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MANUAL OF POISONOUS PLANTS 



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Fig. 162. Colchicum (Colchicum au- 

 tumnale). Flowering plant and longi- 

 'iudinal section of stem and bulb. Faguet. 



Fig. 163. C?mas plant or Death Camas (Zygadps 

 venenosv.s). \ western plant, extremely poisonou: 

 sheep. 



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The fly poison (Ainianthium muscaetoxicum) is a smooth plant with 

 simple stems from base ; broadly linear leaves ; white flowers in simple racemes ; 

 widely spreading perianth without claws or glands. Occurs from Long Island < 

 to Florida to Arkansas. It is a well known fly poison of the south. It is I 

 related to Veratrum and Melanthium. 



The Bulbine bulbosa, of Australia, is poisonous to cattle, sheep and horses, I 

 which, after eating it, display such symptoms as lying down, rolling continually, 

 having scours and a mucous discharge from the nose. The tuberous herb, , 

 Crloriosa superba, of India, according to Major Kirtikar, is a violent emetic; 



