144 PENT ANURIA MDNOGYNIA. 



HYOSCYAMUS. Gen. PL 247. 

 Cor. infundibuliformis obtula. Stamina incliriata. 

 Caps, operculata, 2-loculans. 

 niger i. HYOSCYAMUS foliis -amplexicaulibus finuatls, 

 floribus kfTilibus. Sp. -pL 257. {Gcr. Em. t. ^^2- 



f. I.; 



Common Henbane. AnvUs. 



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In wafte places near towns and villages. G. VI. 



The whole plant is cover'd with unftuous foetid 



hairs : the flowers are yellow, reticulated with 



violet-color'd veins. The root, leaves and feed 



are a moft powerful narcotic : a few of the feed.s 



^ have been knoU-n to deprive a man of his reafon 



U/^- ^^ //(^ and limbs. 



ATROPA. Gen. PI. 249. 

 Cor. campanulata. Sta?}i. 'diftantia. Bacca globofa, 

 2-locularis. 

 hlladonna ATROPA caule herbaceo, foliis ovatis integris. 

 '• Sp. pL 260. {Miller, ic. 62. bens. Ger. Em. 34.0. 



Moris, hift.f. 13. /. 3,/. 4.) 

 Deadly Nightfliade. Anglis. 

 In the King's park at Slerling, and at TcohimhkiU. 



The berries of this plant are of a malignant poi- 

 fonous nature, and, being of a fwect tafte, ha^ 

 frequently been deftru6^ive to children. A large 

 glafs of warm vinegar, taken as foon as pollibie 

 after eating tlie berries, will prevent their bad 

 effefts. 



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