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The yellow milk of this plant contains narcotic principles such 

 as morphine. The natives employed the latex in cases of tooth- 

 ache ; a few drops would be placed in the cavity of the offending 

 tooth. 



PRIDE OF INDIA {Melia azedarach). 



This ornamental tree is said to be poisonous and it is said that 

 hogs have been poisoned by eating- the seeds. 



POORMAN'S OR SHEPHERD'S WEATHER GLASS OR 

 PIMPERNEL (Anagallis arvensis). 



This prostrate little herb with opposite leaves and reddish 

 flowers, a member of the Primula family, is very common in the 

 meadows and pasture lands on all the islands. The plant is of 

 more or less recent introduction, as it is not mentioned in Hille- 

 brand's Flora of the Hawaiian Islands. It is known to be poison- 

 ous and to contain glucoside cyclamin. It is considered a fish 

 poison, as it is used in intoxicating fish. It is used in cerebral 

 affections, leprosy, hydrophobia, dropsy, epilepsy and mania. It 

 produces, if taken internally, inflammation of the stomach. 



MILK-BUSH {Euphorbia tinicaUi). 



An African tree with round stem and smooth branches which 

 are green and usually leafless ; the leaves when present are very 

 small and inconspicuous. The juice of this tree is very poison- 

 ous and causes excruciating pain if it gets into cuts in the skin 

 or in the eye and is apt to destroy the eyesight. There are very 

 few plants of this kind in Honolulu. The largest clump known 

 to the writer is in the vacant lot opposite the Moana Hotel. 



SAMUDRA (Barriiigtonia asiatica). 



A large and handsome tree cultivated in Honolulu. The large 

 fruits with their fibrous quadrangular husk is considered poison- 

 ous. The bark of the tree contains a narcotic and is used in 

 stupefying fish without killing them. 



WILD SWAMP VIOLET (Hydrocofyle osiatica). 



This plant is one of the most common weeds found in lawns 

 and pastures on all the islands, especially in the wetter regions. 

 It is also known under the name of Asiatic Penny-worth. Tlie 

 plant was known to Sanskrit writers of very remote times and 

 was even then regarded as useful in skin diseases. But in 1852 

 its virtues were first made known by Boileau, in the treatment 

 of leprosy. The drug prepared from this plant if administered 



