2-t MEDICINAL HEllBS AND POISONOUS PLANTS 



the plant is easily i'ecognized by the peculiarity of having 

 four leaves spread out at the top of the stem, from the 

 centre of which arises a large green flower (fig. 10). The 

 whole plant is about a foot high. It is poisonous in 



Fig. 10.— Herb Paris {Paris quadrifolia) 



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lurly so. 



Bluebell or Wild Hyacinth (Scilla nutans). — This 



familiar flower is gathered in great quantities by chil- 

 dren. The whole plant, and narticularlv its unde 



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part (corm), is of a poisonous nature, but as its active 

 principles are very acrid there is little inducement to 

 the child to swallow any of the parts. 



