Jimsonweed

a well known rank, illscented annual, two to five feet high, belonging to the potato family. It has yellowish green, leafy, much branched stems, bearing a profusion of large white funnelshaped flowers about three inches in length. Both the leaves and seeds are medicinal, being used principally in cases of asthma. Children are occasionally poisoned by eating the seeds. The name is derived from Jamestown, where the plant was originally introduced with other weeds from Europe. It is known to the druggist as stramonium. About 100,000 pounds of dried leaves are imported annually. It is exceedingly common in the old fields of Virginia and elsewhere, chiefly in the South, but foreigners gather the leaf at less expense.