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250 PENTANDRIA. M0N0GYNIA. Atropa. 



Belladon'na. A. Stem herbaceous: leaves egg-shaped ; entire. 



E. hot. 592-Curt. SMJ-Lndiv. \<2£-Jacq. austr. SOQ-FI. 

 dan. 758-Knij>L §-Sheldr. 101-MM. ^-Woodv. 1- 

 Clus. ii. S6". 1 -Dod. 4.56. 1-Lob. obs. 134. 2-Ger. em. 

 3¥<:-Park. 346*. 6-Ger. 2()£-H. ox. xiii. 3. \~Blaekiv. 



bdi-Matth . 1073-7. B. iii.Gll. l~Fuchi.'5§$-J. B. lb. 



2-ib. o-Trag. 301. 

 Two or 3 feet high. Stem, zigzag. Blots, dark purple. Berry 



* 



Deadly D<wale* 



green, changing to red, and when ripe, black. 



Deadly^ or sle°py Nightshade. D e wayherr'tes. 



Hedges, amongst limestone and rubbish. [In St. Faith's, New- 

 ton, near Norwich, and in Herts, frequent. Mr. WcOdw. — Very- 

 luxuriant amongst the mines of Furness Abbey, whence the val- 

 ley is called the vale of nightshade. See West's Antiquities of 

 Furness. Mr. Atkinson. — Yard of Lantony Abbey, near Glou- 

 cester. Mr. Ballard. — Hardwick Park, Derbyshire. Dr. 

 Stokes. — Banks of Dudley Castle.] P. June. Aug.* 



SOL A'NUM. Bloss. wheel-shaped : anthers a little 



united, 2 holes at the top of each : berry 

 2-celled. * 



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Pulcama'ra. S. Stem without prickles, rather shrub -like, zigzag: upper 



leaves halberd-shaped : flowers in tuft-like bunches. 



E. hot. 56r>-Lud<zv. 5&-G*rt. i. l-Fl. dan. 6o7-Black<w. 3+ 



Kniph. \~Wood 



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* The whole plant is poisonous ; and children, allured by the beau- 

 tiful appearance of the berries, have too often experienced their fatal ef- 

 fects. Tumours of the breasts, even of the cancerous kind, are said to 

 have been resolved by a topical application of the fresh leaves. Dr. Gra- 

 ham in the Med, Communicat. 'vol. i. p. 419, says, he found great benefit 

 from a poultice made of the roots, boiled in milk, and applied to hard ill- 

 conditioned tumours and ulcers; and relates a deplorable case, in which 

 this poultice effected a perfect cure. There is no doubt but their external 

 application may be productive of good effects in several cases, but the fol- 

 lowing instance shews us that their application is dangerous when the 

 skin is broken : A lady, who had a small ulcer a little below one of her 

 eyes, which was supposed to be of a cancerous nature, put a small bit oi 

 the fcreen leaf upon it. In the morning the uvea of that eye was so at- 

 fected that the pupil would not contract, even in the brightest light ; 

 whiUt the other eye retained its usual powers. The leaf being removed, 

 the eye was gradually restored to its former state. This could not be an 

 accidental effect, for it was repeated three separate times, and the same 

 circumstances attended each application. Ray Hist. 680. The juice ot 

 the ripe berries Stains, paper of a beautiful and durable purole. 



