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PENTANDRIA. MONOGYNIA. Hyoscyamus. 249 



HYOSCY'AMUS. BJoss. funnel-shaped, blunt, 



irregular : stam. leaning : caps, with a lid, ex- 

 celled : seeds many, kidney-shaped. 



H. Leaves embracing the stem, indented : flowers sitting, ni'ger* 



E. bot. 5$l-Kniph. l-Ludiv. Sr>-C/us. ii. S3~Dod. 450. 

 1-Lob. obs. 139. l-Ger. 2S3. l-Ger. em. 353. \~Wood<v* 

 52-Park. 362. l-BIaci<w. 550-J?/*/. mon. 102-Stoerct* 



iii. 627. \~Trag. 133 



Matth. 1Q6±-Fucks. 833-7, 



Whol 





clammy. Calyx woolly at the base, a little distended on the 

 under side. Bloss. tube white, with the middle deep purple; 

 border pale yellowish brown, beautifully veined with purple. 

 Anthers and style of a fine deep purple, ' 



Commotz Henbane. Villages, road sides, and amongft rubbish, 

 not uncommon. B. Linn. A.-Huds. June.* 



H. Leaves on leaf-stalks, bluntly indented : flowers sit- al'bus. 



ting. 



This plant, new to the English Botanist, has been found 



Mr 



Hills and other places near Sunderland. , 



Ballast 



AT'ROPA. Bloss. bell-shaped: stam. distant: 



berry globular, 2-celled. 



inflammations and Hccmorrhoides. The F.diburgh College directs an ex- 

 tract to be prepared by evaporating the expressed juice of the leaves. This 

 has been given with great advantage in convulsive affections and epilep- 

 sies. — Out of 14 epileptic patients, 8 were entirely cured by it, at Stock- 

 holm.— The dose from 2 to 16 grains a day. Med. Comm. i. 368. iii. 22. 

 See also Land. Med, Jour. ii. 295. The seeds or leaves given internally 

 bring on delirium, tremors, swelling, itching, eruption, and inflammation 

 °n the. skins these effects were produced by a dose of a dram and a half, 

 *n a girl of 9 years old. See Dr. Fowler's account, Med. Comm. vol. 5. />. 

 l ^\> Cows, goats, sheep, and horses refuse it. 



* The seeds, the leaves, and the roots, taken internally, are reputed 

 Poisonous ; and well attested instances of their bad effects are recorded. 

 Madness, convulsions, and death, are the general consequence. Rut Dr. 

 Smith says he has often eaten the seeds with impunity. J t h said that the 

 leaves scattered about a house will drive away mice. The Edinburgh 

 College order the expressed juice of the plant to be evaporated to an ex. 

 tra ct ; and perhaps in this state it may be advantageously joined with 

 opium, where the effects of that medicine are desirable, and costiv eness 

 is to he avoided.— There is no doubt of its being an useful medicine un- 

 der proper management. The dose is from half a scruple to half a dram. 

 G °ats are not fond of it. Horses, cows, sheep, and swine refuse it. Linn. 

 —Sheep sometimes eat it when young. Mr. Ballard.— CArysmef* 



Hyncyamii and ihtCimcx I1yoscyami f are found upon it. 



