141 
1046, H. Nicer. Don’s. syst. 4. p. 471. English Botany, t. 591. Bot. Mag, 
t. 2394. Ainslie Mat. Ind. 1. p. 167. 
Common henbane.—Native of Britain; among rubbish and on dang hills; 
intd. at Dapvoree by Dr. Lush. {t bears poison in its looks. (“Quid ut no- 
verca me intuerts’”’?) 
Cultivated at Hewra by Dr. Gibson, who has prepared the extract, and 
found itequally active as a medicine, with that obtained from England. 
TRIBE 3. DATUREA, 
505. DATURA. L. Pentandria Wonogynia. . 
From the Sanscrit name Dhustura; Gaert. 2. t. 132. Lam.¢. 113. Denoting 
a Trumpet. N. ; 
1047. D. ALBa. Don’s. syst. 4. p. 474. D. metel. Rox. Flora. 1 p. 561. 
Humalu. Rheed. Mal. 2. ¢. 28. Stramonia indica prima, seu Datura alba. 
Rumph. Amb. 5. t. 87. f. 1. Stramonium indica tertia, seu Datura rubra. 
Rumph. Amb. 5. ¢. 87. f. 2. on the authority of Hamilton, (see Linn. Trans, 
14. p. 232.) Lour. Cochin China. | p. 110. Fleming in Asiat. Res. ll. p. 165. 
Hardwicke. in Do. 6. p. 351. D. metel. Don’s. syst. 4. p. 474. Bot. Mag. 
t. 1440. 
The common Dhulura, or Thorn Apple;—generally found growing among 
rubbish about villages, all over the country.—A lured looking plant; in flower 
and fruit all the year. . 
It possesses very strong narcotic properties, and has on several occasions 
been fatally used by Bombay thieves, who administer it to deprive their 
victims of the power of resistance. The Chinese use D, ferox, for the same 
nefarious purposes. (see Crawfurd’s Archipelago, vol. 1.) 
. 
1048: D. Fastuosa. Don’s. syst. 4. p. 474. D-. dubia. Don’s. syst. 4. p- 
274. Rox. Flora. t. p. 561. Hamilton in Linn. Trans. 13. p. 237. Nill 
humatu. Rheed. Mal. 2. ¢. 29. Mudela humatu. Rheed. Mal. 2. ¢. 30. 
The black Dhatura;—found in the same localities.—It has frequently 
double flowers, and is esteemed a more virulent poison than the white 
flowered. (Dr. Gibson.) 
They seem to be mere varieties of each other, Lieut. Col. Sykes says there 
are many species of Datura in the Deccan (Madras Journ. of Science, No. 
22. p. 163.) Surely he mistakes. 
506. BRUGMANSIA. Pers. Pentandria Monogynia. 
Named by Persoon, in honor of Prnfessor Brugmans. 
1049. B. Canpipa. Don’s. syst. 4. p. 475. Datura arborea, Linn, Flora. 
Pere 2.16.28. 
A shrub, native of Peru; where it is cultivated for the sake of its large, 
showy white flowers. Hort Soc. Garden, aud at Dapooree. intd. by Mr. 
Macullough from Egypt in 1837. 
The flowers are about half a foot in length, and appear during the rains. 
ORDER 100. VERBASCIN &. Don’s. syst. 4. p. 488. 
507. CELSIA, t. Didynamia Angiospermia. 
Named by Linnaeusin bouor of Olaus Celsius, a Professor in the Universi- 
ty of Upsal, Gaert. ¢, 50. Lam. ¢, 582. 
1050: C. Arcturus. Don’s. syst. 4. p. 499. Vahls. Symbols 3. p. 79, Bot. 
Mag. t. 1962. Jacq. Hort. Vind. 2. ¢. 117. 
Herbaceous; radical leaves lyrate; superior, oblong; flowers large yellow; 
filaments bearded with purple hairs; native of Candia.—Grows wild about 
Dapooree. (Dr. Lush.) Common in the bed of almost every river. (Mr. Law.) 
__ Perhaps the plant here referred to may prove identical with Roxburgh’s 
C. coromandelia. Rox. Flora. 3. p. 100. Ave they distinct species? C. corojan- 
delia is in Mr. Nimmo’s collection, ; 
