Hénault, CHARLES

JEAN FRANÇOIS, 1685-1770. French historian, Academician 1723. Henbane. Hyoscyamus. Genus of Solanacee ; coarse, lurid flowered weeds, natives of Europe. The Black Henbane, IMG:content-0550.png:[graphic][merged small] H. nigra , has been introduced into N. America; the leaves and seeds contain the poisonous alkaloid HYOSCYAMIN (q.v.).