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MANUAL OF POISONOUS PLANTS 





Fig. 347. Horse Chestnut (Acsculus Hippocastanum'). Flowering 

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

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



domen, 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. 



BALSAMINACEAE. 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 S-celled ; 

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

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



