Am  Feb.?if9oarm'}  Scopola  Carniolica.  103 
I  am  still  investigating  the  properties  of  scopola,  and  may 
perhaps  have  the  honor  of  adding  to  this  communication  at 
some  future  time.  I  am  anxious  to  know  if  the  extract 
proves  as  effectual  for  arrest  of  activity  in  the  lacteal  glands 
as  does  belladonna,  also  to  try  its  properties  in  some  varieties 
of  heart  disease. 
The  fifth  paper,  "The  Natural  History  of  Scopola  car- 
niolica {Jacquin)"  gives  a  complete  history  of  the  synonymy 
of  this  plant,  commencing  with  Matthioli,  who  in  1563  named 
it  Solatium  somniferum  alterum.  It  was  further  described  in 
1622  by  Caspar  Bauhin  under  the  name  of  Solarium  somniferum 
bacciferum  ;  in  165 1  by  J.  Bauhin  as  Solatium-  manicum  "  quod 
secundo  loco  proponuimus ;"  in  1761  by  J.  A.  Scopoli,  Pro- 
fessor of  Botany,  at  Pavia,  as  Atropa  caule  herbaceo  foliis  ovatis, 
integris,  fructu  capsulari ;  in  1764  by  Jacquin  as  Scopola  car- 
niolica;  in  1767  by  Linnaeus  as  Hyoscyamus  Scopolia  ;  in  1794 
by  Moench  as  Scopola  trichotoma  ;  in  the  same  year  by  Schultes 
as  Scopolina  atropoides  ;  in  1821  by  Link  as  Scopolia  a tropoides, 
and  in  1837  by  G.  Don  as  Scopolia  carniolica. 
The  generic  name  Scopolia  had  been  applied  in  1 763  by  Adan- 
son  for  what  is  now  Ricotia,  Lin.,  CrucifercE  ;  in  1776  by  Forster 
for  what  is  now  Griselinia,  Forst.,  Cornacece  ;  in  1781  by  Linnaeus 
fil.,  for  what  is  now  Daphne,  Lin.,  Thyme  lace  ce ;  in  1790  by 
Smith  for  what  is  now  Toddalia,  fuss.,  Rutacece. 
Jacquin's  name  for  the  plant  being  the  first  binomial  one 
published  after  the  date  of  the  first  edition  of  Linnaeus' 
Species  Plant  arum  in  1753,  should  supersede  the  later 
names  given  by  others.  This  author  repeatedly  writes 
"  Scopola  "  {not  Scopolia)  in  his  published  work. 
The  geographical  distribution  of  Scopola  carniolica  appears 
to  be  limited  to  S.  W.  Germany  (Bavaria),  Austro-Htmgarv 
(Styria,  Carinthia,  Carniola,  Croatia,  Banat,  Transylvania) 
and  S.  W.  Russia  (Podolia  and  Volhynia).  It  grows  in  damp, 
stony  places  among  bushes  in  beechwoods  on  calcareous  soil, 
chiefly  in  hilly  or  mountainous  districts.  In  appearance  it 
closely  resembles  belladonna  in  shape  of  leaf,  shape,  color 
and  position  of  flower,  in  the  branching  of  the  stem  and  in 
the  floral  leaves  being  frequently  geminate.  But  it  differs  in 
its  short  stature  (about  1  foot  high)  in  the  more  reticulated 
