tongue red, especially at the tip, swollen and cracked; difficult deglutition ; profuse _ 
watery stools; burning of the urethra; hoarseness and dryness of the larnyx; 
increased heart's action; trembling of the limbs; bruised and paralyzed feeling 
in the legs, with aching and weakness; tired, weak, and prostrated generally; 
almost all forms of skin trouble, from simple redness and burning to vesicles, 
cracks, pustules and complete destruction; restlessness, chilliness and heat, with 
great dryness but no subsequent sweat ;—all of which show the poison to be of a 
highly irritative nature. 
DESCRIPTION OF PLATE 37. 
1. End of flowering branch, Ithaca, N. Y., June 24th, 1885. 
2. Flower. 
3. Pistil. 
Stamen. 
Fruiting thyrsus. 
Fruit. 
Fruit, with outer coat removed. 
