626 SOLANACEZE. 
under the same conditions and no hyoscyamine. The failure 
to detect hyoscine is thought to be possibly due to insufficiency 
of the material used. These results seem to indicate that the 
degree of development of the plant may have an important 
relation to the quantity and nature of the alkaloids occurring 
in it. (Pharm. Journ. Mar. 1st, 1890, p. 709.) 
HYOSCYAMUS NIGER, Linn. 
Fig.—Bot. Mag., t. 2394; Benil, and Trim., t. 194; Hen= | 
bane (Hng.), Jusquiame noire (f’r.). 
Hab.—Temperate Western Himalaya. Casl toGurhwal. 
HYOSCYAMUS MUTICUS, Linn. 
Fig.—Jaub. et Spach. Ill. v., t. 415 ; Griff. Ic. Pl. Asiat., 
t. 412. Syn.—H. insanus, Stocks. , 
~ Hab.—West Punjab, Sind, Afghanistan. ae 
-HYOSCYAMUS RETICULATUS, Linn. 
Fig.— Commelyn Hort., 77, t. 22. 
Hab.—Beluchistan, Badghis, Khorasan. The herb and 
seeds. 
euler. —Khoraséni-ajowin (Hind., Beng.), Khorasani- 
ova (Mar.), Khorasdni-ajamo (Guz.), Kirashéni-yomam (Tam.), 
_ Kérdsini-vamam (Tel.), Khuréséni-vadakki (Can.), 
History, Uses, &c,—Henbane, though a native of the 
malayas, was probably unknown to the ancient Hindu phy- 
'Parasika and Khoraséni yam4ni, the names which it 
1e recent Sanskrit works, indicate its foreign source. 
Bee s were known to the Greeks, pedas 
te ,and aNaniaeeiel yellow. Hyoscyamus'is called 
r 1 honiaca by Latinwriters. Cf. Pliny, — 
een ees pein pron 
