HYOSCYAMUS NIGER. 
Henbane. 
PLATE XVII.* 
Tiere is little doubt that the Hyoscyamus of 
this country is an imported plant. It is yet rare 
in most parts of the country, and appears to be 
strictly limited to the bounds of cultivation. Its 
seeds are very tenacious of life, and will spring up 
under favourable circumstances, after having been 
dormant for a long time. Hence the plant occa- 
sionally appears in old grounds which have been 
newly disturbed, as in grave yards, old gardens 
and cellars. About ten years since, a drain, which 
intersects the common in Boston, was opened for 
the purpose of repairs. In the following season 
a distinct row of very luxuriant plants of Henbane 
covered the whole of this drain, although none of 
them had been observed to grow in the vicinity 
* For the drawing which accompanies this article, I am indebted 
to Dr. S. Bass of Salem. 
