24 POISONOUS PLANTS OF ALL COUNTRIES 

 ERANTHIS HYMENALIS {Cultivated in Britain). 4L 



WINTER ACONITE — WINTER HELLEBORE — WINTER WOLF's 



BANE. 



Eanunculacece. — Hardy, tuberous-rooted perennial ; 3-8 ins. 

 — Flowers yellow, solitary, sessile; petals 6-8, tubular; sepals 

 petal-like; January-March. — Leaves divided, involucre of 

 3 deeply -cut leaflets. 



Toxic Principle.— ACOmTlNE. 



. . . dear as a winter flower ; 

 A slight flower growing alone, and offering 

 IV s frail cup of three leaves to the cold sun. 



Browning: " Pauline.^ ^ 



ACTIEA SPICATA (British). 42. 



HERB CHRISTOPHER — BANE BERRY — GRAPE-WORT. 



Eanunculacece. — Raceme erect; elongated. — Petals as long 

 as stamens. — Mountain woods. Rare; 2 ft. — perennial. — 

 June. — white. — Berries black. 



Toxic Principle.— OIL OF BANEBERRY. 



Lo, the herb of healing, when once the herb is known. 

 Shines in shady woods bright as new-sprung flame. 



Meredith: " Phoebus with Admetus.^^ 



DELPHINIUM STAPHISAGRIA {Cultivated in Britain). 43. 



STAVES-ACRE — LOUSE- WORT. 



Eanunculacece. — 3-4 ft. — annual. — Stem glaucous every- 

 where, erect, stout, slightly branched, cylindrical. — Leaves 

 alternate, on long stalks. — Flowers on long stalks from axils 

 of leafy bracts. — Fruit of 3 follicles opening at inner suture; 

 seeds 12 to the follicle, J in., quadrilateral, netted, chocolate. 

 — blue and pink with orange anthers. 



Toxic Principles. — DELPHININE, DELPHISINE, 

 DELPHINOIDINE. 



Slim-robed in blue and green 

 Like larkspurs. 



M. Radford: " Love's Ferrying.''^ 



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