128 MANUAL OF POISONOUS PLANTS 



With white flowers in axillary or spiked racemes; shrub. From Virginia 

 to Georgia in the mountains; an allied species Z,. racemosa (L.) Gray, occurs 

 in moist, thickets from Massachusetts to Louisiana, near the coast. Both species 

 are said to be fatal to stock, the latter especially to calves. 



Lyonia mariana (L) D. Don. Stagger-bush. 



From the Atlantic Coast to Tennessee and Arkansas. Said to produce in- 

 toxication, hence the name. 



Primulaceae. Primrose Family. 



Anagallis arvensis L Poor Man's or Shepherd's Weather Glass. Pimpernel. 



Possibly growing in the state. Known to be poisonous. Contains gluco- 

 side cyclamin. 



Primula obconica Hance. 



Poisonous to the touch; very much like poison ivy. This plant is commonly 

 cultivated in greenhouses. 



Primula Parryi A. Gray. Parry's Primrose. 



Common in higher altitudes in the Rocky Mountains, especially near 

 brooks or springs. The root has the odor of musk, and is said to be poisonous. 



Cyclamen Europaeum L. Cyclamen. 



This beautiful cultivated plant has long been regarded as poisonous in 

 Europe. The C. persichim Mill, is also regarded as poisonous. 



Plumbaginaceae. Plumbago Family. 



Limonium carolinianum (Walt.) Britton. 



It is not known whether this plant is poisonous or not but a related plant, 

 Statice pectinata Ait, of the Cape Verde Islands is poisonous. 



Sapotaceac. Sapodilla Family. 



Achras Sapota L 



A tropical fruit cultivated in Florida. It is said to be injurious and accord- 

 ing to Greshoff contains saponin. Lucuma forms a well-known genus of West 

 Indian fruit trees. In L. Bonplandia, H. B. K., Altamirans demonstrated amy- 

 gdalin as early as 1876, and in another species a cyanogenetic glucoside was 

 suspected, but the experimental proof was wanting. Greshoff reports hydro- 

 cyanic acid in the L. mammosa. 



Ebenaceae. Ebony Family. 



Diospyrus virginiana L. Persimmon. 



Common in the Southern States as far north as southern Iowa. It is used 

 as an anthelmintic, but it is not positively known whether any part of this 

 plant is poisonous ; several exotic species, however, blister the skin and one 

 species in Madagascar is said to be very poisonous. 



Oleaceae. Olive Family. 



Ligustrum vulgare L. Privet. 



The privet is frequently cultivated in the U. S. The leaves and fruit of the 

 plant are said to be poisonous. Prof. Chesnut says that accidents have been 

 occasioned in children, both by fruit and the leaves. It contains the bitter 

 principle syringopicrin. 



Forsythia suspensa Vahl. Forsythia. 



Commonly cultivated in northern states. The root is slightly poisonous. 

 The F. viridissima Lindl. is very bitter. Greshoff has found saponin in the 

 seeds of the former species. 



