498 
fruits, and Tee was found to be the presomigae alkaloid 
(Ann. Rep. Bd. Sci. Advice, India, 1911-12, 
An erect annual plant 3-5 ft. high, with ete handsom 
flowers, white inside, violet outside in the type, all white in the 
r. alba, less foetid than the leaves. Cultivated at the Botanie 
eife Ebute Mett ta, in flower and fruit in June (McNair, Report 
Bot. St. Ebute Metta, June 30, 1889); found in cultivated „plots 
sands, et with when the no less abundant Tribulus Hien Cat is 
lern 
Ref. ss Sensi et n Datars Albae," in Dee us Agi 
Flückiger and Hanbury, pp. 462-4 453. —- ura fastuosa,” 
in Dict. Econ. Prod. India, Watt, iii. 1890, ind 39-39. 
Datura Metel, et FI. Trop. Afr. IV. Ta 2, p. 256. 
Ill.—Bot. Mag. 1440; Blanco, Fl. Filip. t. 34; Sweet, Brit. 
Fl. Gard. vii. (1838) + 380 (D. gu un): Wight, Te. PI. 
prs Or. 111. t. 852 ots ba). 
A poison, moe (Dali, Herb. Kew). The seeds = 
monium. The seeds contain abou t 15 per cent. of il (Hooper, 
Agric. Ledger, No. 5, 1911-12, ** Oils and Fats of indas ' p. 156). 
erbaceous plant, stem erect, 3-4 ft. high, found growing 
near aliga, Katagum (Dalziel, Le.) ; apparently wild, in waste 
ground by the river Niger, Farana (Scott Elliot, Herb. Kew); cul- 
tivated throughout Mexico (Dolley, Enel. in Letter H.M. Consul, 
Mexico, April 1910, to Director Kew). Cultivation same as for 
D. Stramonium. 
Ref.—'' Datura Metel,’ ” in Dict. Econ. Prod. India, Watt, i 
1890, pp. 39-40.-——'' Datura Metel," in Pharmac icto 
Indica, Dymock, Wurden and Hooper, ii. pp. 585-592. 
Datura Stramonium, Linz. ; 1 Fl. Trop. Afr. IV. Sect. 2, p. 251. 
Ill.—Oeder, Fl. Danica. iii. t. 436; Plenck, Ic. t. 96; E 
and Smith, En ng. Bot. xviii. t. 1288; Schk. Ha ndb. t. 43; 
Palmstruck, Svensk. Bot. Stockholm, Hayn Darst. 
Beschr. Gewüchse, i it T: Carbis, FI. tond. Pate Ed. Ji LL "d 
pee. Encycl. t. 113; Bigelow, Amer. Med. Bot. t. 1; Desc. Ant. ii 
175; Nees von Esenbeck, Plant. Medic. and t. 193; Gaa 
Abbild. Beschr. t. 45; Woodville, Med. Bot. ii. (1832) t. 74; Steph. 
