in botany, a name given by the ancients to a kind of nightshade. See *Solanum*, Encycl.

**Morion**, in ancient mineralogy, a name given to one of the semipellucid gems, more commonly called *promontion*. It is a stone appearing externally of a fine deep black; but when held up against a candle, or against the sun-beams, it gives a very beautiful red in different degrees.