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144 PENT ANURIA MDNOGYNIA.
HYOSCYAMUS. Gen. PL 247.
Cor. infundibuliformis obtula. Stamina incliriata.
Caps, operculata, 2-loculans.
niger i. HYOSCYAMUS foliis -amplexicaulibus finuatls,
floribus kfTilibus. Sp. -pL 257. {Gcr. Em. t. ^^2-
f. I.;
Common Henbane. AnvUs.
o
In wafte places near towns and villages. G. VI.
The whole plant is cover'd with unftuous foetid
hairs : the flowers are yellow, reticulated with
violet-color'd veins. The root, leaves and feed
are a moft powerful narcotic : a few of the feed.s
^ have been knoU-n to deprive a man of his reafon
U/^- ^^ //(^ and limbs.
ATROPA. Gen. PI. 249.
Cor. campanulata. Sta?}i. 'diftantia. Bacca globofa,
2-locularis.
hlladonna ATROPA caule herbaceo, foliis ovatis integris.
'• Sp. pL 260. {Miller, ic. 62. bens. Ger. Em. 34.0.
Moris, hift.f. 13. /. 3,/. 4.)
Deadly Nightfliade. Anglis.
In the King's park at Slerling, and at TcohimhkiU.
The berries of this plant are of a malignant poi-
fonous nature, and, being of a fwect tafte, ha^
frequently been deftru6^ive to children. A large
glafs of warm vinegar, taken as foon as pollibie
after eating tlie berries, will prevent their bad
effefts.
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HYOSCYAMUS. Gen. PL 247.
Cor. infundibuliformis obtula. Stamina incliriata.
Caps, operculata, 2-loculans.
niger i. HYOSCYAMUS foliis -amplexicaulibus finuatls,
floribus kfTilibus. Sp. -pL 257. {Gcr. Em. t. ^^2-
f. I.;
Common Henbane. AnvUs.
o
In wafte places near towns and villages. G. VI.
The whole plant is cover'd with unftuous foetid
hairs : the flowers are yellow, reticulated with
violet-color'd veins. The root, leaves and feed
are a moft powerful narcotic : a few of the feed.s
^ have been knoU-n to deprive a man of his reafon
U/^- ^^ //(^ and limbs.
ATROPA. Gen. PI. 249.
Cor. campanulata. Sta?}i. 'diftantia. Bacca globofa,
2-locularis.
hlladonna ATROPA caule herbaceo, foliis ovatis integris.
'• Sp. pL 260. {Miller, ic. 62. bens. Ger. Em. 34.0.
Moris, hift.f. 13. /. 3,/. 4.)
Deadly Nightfliade. Anglis.
In the King's park at Slerling, and at TcohimhkiU.
The berries of this plant are of a malignant poi-
fonous nature, and, being of a fwect tafte, ha^
frequently been deftru6^ive to children. A large
glafs of warm vinegar, taken as foon as pollibie
after eating tlie berries, will prevent their bad
effefts.
SOLAN UM:
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| Early Gaelic Book Collections > Blair Collection > Flora Scotica: or, a systematic arrangement, in the Linnaean method, of the native plants of Scotland and the Hebrides > Volume 1 > (204) |
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| Description | Vol. I. |
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| Shelfmark | Blair.153 |
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| Description | By John Lightfoot. 2 volumes. (Bound together with vol. 2 beginning at p. 545.) |
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| Shelfmark | Blair.153-154 |
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