RADIX BELLADONNiE. BELLADONNA ROOT. 



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grains average from lo to 30 microns; the compound 

 granules range from 20 to 40 microns in diameter. The 

 hilum is usually centric, naturally somewhat eccentric in 



Fig. 15. — Cross-section op Belladonna Root. 

 S. r., Sieve tubes; B. F., bast fibres. 



the compound granules, and is simple or tristellate ; the 

 angles of the grain are usually rounded. 



There being several kinds of belladonna root in the 

 market, certain variations from the types here described 



