SOLANALS. 2 04 NIGHTSHADES. 
sortit une odeur fortement nauséabonde qui lui fit‘ apercevoir aussitdt la cause de 
ces accidens.” (Rogues, Médecine Léyale, tom. iv. p. 22.) Dr. T. H. Silvester has 
shown that the root was formerly employed in the same way as chloroform and 
other anzesthetic agents now are, 
Atropa. Linneus. 
Corolla campanulate. Berry not filled with pulp. 
1. A. Belladonna Linneus. 
—(Deapity Nicut- 
SHADE.) Fig. 276. 
Leaves ovate, entire ; seeds 
pitted, not lying in 
pulp; flowers dirty 
violet-brown. 
Habitat. Woods, 
Quality. Like those of Henbane. ° 
Uses. Nervous irritation, tic-douloureux, rigidity of the os uteri, spasmodic ance 
hooping cough, maladies of the eyes, epilepsy, hysteria, mania, chorea, 
Pig. 276.—Atropa Belladonna in fruit ; a, a corolla laid open; b, a cross section of fruit ; ¢ seed. 
