52 POISONOUS PLANTS OF ALL COUNTRIES 



shining green, egg-shaped or elliptical with edges cut into 

 saw-like teeth, having a single gland on upper side at junction 

 of stalk and leaf. — Milk, in all parts of plant, has vesicant 

 properties. 



Toxic Principle.— OIL OF EUPHORBIA, also contained in 

 Excsecaria agallocha, Cameraria latifolia. 



False and fair-fdiaged as the manchineal. 



Coleridge: " To the Rev. George Coleridge." 



BUXUS SEMPERVIRENS {British). 92. 



COMMON BOX TREE. 



EuphorbiaceoB. — An evergreen shrub. — Leaves oblong-ovate, 

 convex, shining. — Chalk hills, local, 3-15 ft. — April; yellowish. 

 — Stem contains a milky juice. 



ToxicPrinciples.—BVXmE, BUXIDINE, OIL OF EUPHOR- 

 BIA, also contained in the varieties : — angustif olia, arborescens, 

 argentea, aurea, myrtifolia, pyramidata, rosmarinifolia, 

 rotundifolia, suffruticosa. 



The holly hitherto did sway ; 

 Let box now domineere. 



Herrick: " Candlemas-Eve." 



JATROPA CURCAS. 

 JATROPA URENS {Ooromandel). 93. 



PHYSIC NUT — SPURGE NETTLE. 



Euphorbiacece. — Small tree ; 2-4 ft. — Bark light ash-coloured. 

 — Flowers in terminal panicles, or from exterior axils ; many 

 small, yellow-green, anthers 10; June-September. — Ovary 

 oblong, smooth. — Leaves scattered, stalked, cordate, 5-angled, 

 smooth, divisions cut or even pennatifid, often discoloured. 



Toxic Principle.— AORID JUICE. 



Sweetest nut has sourest rind. — Shakespeare: ''As you Like It." 



