266 POPULAR FIELD BOTANY. 
itself before twelve o'clock. It varies in height according 
to situation, from a few inches to more than a foot. The 
leaves are in pairs on the stem, those of the root spreading. 
Flowers rose-coloured and in bunches, the stalks of which 
are of various lengths. 
PENTANDRIA. MONOGYNITA. 
COROLLIFLOR. SOLANACES. 
HYOSCYAMUS. (HeEnsBanz.) 
Generic Character. Calyx tubular, divided into five. Corolla 
funnel-shaped, unequally five-lobed. Seed-vessel two-celled, 
opening with a lid. 
Hyoscyamus niceR. (Plate XVI. Fig. 63.) Common 
Henbane. A poisonous plant, yet valuable as a narcotic 
medicine. Found in waste places, especially in a chalky 
soil, often near towns and villages, and gathered by country 
people for smoking in cases of tooth-ache. The fruit is 
shaped like a bean, and appears poisonous to all animals ex- 
cept the hog. The stem is much branched, the leaves 
clasping it; flowers with scarcely any stalk, and the corolla 
of a dingy yellow, beautifully veined with purple lines. 
Calyx also veined ; whole plant soft and covered with hairs. 
