ATROPA

(Lat.),n.f.?)-pa’. From'Arporos, one of the Parcæ, Fr., bell a done. Ger., Tollkirsche, Tolikraut. - A genus of herbs of the Solanaceæ (according to Miers, the Atropaceæ), distinguished by the bell-shaped, purplish corolla formed of 5 united petals, having its 5-parted eal ie and its 5 stamens adherent to the tube of the corolla, The fruit isa black, succulent berry containing several seeds and having at its base the enlarged persistent calyx. [B, 19.|—A. a cum in at a [Royle]. The 4. belladonna. [B, 212)]— A. arbores cens. 1. Of Linnæus, the Acnistus arbores cens. 2. Rämer and Schultes, the Acnistus Plumier i. [B, 173, 214.] See Supplement.— A. belladonna [Linnæus]. Fr., bell a done, belled a me, bouton noir, morelle furieuse (ou marine). Ger., Tollkirsche, Wolfs kirs che, gemeines Toll kraut, Nachtschatten. It.. belladonna. Sp., bell a don a, beliadama, yerbamora violent a.’ Syn.: Belladonna trichotoma (Seopoli] (seu laccifera [Lamarek]), Solanum lethale Volck.] (seu ntelano -cerasus [C. Be hin}). The belladonna, deadly nightshade, common dwale; an erect perennial European herb, from 3 to 5 feet high, bearing dull: green, ovate, entire leaves having a peculiar heavy odor and a pay, feel, and solitary, axillary, dull purplish, bell-shaped tlowers on drooping stalks. The fruit isa dark, shining, many-seeded berry, resembling a cherry in shape and attached in the base of the permanent calyx. The branches, the inferior surface of the leaves, and the peduncles are pubescent. ‘The root is carrot-shaped, branching, dirt yellow externally, white within. THE ATROPA BELLADONNA, ‘he root and leaves (radiz et herb a [A, 827.] belladonnæ [seu atropæ belladon-; ne, seu solan i furiosi (seu lethal is, seu maniac i, seu somniferi)]) are official as ‘belladonna (q. v.). ‘ [B, 19.]—Atropz belladonnw radix. See Radix atropæ bell a donne.—A. frutesceus [Linneus]. See WITH AN I A frutescens.—A. lethal is. See A. belladonna.—A. Intescens [Jacquin], The A. belladonna, [B, 212.) —A, mandragora [Linnæus]. See MANDRAGORA oficinalis,—A. ea [Linnæus]. See NicANDRA l_‘physalm'de:r.—A. plicata th], A. procumbens [Cavanilles]. The Saracha procumbens. B, 180, 214.]—A>säure (Ger.). A tropic acid. [B.]—A. solanea. See 4. arbores cens.—Extractum atropæ belladonæ [Fr. Cod.]. See Ertractum RELLADONNÆ alcohol i cum (1st def.).—Extractum de radice atropæ belladonæ [Fr. Cod.]. See Extractum BELLA- DONNÆ alcohol i cum (2d def.).—Merba atropæ belladonnæ. The leaves of A. belladonna. [B, 180,] See BELLADONNA.—Herba atropæ man drag oræ. The herb of Mandragora officinal is. [B, 180.]—Pulvis folii atropæ belladonæ [Fr. Cod.]. See Poudre de BELL A DONE ( feuilles),—Radix atropæ bell a donnee, The root of A. belladonna. [B, ay) See BELLADONNA.—Radix atropæ man drag oræ. The root of Mandragora vernal is. [B, 180.] ATROPACEÆ (Lat.), n. f. pl.?)-pa(pa’)’se2(ke?)-?). Fr., atropacées, Ger., Atropaceen. An order of plants separated by Miers from the Solanaceæ, including the tribes Nicotianæ, Datureæ, Duboisieæ, Schizantheæ, Sn.!)âigluxsideœ, Petum'etâ,o Hyoscyameæ, Atropeæ, Solandreæ, and Brunsfelsieæ. [B, 19, 64 O, no; 02, not; O$, whole; Th, thin: Th, the: U?, like oo in too; U?, blue; U%, lull; U4, fnil; U4, urn; US, like ü (German: