SOLANACER. 
Nightshades. 
?, N°. 73, 
HYOSCYAMUS NIGER. 
Dba ine 
= Gain lity—Insipid. 2 
ile Naoto, sedative. Ca one 
Use—Paralysis, convulsions, mania, epilepsy. The smote 
to relieve tooth-ache a 
BOTANICAL ANALYSIS. 
Natural Order. Luride—t. J. Solanaces. 
Cuass V. este oo Nesp Jarome 
Willd.. Sp. Pl. i. 1010. Woody. 204. Smith Flor. Brit. 598. ee Bot. 591 
Loudon. Ency. Pl. 136. Bigelow Med. Bot. i. 161. Linn. Sp. PI. 257. Stephen- 
son and Churchill, i. 9. Raf. Med. Flor. i 255. ‘Lind. Med. Flor. 508. Per. Per. El. 
Med. Bot. ii. 307. Griff. Med. Bot, 484, — te ae aes 
Genus EvGee luce. 
From vs, a pig, and xvayos, a bean, the fruit has been thought to resemble a bean, 
and is said to be not poisonous to swine. 
Synonymes.—La jusquiame (Fr.), Das Bilsenkraut (Ger.), Bilsenkruid. (Dutch), 
Bulme (Dan.), gpa: (1. ) Beleno (S.), Meimendro (Port.) Belmort (Swed.) 
Bielum (Pol. r Khorassanie Rae (H.) Sickran (Arab.), Khorassanie onsum 
_(Tam.}, Buzirulbury (Pers), Adas-pedas (Malay) , Adas (Jav.) ve 
THE ESSENTIAL CHARACTERS. 
Catyx. Sepals four—five, more or less united mostly pers’ ste n ee 
, Se sins peas Limb four—five = plaited in eee on, 
_ Four—five (Gometimes one abortive), inserted | on 
ther 
