THE DICOTYLEDONS S37 
nectar girdle; superior ovary, two-celled with central placenta- 
tion, ovules numerous, style more or less elongate with bilobed 
or bifid stigma. Fruit, a capsule dehiscing longitudinally 
Fic. 454.—The Henbane (Hyoscyamus niger Linné.), a member of the Nightshade - 
family, whose leaves, with or without the tops, constitute the official drug Hyoscy- 
amus and are a source of the valuable medicinal alkaloids, hyoscyamine and 
scopolamine. 
(Tobacco, Stramonium) or transversely (Henbane); or a berry 
(potato, egg-plant, tomato, red pepper). Seeds albuminous. 
OrriciaL Druc Part-UseD BoTANICAL ORIGIN Hasirat 
Belladonnz Folium Leaves and tops Atropa Belladonna Central and 
Southern Europe, 
Belladonnz Radix Root Atropa Belladonna Asia Minor and 
Atropina Alkaloid Atropa Belladonna Persia 
Stramonium Leaves Datura Stramonium Asia and Tropical 
America 
