tiles


Note:  Do not rely on this information. It is very old.

Nightshade

Nightshade, the popular name of the English species of Solanum, the Woody Nightshade, and of the allied Atropa belladonna, the Deadly Nightshade. This latter is an erect, stout-branched, herbaceous plant, with large, ovate leaves, drooping, bell-shaped, luridly brownish-purple flowers, and black cherry-like fruits with a persistent green calyx. Its deadly narcotic properties are chiefly in the roots and leaves. [Atropine.]