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flowers through the summer, produces black berries, and 
grows in waste places. Both species ai*e poisonous. 
To this genus belongs the common potatoe, Solanum 
Tuberosum , the varieties of which, from culture, and di- 
versity of soil and situation, are almost endless. Its 
large flowers afford great facilities in examining the cha- 
racters of the genus. 
IiONIcera. Gen. char. — Cor. monopetalous, irregu- 
lar ; berry many-seeded. 
Ton. Caprifolium } Pale Perfoliate Honeysuckle ; with 
flowers ringent, whorled, terminal; deciduous leaves; 
upper leaves pei'foliate ; shrubby; flowers in May and 
June, and grows in woody places. 
Lon. Periclymerium, Common Honeysuckle, or Wood- 
bine ; with flowers in ovate, imbricated, terminal heads ; 
all the leaves distinct and deciduous ; shrubby ; flowers 
in June and July, and is common in woods and hedges. 
Rises. Gen. char. — Cal. superior, bell-shaped, five- 
cleft ; petals and stamens inserted in the calyx; style 
two-cleft ; berry many-seeded. 
Rib. Rubrum , Common Currants ; unarmed ; with 
smooth pendulous racemes ; plain flowers ; petals ob cor- 
date ; flowers in May, and is a native of woods and 
banks of rivers in the north of England, and of the is- 
land of Isla in Scotland ; but is well known as the red 
and white currants of the garden. 
Rib. Nigrum , Black Currants ; with racemes hairy, 
pendulous, and with a simple peduncle at the base ; 
grows wild in some parts of England and in Isla, but, 
from being universally cultivated, is equally familiar. 
