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Fruit an oblong capsule or boll, inclosing nu- 
merous seeds in two rows, tetrahedral in shape, 
somewhat flattened and rough-pitted, etc., one 
side of the seeds being quite convex; testa dark 
brown in color; embryo straight, and embed- 
ded in the oily, albuminoid kernel. The Sta- 
vesagria seeds have little or no odor, but an 
acrid, bitter taste, and contain delphinine, del- 
Phinoidine (the former being a white crystal and 
the second an amorphous substance), delphi- 
stne and about 20 per cent. of jixed otl, The 
three alkaloids are solublein alcohol, ether and 
chloroform. The seeds were employed by the 
Greeks as a medicine, but in modern times have 
found little favor as a remedy, except as an ex- 
ternal remedy in killing vermin, Although 
they have cathartic, diuretic, and emetic prop- 
erties, they are very poisonous, and should be 
dispensed with caution. 
Stramonii, Semen, Stramonium Seed, Seed 
of the Stramonium or Thorn Apple, Daturia 
Stramoninm.—Natural order Solanacez, The 
plant from which the seeds are obtained has 
been fully discussed under the head of leaves. 
Therefore, we will describe the fruit and seeds 
only. The solitary white flower is succeeded 
by an ovoidal, spinous capsule about the size of 
a walnut, having 4 valves. It is bilocular, with 
each cell incompletely divided into 2, and con- 
tains many seeds, which are veniform in shape 
and about 4 of an inch (4 millimeters) long. On 
the concave edge of the seeds we find the hilum 
and micropyle; testa of a very dark-brown color, 
wrinkled and pitted when seen under a lens of 
2 or 3 diameters; kernel or albumen creamy 
