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MANUAL OF POISONOUS PLANTS 





I J llurse Chestnut (Aesculns Hippocastanum). Flowering 



branch. Kutire flower. Stamen. Pistil. Entire seed and longitudinal sec- 

 tion. Wood used in making violins. (After Faguet.) 



(lomen, are markedly present. The buckeye is an irritant of the cerebro-spinal 

 system, the more prominent symptoms being confusion of mind, vertigo, stupe- 

 faction and coma. 



Balsamin.\ceak. Balsam Family 



Succulent herbs ; leaves alternate ; thin, petioled ; flowers axillary showy, ir- 

 regular ; sepals 3, the two lateral small, green ; the posterior large and petal- 

 like, spurred; petals 3 or 5, some 2-cleft ; stamens 5; ovary oblong 5-celled; 

 style short or none; stigma 5-toothed or 5-lobed ; ovules several in each cell; 

 fruit a capsule in Itnpatieus, coiled elastically, expelling the seeds; seeds 



