CRUDE DRUGS. 



621 



what reniform, flattened, light brown ; testa finely pitted, with a 

 curved embryo embedded in the endosperm. Odor distinct, heavy. 



Taste somewhat disagreeable. 



Fir, 368. Atropa BeUadnnna sb'Ti-inq tiip pltprnate, netiol^te, ovate, entire leaves, 

 in the axils of which are the solitary fruits or flowers with large, leafly bracts. 



Inner Structure. See Figs. 285, K: 287, C. 



GoNSTiTUENT.s. Several alkaloids amounting to from 0.3 to 

 0.7 per cent., of which hyoscyamine (see Hyoscyamus) exists in 

 largest proportion. The drug also contains hyoscine (scopola- 



