VEGETABLE POISONS. ; 



died. I could not obtain permiflion to open 

 the body. 



Suspecting that the roots of fome poi- 

 fonous plant were mixed with the parfneps, 

 I defired to fee fome of them. They 

 brought me a fpecimen from the garden, 

 and upon an accurate examination, 1 per- 

 ceived them evidently of two kinds. As the 

 roots at that time were not furniihed with 

 leaves, I took them home, and planted them 

 in a garden. Some of them proved to be 

 the. paftinacha fativa, or garden parfnep, and 

 the other the hyofcyarnus niger, or com- 

 mon henbane. 



A SPECIMEN of the leaves of the plant, 

 and a defcription of the cafe, were tranf- 

 mitted to the Royal Society. 



Many other well attefted inftances of the 

 pernicious eftefts of henbane have been re- 

 corded. 



In the year 1729, a perfon came to con- 

 fult Sir Hans Sloane upon an accident that 

 happened to four of his children, aged from 



B 4 four 



