CLASSIFICATION OF ANGIOSPERMS. 



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FIG. 377. Flowering- branch of Hyoscyamus niger annuum, showing sessile, acutely lobed 

 leaves and two of the funnel-form flowers. After Newcomb. 



and a sweetish, bitter, somewhat acrid taste. Both the root and 

 berries contain the gluco-alkaloid solanine, which varies from 

 0.15 (in the root) to 0.8 per cent, (in the berries). 



