POISONS ACTING ON THE HEART 29 



DIGITALIS PURPUREA {British). 50. 



COMMON FOX-GLOVE — THROAT WORT — BLOODY FINGER — DEAD 

 men's bells — FAIRY FINGERS — FINGER FLOWER — FLAP 

 DOCK — LUSMORE. 



Scrophulariacece. — Leaves ovate - lanceolate ; rugged ; 

 crenated; downy. — Woods and hedge-banks; common in 

 hilly districts; 2-5 ft.; biennial. — June and July. — crimson, 

 speckled within. Rarely white. {Fatalities.) 



Toxic Principles.— mOlTALm, DIGITOXIN, GITALIN, also 

 contained in D. lutea. 



. . . long purples 

 That liberal shepherds give a grosser name. 

 But our cdd maids do dead-men^ s- finders call them. 



Shakespeare. 



LINARIA VULGARIS {British). 51. 



common TOADFLAX — YELLOW TOADFLAX — WILD FLAX — 

 BUTTER AND EGGS — BUTTERED HAYCOCKS — EGGS AND 

 BACON — DRAGON BUSHES — FLAX WEED — GALL AND WORM- 

 WOOD — GALL WORT — RAMSTED. 



Scrophulariacece. — Stems erect. — Leaves linear-lanceolate, 

 glaucous. — Calyx smooth; shorter than the spur. — Hedges; 

 common; 1-2 ft.; perennial. — June and July. — Bright yellow 

 and orange. 



Toxic Principles.— GRATlOLm, LINARIN. 



Soon shall we have gold-dusted snapdragon. — Arnold: " ThyrsisJ* 



GRATIOLA OFFICINALIS {S.E. Europe). 52. 



HEDGE HYSSOP — POOR MAN'S HERB. 



Scrophulariacece. — In dense masses; marshes. — Root creep- 

 ing, jointed. — Stem 2 ft., erect, a little branched. — Leaves 

 J in. opposite, smooth, obtuse, lanceolate.— Flowers solitary, 

 on long stalk, fr. 2 bracts below calyx; corolla white striped 

 with red, tube longer than calyx, covered inside with yellow 

 iiairs. — Fruit a 4-sided capsule, ovate, acuminate. Seeds many. 



Toxic Principle.— GRATIOLIN. 



Cedar-wood, and scarlet, and hyssop. — Leviticus xiv. 



