DATURA

(Lat.), n. f. Dan(da3t)-u2(u)'ra3. From Ar., to torah. Fr., d., stramoine. Ger., Stechapfel. It., stramonio. Sp., estramonio. Thorn-apple, Jimson-weed, James town-weed; of Linnaeus, a genus of solanaceous herbs with bluish-white or purple, solitary axillary flowers, and a large, tubular, ventricous, five-angled calyx, with a persistent, orbicular base. There are 5 stamens and a 2- celled capsule with 4 valves. [B, 19, 34, 42, 173, 180 (a, 24).] -Alcool at ure de d. stramonium (Fr.). See Tinctura STRAMONII. Cigarettes de d. (Fr.). See Cigaretce STRAMONII. D. a gro es Opines (Fr.). See D. ferox.U. alba. Fr., metel. Ger., weichhaariger Stechapfel. See D. metel. D. arborea. Fr., d. en arbre. The tree stramonium, a species indigenous to Peru, where the leaves are used as an emollient. [B, 173. 180, 185 (a, 24).] p. ceratocaula. Fr., d. corn.it. A West Indian species having similar properties to those of C. stramonium. [B, 173, 180 (o, 24).] D. cigars. See CigaretcB STRAMONII. D. en arbre (Fr.). See D. arborea. D. fastuosa. Fr.. d. fasteux, manteau du Christ, trompette dujugement. A species considered more poisonous than D. alba. The root is prescribed by Mohammedan physicians in epilepsy, and the Hindoo doctors use the leaves and fruit for poultices. The seeds are soporific, and are applied to boils and carbuncles. In Java the herb is used in herpetic diseases. A tincture and a decoction are used in asthma. [B, 5, 19, 172, 173, 180, 185 (a, 24).] D. ferox. Fr., d. a, gro es epines. A very poisonous species, used in China like D. stramonium. [B, 5, 173, 180 (o, 24).] D. leeyis. A species resembling the D. stramonium, but differing in having smooth capsules, destitute of spinous points. It is a native of Aby in i a, though cultivated in the gardens of Europe, [a, 24.] D. metel, D. me DATURA ARBOREA. [A, 327.] teloides. A species used in India as an intoxicant. The Rajpoot mothers, it is said, smear their breasts with the juice of the leaves, to kill their newly born female infants. The leaves are used externally in rheumatic pains, and the seeds are given in fevers. The juice of the leaves, boiled in oil. is used for diseases of the scalp. [B, 5, 19, 173, 180 (a. 24).] D. nilhummatu. An undershrub growing in the sands of Malabar. In Java the leaves and seeds are pounded, mixed with oil. and employed in plasters for di ipating tumors, the seeds are used as a remedy for intermittent fever, and the juice of the leaves is applied externally as an antisyphilitic. [L, 87 (a, 21).] D. sanguine a [Ruiz and Pav6n]. Fr., d. sanguin. The floripondio of Peru, where an intoxicating beverage, tonga, is prepared from its seeds; it produces furious delirium in large A, ape; A, at; A3, ah; A, all; Ch, chin; Ch, loch (Scottish); [s. 510]