DIV. II 



ANGIOSPEBMAE 



699 



considerable amounts of alkaloids or poisonous glucosides. Species of Solanum, 



FIG. 758. Datura Stramonium (i nat. size). Mature fruit after dehiscence. 

 OFFICIAL and Poisosous. 



Atropa, Datura, Hyoscyamus, and Nicoti-ana are among the most poisonous plants 

 met with in this country. 



