SUPPOSED POISONOUS PLANTS—WESTERN AUSTRALIA. 917 
SOLANE. 
Solanum nigrum, Linn.,—“ Nightshade.” 
An erect annual or biennial plant, with spreading branches and 
ovate leaves, often with coarse irregular annular teeth, 1 inch to 
3 inches long. Flowers small and white, arranged in little cymes. 
These are succeeded by small, globular berries, usually nearly 
black, but sometimes greenish-yellow or dingy red. The forms 
that bear the two last coloured fruits are considered the most 
dangerous. The black-coloured berries are freely eaten by 
children. 
* Datura stramonium, Linn.—‘‘ Thorn Apple,” “ Devil’s 
Trumpet,” “Stink Weed.” 
This poisonous weed has established itself in a few places, but 
principally near settlement. For further information as to its 
properties, &c., see my figure and description of the plant in the 
Agricultural Gazette, New South Wales, Vol. II, page 311, 1891. 
Also in the publications of the West Australian Agricultural 
Department, 1897. 
Nicotiana suaveolens, Lehm.—‘ Native Tobacco.” 
An erect-growing, annual or biennial plant, attaining sometimes 
a height of 4 feet or more. The lower leaves are ovate, and often 
more than | foot long; the upper ones smaller and narrower. 
Flowers white and fragrant, but variable as regards size and form. 
Seeds numerous. 
SCROPHULARINES. 
Anthocercis viscosa, R.Br.—“ Poison Bush.” 
An erect-growing shrub, attaining sometimes a height of 20 
feet, and more or less viscid. The leaves are broadly ovate, and 
from 14 to 23 inches long. Flowers beautifully white, and some- 
times nearly 2 inches in diameter. Capsule about three-quarters 
of an inch long and pointed. For further information see my 
figure and description of the plant in the Zown and Country 
Journal, 1895. 
Anthocercis littorea, Labill.—“ Poison Bush.” 
An erect-growing shrub of from 2 to 8 feet, the whole plant 
slightly viscid. The rather thick leaves vary from oblong wedge- 
shaped to inversely egg-shaped, and are generally ? to 14 inch 
long. The numerous small yellow flowers are produced on 
slender, short stalks, forming at the ends of the branches leafy 
racemes or leafless panicles of 1 foot long or more; capsule 
narrow, often half an inch long and pointed. 
* Those plants that are marked with an asterisk are introduced. 
