[1152] The London herbalists often collect it while much of the inflorescence is still in bud, in which state it affords far more of leaf than when well matured; but it is in the latter condition that the plant is to be preferred.
[1153] Gmelin, Chemistry, xiv. 405.
[1154] Semplici, Vinegia, 1561. 130.
[1155] Pharmacologia, 1693. 211.
[1156] Essays, Medical and Experimental, ii. (1773) 226.
[1157] Roxburgh, Flor. Ind. ii. (1832) 91.
[1158] To such a mistake may probably be referred the statement of Irvine (Account of the Mat. Med. of Patna, 1848, p. 6) that the seeds of henbane are “used in food as carminative and stimulant”!
[1159] Babington in Journ. of Linn. Soc., Bot. xi. (1871) 310.
[1160] Aitchison in Journ. of Linn. Soc., Bot., x. (1869) 76. 94.
[1161] Leared in Pharm. Journ. Feb. 8, 1873. 623.