193 ATROPA BELLADONNA 



to keep the edge of the iris free, and also to diminish the morbid 

 sensibility of this organ to the influence of light. 



Per. Mat. Med., by B. & R., p. 602 ; Pharmacograpbia, pp. 409 

 and 411; U. S. Disp., by W. & B., p. 169; Garr. Mat. Med., 

 p. 324; Royle's Mat. Med., by J. Harley, p. 493. Amer. 

 Journ. of Pharm., vol. xiii, p. 127, and vol. xxxiv, p. 126; 

 Attfield, in Pharm. Journ., vol. iii, 2 ser., p. 448 ; Squire, 

 in Pharm. Journ., vol. iii, 2 ser., pp. 300 and 368 ; Bentley, 

 in Pharm. Journ., vol. i, 2 ser., p. 515, and vol. iii, p. 475 5 

 Lefort, in Journ. de Pharm., vol. xv (1872), pp. 269 and 341 ; 

 Dr. T. T. Smith, in Lancet (1874). 



DESCRIPTION OP PLATE. 



Drawn from a plant in the Royal Botanic Society's Garden, Regent's Park. 



1. Reduced sketch of the rootstock and a flowering stem. 



2. A branch with flowers. 



3. Corolla laid open, and pistil. 



4. Vertical, and 5. Transverse section of ovary. 



6. Fruit. 



7. Transverse section of the same. 



8. Seed. 



9. Section of the same. 



(3-5 enlarged ; 8, 9 greatly magnified.) 



