jffyoscyamas. fentAndria monogynia. 137 



ble yellow, fragrant Jioxeers ; the lowermost fascicles remote. Outer 

 bractes verv large, spreading and conspicuous, variously bent and 

 waved, acuminate, much longer than the flowers ; inner ones oblong, 

 equalling ihe calyx. — Corolla sub-rotate, with ovate, obtuse lacinisB, 

 a littie villous on the outiide. Two \ox\gt\ji laments perfect y smooth, 

 the others woolly. Anthers of a vivid red colour, rcnifoini — Cap- 

 sule large, slightly woolly.— N. \V. 



HYOSCYAMUS, Linn. 



Corolla iufundibuliform, obtuse. Stamina bent inwardly. Cap- 

 sule operculate, two-celled. 



1. H. niger, Linn. 



Leaves sinuate, stem-clasping ; flowers sessile. 



Native place, the west and north parts of Hindoosthan. Mywor« 

 thy friend Major-General Hardwick informs me that it grows wild 

 between Futtehgur and the artillery practice. ground at Delia to 

 the westward, whence he brought the seeds to Cawnpore. Seeds 

 were sent down to me from Mcradabad, in 1815, by the Marchio- 

 ness of Hastings, the noble patroness of the Agriculture and Botany 

 of this country, to whose warm and successful, but most unosten- 

 tatious exertions to improve and promote the husbandry and horti- 

 culture of the Indian empire, of which I have been an eye witness 

 for several years past, while India possessed that illustrious lady, I 

 am proud to seize this opportunity of bearing the amplest testimo- 

 ny.* We have ever since cultivated it in the botanic garden, for the 

 purpose of supplying annually the Hon. Company's dispensary at 

 Calcutta with the herb for preparing the extract, which as well as 



* I am happy in this opportunity of corroborating this testimony to the zeal of the Mar* 

 chioness of Hastings in promoting the agriculture and botany of India, and of saying thai 

 the zeal and abilities of my much esteemed friend Dr. Wallich in these pursuits had gained 

 him a very high degree of the confidence and esteem of both the Marquis and Marchio- 

 ness. Ed. 



