p O L A N U M D u l c a m a r a . W o o d y N i g h t s h a d e .
SOLANUM Linncei Gen. PL Pentandria M o'nogynia.
RaiiSyn. Gen. 16. H e r b a ; B accifer.e .
SOLANUM Dulcamaracaule inermi frutefcente flexuofo, foliis fuperioribus haftatis, räcemis cymofis.
Lin. Sp. PL p. 264.
SOLANUM Scandens feu Dulcamara, Bauhin Pin. p. 176. Amara Dulcis, Gerard emac. p. 350*
Solanum lignofum, Parkinfon p. 350. Raii Synopfis. p. 265. Hudfon Flor. Angl. p. 78.
Scopoli Flor. Carniol. p. 161. Haller Hiß. Plant. Helv. p. .248.
IX perenms. I RO OT perennial.
w fruticofus, • fcandens, fiftiilofus, ramofus, | S T A LK woody, climbing, hollow, branched, thinly
tuberculis parvis fubafper, leniter angulo/us, $ befet with fmall pointed tubercles, flightly
brgyalis et ultra. | angular, and growing to the height of fix
a feet, or more.
1 alterni, juniores purpurei. a BRANCHES alternate, the younger ones purple.
HA petiolata, mollia, venofa, in caulem fubde- | LEAVES ftan'ding on foot-ftalks, of an oval-pointed
* currentia, inferiora ovata-lanceolata, inte- <> fhape, foft, veiny, running flightly down
gerrima; Juperiora trilobo-haftata. | the ftalk, the lower ones entire, the upper ones
<> halbert-fliaped.
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JIES in Cymas racemofas difpofiti; pedunculi $ FLOWERS growing in branched Cym/e, the proper
florales ad bafin bulbofi, aut ex acetabtilo ^ peduncles of the flowers bulbous at their
quafi prodeuntes. a bafe, or growing out o f a kind of focket.
§JfX: Perianthium monophyllum, parvum, $ C A L YX : r Perianthium of one leaf, fmall, and
quinquefidum, purpureum, fegmentis obtu- $ purple, divided into five fegments, the feg-,
uufculis, perfiftens,j%. 1. 1 ments bluntilh, perfifting, fig. 1.
iOLLA monopetala, rotata: T ubus breviflimus ;
Limbus quinquepartitus, L aciniis lanceo-
latis, purpureis, reflexis ; Faux nigra, nitida,
ad bafin nngulae lacinias maculae duae, virides,
fig- WÊ
jMINA: Filamenta quinque, breviflima, tubo <
Corollas inferta, nigro purpurea. A nther as <
quinque, flavae, ereftas, in tubum fubconicum \
coalitas, apicibus biforaminofis, fig. 4, 5. *
llLLUM: Germen pyriforme : Stylus fubu- ■
- laths, Staminibus paulo longior : Stigma '
fimplex, obtufum, fig. 6.
JCARPIUM: B a c c a ovata, coccinea, glabra,
bilocularis, receptaculo utrinque convexo,
cui femina adnedtuntur, fig. 8.
JlNA plurima lutefcentia, comprefla, fubrenifor-
mia, pulpo odoris ingrati obtedta, fig. 9.
r
£ CO ROL LA monopetalous, wheel-fliaped : the T ube
j> very ftiort; the L imb divided into five fegments,
the Segments lancet-lhaped, purple,
> and turning, back; the M outh black and
fliining; at the bottom of each fegment are
j two roundifli green fpots, fig. 2, 3.
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I STAMINA : five F ilaments, very ftiort, of a black
purple colour, and inferted in thé tube of
I the Corolla. Five A n t h e r s , yellow, uph
right, and uniting into a tube, with two holes
I at the top o f each, out of which the Pollen
> is difcharged, fig. 4, 5.
I PISTILLUM : the G ermen pear-ftiaped : the Sty le
I tapering, a little longer than the Stamina:
I the Stigma Ample and obtufe, fig. 6.
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I SEED-VESSEL : an oval, fcarlet, fmooth Be r r y , of
$ two cavities, the receptacle to which the feeds
I is coqnedled, is round on both fides, fig. 8.
I :■ jf ' . -
I SEEDS feveral, flat, fomewhat kidney-fliaped,y?g\ 9,
<> of a yellowifli colour, enclofed in the pulp,
I which has a difagreeable fmell, fig. 9.
il|e 100$l ^8ht/hade has been commended as a medicine for many diftempers by the old Botanifts, in their
■ y avilh1 manner: but Parkinson fays, he found the juice of it prove a very churlifh purge. L innaeus
Vsan 'nfufion of the ftalk of this plant to any of the foreign woods, as a cleanfer o f the blood; and
%nten(*S U m in^ammat°ry fevers, obftrudHons, the itch, and rheumatifm : and to render the knowledge
| . s as exjenfively ufeful as poflible, he does not think it beneath him to remark, that the Swedijk Peafants
ih u Bra this plant to bind their wooden cans. R ay informs us, that the inhabitants of
■ pm, who are fubjedt to the fcurvy, make ufe o f a decodiion of the whole plant as their common drink,
V ce^ againft that diftemper.
i;s (jQER % s* that thirty berries of this plant killed a dog in lefs than three hours, and remained undigefted
Iren ■ ‘ As^thefe berries, from their refemblance, may happen by miftake to be eaten for currants by
M^ate n0t *mProPer to remark, that in fuch a cafe, it is advifable to pour down inftantly, as much
I r as poflible, to dilute the poifonous juice, and provoke vomiting, till further afliftance can be had.
J and Iheep are faid to feed on this plant: but our other cattle, viz. kine* horfes, and fwine, refufe it.
■ ! §1S1 Plentifully in moift hedges, and blows from July to Auguft. The berries are ripe in September
It is fometimes found with a white flower.