LURIDÆ, the name of the 28th order in Lin-
næus's fragments of a natural method, consisting of
plants whose pale and ominous appearance seems to
indicate something baleful and noxious in their nature
and quality. This order contains the following ge-
nera, viz. atropa, browallia, capicum, catebæa, cel-
sia, cestrum, datura, digitalis, ellisia, hyosecyamus, ly-
cium, nicotiana, padalium, physalis, sesamum, sola-
num, strychnus, and verbasum.