30 POISONOUS PLANTS OF ALL COUNTRIES 

 URGINEA SCILLA [Gape, Mediterranean Coast). 53. 



MEDICINAL SQUILL — SEA ONION. 



Liliacece. — Rootstock covered with scales forming a bulb; 

 6 ins.; globular. — Leaves from base of flowering stem; appear- 

 ing long after flowers; lJ-2 ft. — Flowers numerous; on long 

 pedicels, in erect raceme, 1 ft.; rachis IJ ft. — Fruit 3-lobed; 

 yellow. — Seeds 6 in each cell; J in.; flattened; chocolate. — 

 perennial. — May and June; greenish. 



Toxic Principles. —SCJLLlTOXm, SCILLIPIAIN, also con- 

 tained in U. altissima, Scilla indica, Agrapanthus umbellatus, 

 Crinum asiaticum. 



Sap, what retards amid the summer's blaze 

 The autumnal bulb, till pale declining days ? 



KiRKE White. 



SCILLA BIFOLIA [British). 54. 



TWO-LEAVED SQUILL — EARLY SPRING SQUILL. 



Amaryllidacece. — Raceme lax, without bracts. — Leaves 2, 

 lanceolate. — (A doubtful native.) — 4-5 ins.; perennial. — 

 March- April; blue. 



Toxic Principle. — NARCISSINE, also contained in S. amcena, 

 S. autumnalis, S. brachyphylla, S. campanulata, S. corymbosa, 

 S. fraseri, S. lilio-hyacinthus, S. patula, S. peruviana, S. siberica, 

 S. taurica, S. vema. 



What gladness wakes at Vernal Equinox 

 My perky squUlette o' the window-box ? 



Flower Calendar 



CONVALLARIA MAJALIS (British). 55. 



COMMON LILY OF THE VALLEY — MAY LILY — MUGGET — CONVAL 

 LILY — LIRICON FANCY. 



Liliacece. — Flowers in drooping racemes. — Leaves in pairs; 

 ovate -lanceolate. — Hill -woods, common; 6-9 ins. ; perennial. 

 — May; white; berries red; bitter flavour. {Fatalities.) 



Toa:icPrmci^Ze5.— CONVALLAMARIN, CONVALLARIN, also 

 contained in C. japonica. 



Like to a native lily of the dell. — Keats: " Isabella.'^ 



