XXXV. 
HYOSCYAMUS * NIGER. 
Common Henbane, Black Henbane, Hogbean. 
Syvoyyms.—Hyoscyamus vulgaris et niger, Bawh. Tw., p. 169. Hyoscyamus 
vulgaris, Rati Syn., vol. i. p.274. Hyoseyamus, Hall Hist., vol. i. p. 254. Hyo- 
seyamus niger, Gerarde Em., p. 353. Hyoscyamus lethalis, Salish. Prodr., p.181. 
Hyoscyamus flavus, Fuchs. Hist., 833, f. Hyoscyamus niger, Linn. Sp. Pl., p. 257. 
Forrten Nawes,—Fr.: Jusquiame, ou Hanebane potelée. Ital.: Beleno, Veleno. 
Span.: Miemendro, Velheno. Port.: Yosciamo. Germ.: Bilsenkraut. Dan.: 
Honsebane. Swed.: Bolmort, Honsable. Russ.: Belena. Arab.: Sickrau. 
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Nat. Order, Lurivm, Linn.; Sotanen, Juss.— PENTANDRIA, 
Monoeynta. 
Gen. Cuar.—Calyx inferior, large, permanent, of one sepal, tubular, 
swelling below, five-cleft above, segments pointed. Corolla of one petal, 
funnel-shaped, irregular; tube cylindrical, short; limb rather spreading, 
in five deep, blunt, rounded segments, one of which is broader than the 
rest. Filaments awl-shaped, from some part of the tube of the corolla, 
inclining, somewhat unequal in length. Anthers heart-shaped, incum- 
bent. Germen roundish. Style thread-shaped, reclining, the length of 
the longer stamens. Stigma capitate. Capsule egg-shaped, filling the 
body of the calyx, blunt, somewhat compressed, and marked with a 
longitudinal furrow at each side, of two cells, opening transversely by a 
convex lid. Receptacles (placentas) oblong, convex, attached to the 
perpendicular partition. Seeds numerous, inversely egg-shaped, curved, 
dotted, covering the receptacles. 
The monopetalous, inferior, funnel-shaped corolla, the capitate stigma, and 
the two-celled capsule, opening at the apex by a transverse aperture, will 
_ distinguish this from other genera in the same class and order (Bazter). 
Spec. Cuar.—TLeaves clasping the stem, sinuated. Flowers sessile. 
Fig. 1. The corolla, showing the position of the stamens. 2. Style and stigma. 
3. Seed-vessel. 
* From vos, a hog, and xvayos, a bean, Hogs are said to eat the fruit, which 
bears some resemblance to a bean. 
