in considering it even as a variety. There seems, however, 
to bea considerable difference in the descriptions of H. niger 
by different authors, and in the Systema Vegetabilium of — 
Roemer and Scuuttes, a doubt is expressed, whether the 
English and Swedish plants are the same species as the 
southern continental. The description of Potxicn corres- 
ponds with our plant. The flowers, he says, ‘are an inch, 
often an inch and a halfin diameter, beautifully painted with 
purple reticulated veins, and having a dark purple faux. 
It is this last character, that Ciusius particularly uses to 
distinguish the common Henbane from his peregrinus, the 
reticulatus of Linnzus, the latter having not a purple, but 
a white centre. : 
HenspaneE has been known from ancient times as a poison- 
ous plant ; but in modern practice, is nevertheless found to 
be an efficacious, and, with proper caution, a safe remedy. 
Native of Great Britain, and most parts of Europe. 
Flowers in June and July, and ripens its seed in August 
and September. Communicated by Mr. Anperson, from 
the Botanic garden, Chelsea. 
