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possess an acrid, stimulant principle. The green leaves 

 of one species are said to be eaten by the Arabs to 

 produce watchfulness, and a sprig of it is believed to be, 



FLOWER OF EudNYMUS EUROP^us (Common Spindle-Tree). 



to the person who carries it, a protection from the 

 plague. The only British species, the spindle-tree, is 



