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SOLANACE^'E 



not common. The most daiiyerous poisonous plant in Britain, 

 its berries being fatally attractive to chilclren. A strong emetic, a 

 dose of magnesia, and to keep the patient from dozing are the 

 best precautions in cases of poisoning by its berries, pending the 

 arrival of medical aid. (Name from Atropos, one of the Fates, who 

 was suppos-fed to cut the thread of human destiny.) — Fl. June— - 

 August. Perennial, 



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4. F)atura, represented b\' D. Straihguiitm (Tliorn Apple), a 

 coarse, strong smelling plant, i~ 1 ftet liigh, with widely diverging 

 2 — 3-furcate branches ; large, ovate, glabrous, sinuate-dentate 

 leaves ; large, erect, white flowers on short stalks in the forks of the 

 branches ; and a densely spinous, ovate, 4-valved capsule. — 'Waste 

 places; rare. (Name of Arabic origin. )^F1. June, July. Annual. 



5. HvoscvAMUS (Henbane). — Strong-smelling, often sticky 

 herbs ; calyx l)ell-shaped, persistent : lor'olla with a short tube ami 



