200 MEDICINAL AND POISONOUS PLANTS 



Fig. 187, I. — Jimson-weed {Datura Stramonium, Nightshade Family, 

 Solanacece) . Flowering and fruiting branch. (Baillon.) — A coarse 

 annual about 1-2 m. tall; stem green; flowers white, heavy-scented, 

 5-10 cm. long; fruit dry. Native home, Asia (?). 



Fiu. 187, II. — Jimson- 

 weed. A, flower, cut 

 vertically. B, base 

 of flower cut verti- 

 cally, enlarged. C, 

 fruit opening to dis- 

 charge the seeds. D, 

 seed, entire, and cut 

 vertically. (Baillon.) 



