VEGETABLE P^OISONS. 3 



It appears to afford both protecflion and nu* 

 triment to fome infedls ; thefe are the chryfo- 

 mela hyofcjami, and the fcarlet bug, cimex 

 hyofcyamu 



Henbane is a very dangerous poifon. The 

 feeds, leaves, and root, received into the hu- 

 man ftomach, are all poifonous. The root, 

 in a fuperior degree, produces fometimes 

 madnefs, and if taken in a large quantity, 

 and the ftomach does not rejed: it by vomit- 

 ing, a ftupor and apopledic fymptoms, ter- 

 minating in death, are the ufual confe- 

 quences. 



Henbane is frequently found upon dung- 

 hills, and its roots mixt with muck, are in- 

 troduced into our gardens. In their external 

 appearance they much refemble thofe of 

 parfnep, from »the ufe of which we often 

 :hear of fatal ^effects; but it is very proba- 

 ble that the roots of henbane mixt with the 

 parfnep, which, they much refemble, are the 

 unfufpedted caufe of the mifchief. 



My friend Mr. Harrold informs me that 

 ^omen, who from eating 

 B 2 the 



he once faw two women, who from eating 



