Datura Sanguinea

Datura sanguinea, R. pav.

Natural order , Solanaceæ.

Authority.

Tschudi's Travels in Peru (Am. Journ. of Med. Sci., New Ser., vol. xiv, 1847, p. 260), effects of an Indian from a drink prepared from the fruit.

Soon he fell into a heavy stupor; he sat with his eyes fixed vacantly on the ground, his mouth convulsively closed, and his nostrils dilated. In the course of about a quarter of an hour his eyes began to roll, foam issued from his half-opened lips, and his whole body was agitated by frightful convulsions. These violent symptoms having subsided, a profound sleep of several hours succeeded.