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Poisonous plants

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Poisonous plants, c1885. As well as the poisonous Black or Common Nightshade (Solanum nigrum) top left, and Woody Nightshade or Bittersweet (Solanum dulcarama) top right, there are the more dangerous Deadly Nightshade (Atropa belladonna) bottom left which contains the alkaloids Atropine and Hyoscyamine, Thorn Apple (Datura stramonium) centre and Henbane (Hyoscyamus niger) right which contain Hyoscyamine. (c1885). Chromolithograph.

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