VMS -- Botany (f54v) Bittersweet

[Dana Scott <dfscott@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I am very pleased with this match. I believe that the VMS plant drawing
in f54v represents Solanum dulcamara, also known as Bittersweet
nightshade, Climbing nightshade, European nightshade, Woody nightshade,
Felonwood, Felonwort, Scarlet Berry, and Violet Bloom. This is a rather
complicated plant to identify because not all leaves are the same as
those that appear in the VMS. The fruit also appears to be slightly
different and I have not yet seen the roots; however, I am rather
confident that this is most likely an accurate match (or at least a very
close one). This plant certainly has its place among other herbs
'identified' in the VMS.

Here are the Leaves that I was looking for:
http://www.bioimages.org.uk/HTML/P31307.HTM

Not All Leaves Are The Same:
http://www.bioimages.org.uk/html/P31305.HTM

Photographic Detail: (Excellent Web site)
http://www.bioimages.org.uk/HTML/R40399.HTM

Montage of Pictures:
http://cal.vet.upenn.edu/poison/ppstsleurop.htm

Fruit, Leaves, and Flowers:
http://www.ulstermuseum.org.uk/flora/4037_p.htm
http://www.gifte.de/solanum.htm
http://bioeco.free.fr/photos/familles/Solanum.htm

Fruit and Leaves:
http://linnaeus.nrm.se/flora/di/solana/solan/soladul1.jpg

Fruit and Flower:
http://www.awl.ch/heilpflanzen/solanum_dulcamara/index.htm
http://homeoint.org/illustr/seret/dulc159.htm

Fruit:
http://www.scalve.it/legni/062-Frutto.htm
http://www.michls.de/img/0108101.jpg
http://www.k-knoch.de/_Solanum_dulcamara_3.html

Flowers:
http://www.scalve.it/legni/062-Fiore.htm
http://www.naturalbreak.net/gen1/fl023.jpg
http://nafoku.de/flora/htm/soladulc.htm
http://www.csdl.tamu.edu/FLORA/hdwimages2/hdwt4-79.jpg
http://www.ct-botanical-society.org/galleries/Solanumdulc.html

Flowers and Leaves:
http://www.bbg.org/sci/nymf/encyclopedia/sol/sol0030c.htm

Stem: (cross section)
http://www.scalve.it/legni/062.htm


Description---

English:
http://www.botanical.com/botanical/mgmh/n/nighwo06.html
http://www.badbear.com/dkramb/foreigners/SolanumDulcamara.html
http://rwn.boom.ru/plants/Solanum_dulcamara_e.html
http://home4.swipnet.se/~w-47128/Bitsw_ab.html
http://www.missouriplants.com/Bluealt/Solanum_dulcamara_page.html
http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/hort/consumer/poison/Solandu.htm
http://www.fw.vt.edu/dendro/dendrology/syllabus/sdulcamara.htm
http://www.egora-sante.com/Tox-In/TOXIANGL/PROTOCOL/PLANTES/MONOPLAN/DOUCEAM1.HTM

http://www.egora.fr/Tox-In/TOXIANGL/PROTOCOL/PLANTES/MONOPLAN/DOUCEAM0.HTM

http://ehealthfair.com/herbs/bittersweet_root.htm
http://www.dijon.inra.fr/malherbo/hyppa/hyppa-a/soldu_ah.htm

French:
http://www.univ-lehavre.fr/cybernat/pages/soladulc.htm
http://ifdf.free.fr/containers/thumb/solanudulcam_fam.htm
http://www.fleurs-des-champs.com/fic/fiches/f279.htm

German:
http://www.apotheke-tellingstedt.de/natapo/so-dulca.htm
http://www.hinternetcafe.de/imgGalabau/kompendium/seiten-kompend/n-z/solandul.htm

http://www.giftinfo.uni-mainz.de/deutsch/Pflanzen/solanum_dulcamara_solanum_nigrum.htm

Italian:
http://www.assms.it/schedebot/181.htm

Spanish:
http://www.fitoterapia.net/vademecum/plantas/195.html

Swedish:
http://linnaeus.nrm.se/flora/di/solana/solan/soladul.html

Switzerland:
http://www.vetpharm.unizh.ch/giftdb/pflanzen/0103_vet.htm


Illustration:
http://caliban.mpiz-koeln.mpg.de/~stueber/lindman/109.jpg
http://www.i-a-s.de/IAS/botanik/thome/band4/tafel_027_small.jpg
http://www.leggeprints.com/DCP01755.JPG


Dried Plant:
http://www.mta.ca/~rthompso/nativeflora/group7/Page23.html


Regards,
Dana Scott