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HyoscvAmMvs ORIENTALIS. ORIENTAL 
HENBANE. 
KEK EEE ERKEKEE EKER EE 
Class and Order. 
Pentanpria Monoeynia. 
Generic Character. 
Cor. infundibuliformis, obtusa. Stam. inclinata. Caps. 
operculata, bilocularis. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
‘Hyoscyamus orientalis ; foliis deltoideo-ovatis repandis, 
calycibus fructus tumidis, genitalibus exsertis. Bieb. 
Fl. Taur. Cauc.1. p. 164. Roem. et Sch. Syst. Veg. 4. 
p. 312. ae 
Hyoscyamus orientalis Beta folio, tuberosa radice. Tournef. 
Cor. p. 5. ex autopsia Herb. Tournef. M. v. Bieb. 
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Hyoscyamus orientalis is very nearly related to physa- 
loides (supra No. 852) but is different; the leaves are more 
Pointed, and repand, and after the plant has flowered they 
Srow to a very large size, having much the appearance of 
those of the Bete. The flowers are shorter than those of 
A. physaloides, but the calyx, stamens, and style are longer 
_™ proportion; they are not of so dark a purple colour and 
More sonipicnousld veined. MarscHatt v. BrepersTEIN 
also remarks that the root descends deep between the clefts 
i the rocks, and forms a germinating head the size of the 
fist, uneven from the buds being mixed with the remains of 
former stalks and petioles. 
A hardy perennial. Indigenous in Iberia and about the 
acidulous spring at Narzana. Flowers in April. Propa- 
Sated by seeds. Communicated by A. B, Lampert, Esq 
from his collection at Boyton. 
