80 PHYSOSTIGMA VENENOSUM 



The physiological antagonism of atropia and physostigma would 

 also direct attention to the use of the latter in poisoning by the 

 former. Atropia has also been found useful in poisoning by the 

 Calabar bean. 



Per. Mat. Med., by B. & R., p. 842 ; Pharmacographia, p. 167 ; 

 U. S. Disp., by W. & B., p. 669; Journ. de Pharm., 1864, 

 p. 277 ; Ohem. News, 22 March, 1867, p. 149 ; Mayer, Amer. 

 Journ. Pharm., 1865, p. 173 ; Comptes Rendus, 1865, p. 1194 ; 

 Edin. Journ. Med. Science, vol. xx, p. 193 ; Pharm. Jl., vol. xiv, 

 p. 470; Fraser, in Edin. Med. Journ., July, 1863, p. 36 ; Robert- 

 son, Edin. Med. Journ., March, 1863, p. 815 ; Bouchat, Bull. 

 Gener. de Therap., 1875. 



DESCRIPTION OP PLATE. 



The flowering branch from a specimen in spirit collected at Old Calabar, 

 in the collection of the late D. Hanbury ; the fruit from a specimen in the 

 British Museum, collected at Old Calabar by the Rev. Z. Baillie. 



1. A flowering branch. 



2. Pistil, half of the calyx removed. 



3. Terminal part of style and appendage. 



4. Transverse section through the appendage. 



5. A pod. 



6. 7. Seeds. 



8. Transverse section of a dry seed. 



9. Base of one cotyledon, showing radicle and plumule. 



(3, 4 and 9 enlarged.) 



