4 POISONOUS PLANTS. 



DATURA STRAMONIUM {British). 



THORN APPLE — DEVIL'S APPLE — DEVIL'S TRUMPET — DEV^^TRY 

 — JAMES-TOVifN-WEED — STINK-WEED — APPLE PERU. 



Solanacea. — Leaves ovate, angular and sinuated. — Fruit spiny. 

 — Waste ground ; 2ft. ; Ann. ; July-Sept. ; white. 



Toxic principle.— JiATVUlUE, also contained in D. alba, 

 D. arborea, D. ccFatocaula, D. fastuosa, D. ferox, D. Metel, 

 D. tatula. 



HYOSCYAMUS NIGER (British). 



COMMON HEN BANE — COMMON HEN-BELL. 



SolanacecE. — Leaves downy, sinuated. — Stem clasping. — 

 Flowers sessile. — Waste ground ; ift. ; Ann. ; July ; dingy 

 yellow, with purple veins. 



Toxic principle.— HYOSCYAMINE ; also contained in H. albus, 

 H. muticns, Duboisa myoporoides. 



MANDRAGORA OFFICINALIS. 

 MANDRAGORA VERNALIS {S. Europe). 



COMMON MANDRAKE — MEDICINAL MANDRAKE — DtVIL'S 



APPLES. 

 Solanacecs. — A heib ; hardy ; perenn. ; almost stemless. — 

 Root spindle-shaped, forked, 4-5ft. — Flower white to bluish, 

 odor foetid, large, reticulately veined ; corolla campanulate, 

 5-fid, lobes broad, flat, imbricated ; May. — Fruit, a large berry, — 

 Leaves petiolate, oblong — lanceolate and ovate, undulated, ift. 

 long. 



Toxic /rz«ir2>)/^.— MANDEAGORINE. 



SOLANUM DULCAMARA {British). 



WOODY NIGHTSHADE — BITTER-SWEET — FELON WORT — 

 FELON WORT MORTAL — FELON WOOD. 



Solanacece. — A climbing shrub. — Leaves cordate. — Flowers in 

 drooping clusters. — Hedges ; abundant ; 6ft ; June - Aug. 

 Bright purple ; stamens yellow. — Berries red. 



Toxic /n«fz>)/«.— SOLANINE. 



SOLANUM NIGRUM {British). 



BLACK NIGHTSHADE— GARDEN NIGHTSHADE — HOUND'S 

 BERRY— PETTY MOREL. 



SolanacecB. — Stem herbaceous. — Leaves ovate ; waved. — 

 Flowers in drooping umbels. — A common weed. ift. ; Ann. ; 

 June— Sept. — White ; stamens yellow. — Berries black. 



Toxic principle.— %Q\.K^\Vi^. 



