I70 POISONOUS PLANTS 



it may be a succulent berry as in the Lily of the 

 Valley and Paris. 



Similar variations occur in members of the great 

 Daffodil family {AmaryllidacecB), and the reader 

 may be reminded that the sole difference between 

 these two families lies in the fact that the ovary 

 and fruit are always "superior" in Liliacece^ but 

 " inferior" in Amaryllidacece. 



Some plants of this family have poisonous bulbs, 

 which have rarely caused mishaps, except perhaps 

 by having beert eaten for onions. It is as well to 

 mention them. 



Snake's-HEAD Fritillary {Fritillaria Melea- 

 gris) is a native, but sometimes cultivated, known 

 by its "squares" of different tints upon the 

 perianth-leaves. It is sometimes white. 



Crown Imperial {F. imperialis), supposed to 

 be of Turkish or Persian origin, has long been 

 cultivated. It bears a circle of pendulous flowers 

 with a crown of foliage above them. 



The bulbs have a foetid odour, described as 

 being that of a fox, and are powerfully acrid and 

 poisonous. Even honey from the flowers is said to 

 be emetic. 



Tulip {TuUpa^ species). — We have one native 

 species, the yellow-flowered T, sylvestris. 



There has recently been found in the Tulip a 

 principle which has been called Tulipine, and if it 

 be introduced into the system in any quantity it 



