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POISONOUS PLANTS 



the fact that Cativolcus poisoned himself with it. 

 They thought that whoever slept under a Yew-tree 

 would die. But, of course, this was all imaginary. 



Fig. 41. Taxus baccata ; Yew. 



The Gauls, we are told, poisoned their arrows with 

 the juice; but this would be impossible from the 

 small amount which could be put upon them. 

 The wood, bark, leaves, and seeds are all poison- 



