CXXXIX. 



ATROPA BELLADONNA. 



Deadly Nightshade, or Dwale. 



Class V. Pentandria. — Order I. Monogynia. 

 Nat. Ord. Solane^e. 



Gen. Char. Calyx five-parted. Corolla campanulale, 

 the lobes equal. Stamens distant. Berry superior, of 

 two cells. 



Spec. Char. Stem herbaceous. Leaves ovate, undivided. 

 Flowers axillary, pedunculate. 



SYNONYMES. 



(Week <rr£v%vos //.avixos. Dioscoridis. 



( Solanum Melanocerasus. Bauh. Pin. 166. 



Solanum lethale. Ger. Em. 340. Park. Theatr. 346. 



Belladonna. Rati Syn. 265. 

 Latin \ Atropa lethalis. Salisb. Prod. 132. 



Belladonna trichotoma. Moench. Meth. 179. 



Atropa Belladonna. Lin. Sp. PI. 260. Eng. Fl. i. p. 316. 

 Eng. Bot. t. 592. 

 French. ... Belladone ; Morelle Furieuse. 

 Italian .... Belladonna. 

 Spanish . . Belladonna ; Belladama. 



Port Belladonna. 



G j Tollkraut ; Tollkirsche ; Dollkraut ; Wolfskirsche ; Wald- 



1 nachtschatten. 

 Dutch .... Doodkruid ; Dolkraut ; Dolle Nagtschade. 

 Danish .... Natskade. 

 Swedish . . Wargbaer. 

 Polish .... Wilcza wisnia ; Tesak ; Psinki. 



Russ Beschenaja wischnja. 



Persian . . . Rubah tarbuc. 

 Arabic .... Inubus saleb. 

 Hindoost. . . Sagunggor. 



