XCVIIT, 



HYOSCYAMUS NIGER. 



Common Henbane. 



Class V. Pentandria. — Order I. Monogynia. 



Nat. Orel, SoLANE^. 



•Gen. Char. Calyx tubular, five-cleft. Corolla funnel- 

 shaped, oblique. Stigma capitate. Capsnle two-celled, 

 opening by a lid. 



Spec. Char. Radical leaves pinnatifid, sinuate ; upper 

 amplexicaul. Flowers nearly sessile. 



SYNONYMES. 



Greek voaava/AOi. Dioscorides. 



'Hyoscyamus vulgaris vel iiiger. Bauh. Pin. 169. Park. 

 Theatr. 303. 

 J .■ J Hyoscyamus £avus. Fj/c/is, 833. 



Hyoscyaraus vulgaris. Raii Syn. 274. 



Hyoscyamus niger. Ger. Em. 353. Lin. Sjy. PL 257. 

 *- Eng. Fl. i. p. 315. Eng. Bot. t. 591. 



French Jusquiame ; Hanebane. 



Italian Giusquiamo. 



Spanish Beleno. 



Portuguese.... Yosciamo ; Meimendi'G. 



German Bilsenkraut ; Schwarze Bilseiikrauu 



Dutch Zwart Bilzenkruid ; Dolkruid. 



Danish Fandensnosser ; Sodbonne ; BulmeurU 



Swedish Bolinoert. 



Bohemian .... Blyn. 



Polish Bielun ; Szaley ; Lulek. 



Russ Belena. 



Arabic Buzirulbunj ; Urmanikun ; Sikran. 



Description. — The root is annual, thick, fusiform, wrinkled, 

 somewhat branched, brown externally, and whitish within. 

 The stem is erect, cylindrical, branched, covered with clammy 

 woolly hairs, and rises from one to two feet in height. The 

 leaves are large, alternate, amplexicaul, soft, woolly, clammy, 

 ovate -lanceolate, acute, sinuated, and irregularly lobed. The 



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