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Solanum nigrum L., black nightshade, Schwarzer Nachtschatten |
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Fitch, Walter Hood.
Illustrations of the British Flora: London: Reeve, 1924.
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This whole passage was added on the margin of the page by a later hand; it reads: Wiþ þa blacan blegene syle þam men etan twegen croppas oþþe þry of þære wyrte þe man an þreo wisan hateþ myxenplante.
Cf. Britten / Holland (1886,337): "Mix-plenton. 'The herb less-morel.' [...] Solanum nigrum L." On OE miexen 'dung heap, Düngerhaufen, Mist' cf. Holthausen 1974, s.v.) and L PLANTA. Cf. Cockayne (1961,III,338): "Myxenplante, Mixenplant, solanum nigrum, which is morella minor, and is often found on mixens."