56 POISONOUS PLANTS OF ALL COUNTRIES 

 RICHARDIA AFRICANA {Cultivated in Britain). 99. 



WHITE ARUM — TRUMPET LILY — LILY OF THE NILE. 



Aracece. — Herb; 2 ft. — Flowers enclosed in a white spathe; 

 monoecious; massed on an orange spadix. — Leaves radical^, 

 saggitate, borne on long petioles. — Spring and summer. — 

 Rhizome thick. — Greenhouse perennial. 



Toxic Principle. — ^ACRID JUICE, also contained in R. macu- 

 lata, R. hastata. 



Nor stay tiU on the last year's lily -stem 



The white cup shrivels round the golden heart. 



RossETTi: " Barren Spring.^' 



ARUM MACULATUM {British). 100. 



CUCKOO PENT — LORDS AND LADIES — WILD ARUM — WAKE 

 ROBIN — PORTLAND SAGO — PORTLAND STARCH ROOT — 

 LAMB-m-A-PULPIT — JACK-IN-A-PULPIT — LILY GRASS — 

 MANDRAKE — NIGHTINGALES — CALVES' FOOT — FRIAR's 

 COWL — BULLS AND COWS — BOBBING JOAN — BOBBINS — ■ 

 BLOODY man's FINGER — AARON — ADAM AND EVE — 

 adder's meat — ARROW ROOT. 



Aracece. — Leaves halberd-shaped, glossy, usually spotted. 

 — Spadix club-shaped. — Hedges, banks and thickets; 6-10 ins. ; 

 perennial ; May. — Spathe greenish ; spadix purple. {Fatalities. ) 



Toxic Principle. — ^ACRID JUICE, also contained in A. atro- 

 nibens, A. crinitum. 



Fen-water and adder' s-meat 



The ways are sair fra' the Till to the Tyne. 



Swinburne: " The Sea-SwaUows." 



ANTHURIUM FERRIERENSE {Cultivated inBritain). 101, 



BANNER PLANT — FLAMINGO PLANT — TAIL PLANT. 



Aracece. — Dwarf -growing evergreen; 1 ft. — Flowers on 

 peduncles which spring from among the base of the leaf- 

 stalks; spathe ovate-oblong, crimson; spadix whitish; June- 

 September. — Leaves oblong-lanceolate, 18 ins., leathery. 



