38 POISONOUS PLANTS OF ALL COUNTRIES 



ROTTLERA TINCTORIA. 

 MALLOTUS PHILIPPINENSIS {Asia and East Indies). 68. 



KAMALA — KAMELA. 



Euphorbiacece. — A tree; 20-30 ft.; trunk 3-4 ft. round. — 

 Leaves ovate; veins prominent beneath, which is covered 

 with hairs. — Flowers dioecious ; arranged in axillary panicles ; 

 3 styles, spreading. — Capsule trigonous ; globular ; covered with 

 crimson powder. 



Toxic Principle.— mALLOTOXm. 



Like to Diana in her summer weed. 

 Girt with a crimson robe of brightest dye 

 Goes fair Samela. 



Geeene: " Samda.'* 



PODOPHYLLUM PELTATUM {North America). 69. 



AMERICAN MAY APPLE — AMERICAN MANDRAKE — PODOPHYLLIN 

 PLANT — WILD LEMON — WILD BUCK-FOOT — RACOON BERRY. 



Eanunculacece. — Rhizome creeping; 6 ft.; marked at in- 

 tervals of 3 ins., with last year's stems, and simple roots, 

 terminating in erect, flowering, stem, (the horizontal growth 

 starting from base of stem) ; 1 ft. ; cylindrical. — Leaves opposite 

 or single; peltate; deeply cut into 5-7 segments; serrate. — 

 Flower solitary ; on short, curved peduncle from fork between 

 leaves. — Fruit an edible, ovoid, 2 ins., yellow, indehiscent 

 berry. — Seeds 12; yellow. — perennial; May; white. 



Toxic Principle. — VODOVKYLLOTOXJN, also contained 

 in P. Emodi. 



The bee that quits the mandrake' s cups. 



Madison Cawein: " The Yellow Puccoon." 



HELLEBORUS VIRIDIS {British). 70. 



GREEN HELLEBORE — BASTARD HELLEBORE — BEAR'S FOOT — 

 boar's FOOT. 



Eanunculacece. — Stem few flowered. — Leaves dark green; 

 digitate. — Calyx spreading. — Woods on chalk. — 1 ft.; 

 perennial ; April ; green. 



Toxic Principles.— JEKVmE, HELLEBORIN. 



The fair Helleboras attractive shone.— Darwin: ''Loves of the Plants.'" 



