind of Deadly 
Nightfhade. Its Root is great, and fprettds it felf 
out into many Branches under Ground , with many 
libres adjoining to them. It has an upright crefted 
or cornered Stalk , with many Leaves thereon , being 
longer and narrower , than thofe of the True ’Sleepy 
Nightfhadej and more inclining downwards to the 
Ground, full of Veins running longwife and Traverfe 
therein. At the Joints of the Stalk , from the 
middle part upwards , come forth feveral pendie- 
to Us 
