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tains atropine f hyoscyamine, and hyoscine, wliich is used 

 for purposes similar to those for which Belladonna is 

 employed. 



Stramonium leaves are used in the preparation of 

 asthma powders and of medicinal cigarettes. 



Collection, — The leaves are removed in late summer 

 while the plant is still flowering. They are dried as 

 quickly as possible. The capsules ai-e gathered from 

 plants allowed to stand. They are allowed to split and 



shed their seed. 



Present Source of Sitpply. — Usually imported from 

 Hungary and Germany, there is naturally a dearth at 

 the present time. Tlie normal price of foreign Stra- 

 monium leaves is about 40s. a cwt.; this price has noAV 



been more than doubled. 



Cultivation,— HhQ seeds are drilled in rows about 2 

 feet apart, about 10 to 15 lb. being used to the acre. 

 The plant grows well in sunny situations. 



CHAPTER IX 



GAMOPETAL.«-TTI 

 GAMOPETALOUS PLANTS WITH INFERIOR OVAEY 



Campanulaceae.— The only plants of interest to us in 

 this order are the familiar Lorelias that figure so 

 largely in garden borders. All Lobelias exude an acrid 

 juice when bruised which produces internal ettects in the 

 human body of the same nature as does Belladonnji. One 



of the plants of this order, the Indian Tobacco {Lohdin 



inflata), a native of N. America, is used for asthma, but 

 is dangerously emetic and narcotic. In one recorded 

 case, death resulted thirty-six hours after a sufferer had 



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