CRUDE DRUGS. 



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irregularly sinuate-lobed, the lobes acute; upper surface dark 

 green, nearly glabrous, under surface yellowish-green, glabrous, 

 slightly pubescent (Fig. 287, D) on the veins, midrib dark brown. 



Fig. 269. Datura Stramonium showing the alternate, petiolate, sinuate-lobed leaves, 

 which show perforations due to the bites of insects; the flowers with large funnelfomi 

 corolla, and the prickly capsules. 



veins of the first order diverging from it at an angle of 45° to 

 65°, dividing near the margin and the main branches passing into 

 the lobes ; petiole dark brown, 0.5 to 4.5 cm. long, circular in cross- 

 section; texture fragile. Flowers solitary, pedicel 2 to 10 mm. 



