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SOLANACE^l. 



covered by a lid which falls off when the seeds are ripe. 

 The whole plant has an exceedingly disagreeable smell, 

 and is dangerously narcotic, especially at the time when 



v. 



HYoscf AMUS NIGER (Common Henbane). 



the seeds are ripening. An extract is used in medicine, 

 and is often of great service, producing the effect of 

 opium without the unpleasant symptoms which fre- 

 quently follow the administration of that drug. The 



