In article , Miss
Perspicacia Tick writes
Draven wrote:
It's not slugs. Could it be woodlice?

It probably /is/ slugs - number one rule I've found is to blame slugs for
everything unless - or until - you find otherwise. 95% of the time you don't
have to look any further. Slugs must have cast-iron stomachs (if they have
stomachs that is) they happily munch away on the leaves of my datura (sorry
brugmansia - does anyone know any reason for the name change - I assume it
was named after a Mr (Dr?) Brugman(s)?)

It's not a straight name change. It was decided that the erect-flowered
daturas and the droopy flowered ones were sufficiently distinct as to be
in different genera. Since, presumably (since this is how the reules of
nomenclature work), the genus name Datura was originally defined on the
basis of one of the erect-flowered species, a new genus name had to be
found for the droopy flowered ones - hence Brugmansia.


--
Kay
"Do not insult the crocodile until you have crossed the river"