376 POWDERED VEGETABLE DRUGS 



114. (Fig. 115.) HYOSCYAMUS. Hyoscyamus. U. S. 



Seeds. 



Fl. ex. 60. Tinct. 40. 



Names and origin as for 113. 



Ash gray. 



Odorless. 



Bitter, somewhat pungent. 



The outer layer of seed coat consists of large, irregularly rounded, 

 brownish, thick-walled sclerenchyma cells, the outer wall being thin, 

 pores not noticeable, filled with a granular proteid substance. Endo- 

 sperm cells not very thick-walled nor porous, filled with granular 

 proteid matter and fat. 



