SOLANACE. 555 
Toxicology.—-Cases of poisoning from eating the berries of 
8. dulcamara, S. nigrum, and 9. tuberosum (the potato) have 
eccasionally been recorded in Europe, and it is also on record 
that the germinating tubers of the potato, have given rise to 
symptoms of poisoning. It would appear, however, that the 
process of cooking rendersall those plants mnocuous, or nearly so, 
as the herb of 8. nigrum is used in India asa vegetable. Burton 
Brown (Punjab Poisons) records the death of three children 
after eating the berries of S. nigrum; the symptoms observed 
were, a focling of sickness followed by vomiting, pain in the 
belly and intense thirst, pupils dilated, with impaired vision, 
headache, giddiness, delirium, purging and. convulsions, sleep 
ending in coma. 
: Commerce.—The dried fruit of S. duleamara, known as 
Anab-es-silib in Bombay, comes from Persia. Value, Re. 4 
per lb. 
__ &. nigrumis a common weed everywhere on cultivated ground, 
The dried fruit is met with in the shops in many parts of the 
untry. 
Sey eae rer ae : 
hs sh 9 a a atte 
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SOLANUM INDICUM, Linn. 
Fig.—Wight Ic., t. 346 ; Rheede, Hort. Mal. i, t. 36. 
~Hab.—Throughout India. The frait and root. 
Vernacular.—Bari-khatéi, Birhatta, Barhanta (Hind.), By- 
ra (Beng.), Dorli, Mothi-ringani (Mar.), Ubhi-ringan 
Guz.), Mulli, Pappara-mulli (Tam.), Tellamulaka (Ted.), 
heruchunta (Mal.), Gulla (Can.). 
History, Uses, &c.—This plant is of importance in 
du medicine as the source of one of the drugs required for 
preparation of the Dasamula Kvatha. In the Nighantas it 
the Sanskrit names of Bhantaki, Vrihati, Mahati, “large 
plant,’ ? Vartaki, Mahotika, &c.; and isdescribedas cardiacal, 
1, astringent, carminative and resolvent; useful in 
a gh, ee pap se. ee tions, colic, f. tulence, worms, ne : 
thor of the Makhzan-el-adwiya notices it under — = 
