358 LXXXVII. SCROPHULARINE^E. 



Tribe III. — Hyoscyame/E. 

 Datura, Linn. 



Leichhardtii, F. v. M. — Poisonous to stock. 

 * Stramonium, Linn. — Thorn or Mad Apple; poisonous. 

 Used in cases of asthma. 

 var. Tatula, Hook. — Poisonous ; useful in cases of asthma. 

 *fastuosa, Mill. — Poisonous. 



Metel, Linn. — Poisonous. The properties of Stramonium and 

 allied plants are anodyne and antispasmodic, and in over- 

 doses they are very poisonous. 



Tribe IV.— Cestrine.e. 

 *Cestrum, Linn. 



nocturnum, Linn. — Poison-berry. A common shrubby weed 

 on vacant places about towns ; known as a bad poison 

 weed in South Africa, especially to cattle. 

 Nicotiana, Linn. — Fruit a Capsule. 



suaveolens, Lehm. — Native Tobacco; poisonous to stock. 

 var. parviflora, Benth. (Fig. 333.) 

 var. longiflora, Benth- — Six-o'clock; Wild Tobacco. (Fig. 



334-) 

 var. Debneyi, Bail. (Fig. 335.) 

 *Tabacum 3 Linn. — Tobacco-plant. America. 

 *glauca, Grah. — Tobacco-tree. Buenos Ayres. 



Tribe V. — Salpiglossid.e. 

 *Petunia, Jnss. 



nyctaginiflora, Jnss. — Stray from gardens. 

 Duboisia, R. Br. 



myoporoides, R.Br. — Dr. Joseph Bancroft's Eye-plant; said 

 to possess the properties of Belladonna, but is three times 

 as powerful, and has other advantages. 

 Hopwoodii, F. v. M. — Pitury. The leaves of this plant are 

 chewed by the natives as the white man chews tobacco. 

 (Fig. 336.) 

 Leichhardtii, F. v. M. — Corkwood of the Nanango district. 



Alliance IX.— PERSON ALES. 



Order LXXXVII.— SCROPHULARINEJE. 



Series Pseudosolane.e. 



Tribe I. — VerbascEvE. 

 *Verbascum, Linn. 



Blattaria, Linn. — Moth Mullein. Europe. 



