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6316.12. Booted Amanita. — V. colhurnatus (Atk.) Murrill. Native of the north 

 temperate zone. 



6316.13. Deceiving Clitocybe. — Monadelphus illudens (Schw.) Earle. A phos- 

 phorescent species, growing on dead and dying wood in the eastern United 

 States. 



6316.14. Veiled stinkhorn. — Diclyophora duplicata (Bosc) Ed. Fisch. A very 

 ill-smelling species, growing about buildings and in woods and thickets. 



6316.15. Bay-red Lactaria. — Lactaria rufa (Scop.) Fries. Native of Europe and 

 occasional in the United States, growing in damp woods. 



6316.16. Spotted Collybia. — Gymnopus carnosus (Sow.) Murrill. Native of Europe 

 and the eastern United States, growing on or near decayed wood. 



6317. American, or creeping, yew. Taxus. Ground hemlock. — The fruiting plant 



of Taxus canadensis Marsh (Taxaceae — Yew Family). Native of eastern 

 and central North America. The leaves and seeds are poisonous. Col- 

 lected by VV. N. Clute in Bronx Park, New York, September 8, 1899. 



6318. Wild, or Indian, turnip. Jack-in-the-pulpit. — The dried plant of Arisaema 



triphyllum (L.) Torr. (Araceae — Arum Family). Native of eastern 

 North America. The bulb is an irritant poison. Collected by P. Wilson 

 in Bedford Park, New York, May, 1899. 



6319. Another specimen of the same, preserved in formaldehyde solution. Col- 



lected by Clute & Wilson in the same locality, August 2, 1899. 



6320. The corm, or bulb, of the same. Same collection as the preceding. 



6321. Arrow Arum. Indian head. Tuckahoe. — The flowering plant of Peltandra 



virginica (L.) Kunth. (Same family). Native of the eastern United 

 States. An irritant poison in the raw state, although the aborigines ate the 

 bulb after destroying the poison by prolonged baking. Collected by R. S. 

 Williams in the New York Botanical Garden. 



6322. The bulbs of the same. 



6323. Lily-of-the- Valley. — The flowering plant of Convallaria majalis L. (See No* 



1779). Entire plant a heart poison in over-doses. Grown by H. H. Rushy/ 

 at Newark, New Jersey, May, 1920. 



6324. Birth, or beth, root. Wake-robin. Trillium. (See No. 4807). Conn 



medicinal and poisonous in over-doses. 



6325. American green hellebore. Indian poke. Veratrum. — The flowering plant 



of Veratrum viride Ait. (See No. 2466). Rhizome and roots medicinal 

 and a heart-paralyzant in over-doses. Foliage irritant to the skin. 



6326. The rootstocks and roots of the preceding. Collected by P. Wilson in 



Bedford Park, New York, May, 1899. 



6327. Fly-poison. Crow-poison. Fall-poison. — The flowering plant of Chros- 



perma muscaetoxicum (Walt.) Kuntze (Same family). Native of the 

 eastern United States. Entire plant poisonous. 



6328. Colchicum. Meadow saffron. — The flowering plant of Colchicum autumnale 



L. (See No. 2456). Grown by H. H. Rusby at Newark, New Jersey. 

 Corm and seeds medicinal and poisonous. 



6329. Unicorn root. Colic root. — The flowering plant of Alctris farinosa (See 



No. 4802). Corm medicinal and poisonous. 



6330. Indian red-root or paint-root. Wool-flower. — The flowering plant of Gyro- 



theca capitata (Walt.) Morong. (Haemodoraceae — Bloodwort Family),, 

 Native of the eastern United States. Root reported poisonous. 



