12 POISONOUS PLANTS OF ALL COUNTRIES 



rough, with coarse hairs, 5 veined, roundish, obtuse, or ovate- 

 oblong and shortly acuminate. — Fruit large, round; seeds 

 imbedded in gummy, bitter pulp. 



Toxic Pr^7^c^^^es.— STRYCHNINE, BRUCINE, CURARINE, 

 also contained in S. castalnsei, S. triplinerva. 



And from one hand the 'petal and the core 

 Savoured of sleep ; and duster and curled shoot 

 Seemed from another hand like shame's salute. 



RossETTi: " Love's Baubles.''^ 



STRYCHNOS IGNATII (Philippines). 20. 



ST. IGNATIUS'S BEAN. 



Loganiacece. — A small tree; scandent. — Stem erect. — 

 Branches numerous; long; opposite; smooth; climbing; quad- 

 rangular at extremities. — Leaves opposite; shortly stalked; 

 6 ins.; smooth oval; entire. — Flowers numerous; on axillary, 

 sub-quadriflorous peduncles, arranged in panicles. — Calyx 

 short; five-toothed. — Corolla funnel-shaped, with the tube 

 seven times the length of the calyx, and five, spreading, obtuse 

 segments; white. — Stamens five. — Fruit large; 4-7 ins.; 

 smooth; ovoid (variable). — Pericarp thick; brittle; one- 

 celled; whitish. Seeds numerous; pressed together; rendered 

 irregular through mutual pressure; 1 in. by J in.; testa thin; 

 covered with silky hairs. 



Toxic Principles.— STRYCBNINE, BRUCINE. 



. . . lips ivhereon has hied 

 Some great pale fruit's slow colour, shed 

 From the rank hitter husk whence drips 

 Faint blood between her lips. . . . 



Swinbuene: " The Year of Love.'' 



STRYCHNOS TIEUTE (Java). 21. 



FALSE UPAS TREE — UPAS RADJA — POKROE — TSHETTIK. 



LoganiacecB. — Large, climbing shrub; 120 ft., branched 

 above. — Root woody, thick as a child's arm. — Flowers | in., 

 pedunculate, corymbose, axillary, in lax cymes, greenish 

 white; stamens five, jasmine -smelling; June- July. — Fruit 



