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but without any ill Effect, and Dropfies are 



faid to have been cured by it fingly. 



Black Henbane. 



HYOSCYAMUS NIGER. 



Common wild Plant, of a difmal Afpe£l and 

 difagrecdbic Srhcll. The Farm lards and 

 bitch Banks in mbft Pkices are full of it. It 

 grows two Feet high; The Stalk is thick, round, 

 hairy, and clammy to the Touch ; but not very 

 upright. The Leaves are large, long, and broad, 

 deeply ferratedat the Edges of a bluifh green Co- 

 lour, hairy and clammy to the Touch, and leave- 

 ing a difagreeable Smell upon the Hands. The 

 Flowers are large and Hand in Rows on the Top 



of the Branches, which often bend down, they 



are of a ftrange yellowiAi brown Colour, with. 



lurple Veins. The Seeds are numerous and 



•rown. 



The ^ttdii, are ujed ; the reft of the Plant is 

 elleemed poifonous. They are given in fmali. 

 Dofes againft tlie Bloody Flux, and it is faid with 

 great Succefs ; I have not known it tried. 



White Henbane. 



HYOSCIAMUS ALBUS. 



A Native of Italy and Germany^ kept in our Gar- 

 dens. It is a Foot hieh, and has fomething 





of the Afpecl: of the black Henbane, but not fa 

 difmal. The Stalk is round, thick, and of a 

 pale Green -, the Leaves are large, broad, but 

 fhort, and a little indented at the Edges, they are 

 of a yellowifh Green, and fomewhat hairy, the 

 Flowers are fmall and. yellow, and the Seeds are 



whitifh. 



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