PL ex. cor. 26. SOLAN EiE. 84. Hyoscyamus. 329 



J I. 84. HYOSCYAMUS. Dioscorides. Henbane. 



Calyx tubular, 5-cut; corolla funnelshape; limb obliquely 

 spreading, unequally 5-lobed; slamens 5; stigma capitate; 

 capsule ovate, compressed, dehiscent, circumscissile ; seeds 

 ascending; corculum homotropous. — Herbaceous; hractecB 

 mostly double; flowers solitary, axillary, mostly facing one 

 way. 



1. Hyoscyamus niger. Black henbane. 

 . Leaves amplexicaul, sinuate ; flowers nearly sessile. 



Hyoscyamus vulgaris, Raii Syn. 274, 1. 

 Hyoscyamus niger, Ger, em. 333, 1 ; Lin. S. P, 257. 

 Hyoscyamus niger vel vulgaris. Park. 362. 

 Hyoscyamus lethalis, Salisb. Prod. 131. 

 Common henbane. 



Ruins and waysides; annual; July. 



Root fusiform; herb viscous, foetid, woolly, clammy; 

 stem-leaves alternate; flowers upright; calyx reticulately 

 veined; tube of the corolla white, purple in the middle; 

 limb pale yellow veined with purple ; anthers and style deep 

 purple. — Roots, leaves, and seeds, reputed poisonous; but 

 the seeds may be eaten with impunity; the inspissated 

 juice is added to opium to prevent costiveness ; the smoke 

 removes toothach. 



2. Hyoscyamus albus. White henbane. 

 Stem-leaves petioled, heartshape, pointed, sinuate; hrac- 



iecR not cut ; flowers nearly sessile ; corolla bellied. 



Hyoscyamus albus, Ger. em. 353, 2 ; Lin. S. P. 257. 

 Hyoscyamus luridus, Salisb. Prod. 132. 



Rubbish by the sea-side ; annual ; July. 

 Leaves downy, paler than those of hyoscj'amus niger. — 

 Effects similar but milder than those of the black. 



III. 85. NICOTIANA. Lonicerus. Tobacco. 



Calyx 5-parted ; lobes equal ; corolla funnelshape ; limb 

 5-plaited ; stamens 5, equal, villous at bottom ; stigma ca- 

 pitate, nicked ; capsule ovate, conical ; apex cut. 



1. Nicotiana rustica. Country tobacco. 



Leaves petioled, ovate, not in the least cut; lobes of the 



corolla blunt. 



Hyoscyamus luteus, Ger. em. 356. 

 Nicotiana rustica, Lin. S. P. 258. 

 Yellow henbane. English tobacco. 



Dunghills, naturalized from America ; annual : July. 

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