62 POISONOUS PLANTS OF ALL COUNTRIES 

 FRITILLARIA MELEAGRIS {British). IIL 



snake's head — FRITILLARY — DROOPING TULIP — GUINEA-HEN 

 FLOWER — CHEQUERED DAFFODIL — CHEQUERED LILY. 



LiliacecB. — Stem 1 -flowered. — Leaves linear-lanceolate. — 

 Moist meadows; 1 ft.; perennial. — April; pink. 



Toxic Principle. — IMPERIALINE, also contained in F. 

 imperialis. 



/ know what white. 



What purple fritUlaries 



The grassy harvest of the river-fields. 



Above hy Ensham, down by 



Sandford, yields. 



Arnold: " Thyrsis.'^ 



CLEMATIS VITALBA {British). 112. 



traveller's joy — BIND WITH — BITING CLEMATIS — HEDGE 



VINE — lady's bower — MAIDEN's HONESTY — OLD MAN 



OLD man's beard — SMOKE WOOD — VIRGIN's BOWER. 



Ranunculacece. — A climbing plant, with pinnate leaves. — 

 Fruit feathered with long silvery plume. — Hedges, on chalky 

 soil; perennial; June and July; whitish. 



Toxic Principle.— CLEMATINE, 



. . . straggling traveller^ s-joy 

 Each hedge with yellow stars will bind. 



Wilde: " Humanitad.'' 



CLEMATIS RUBRO-VIOLACEA {Cultivated in Britain). 113. 



PURPLE CLEMATIS. 



RanunculacecE. — Woody climber; 20 ft. — Leaves opposite; 

 do not sheath stem. — Flowers; petals none; carpels 1 -seeded; 

 July-October; sepals oblong-lanceolate; acute; membrana- 

 ceous; violet-coloured, with prominent midrib. 



Toxic principle.— CLEMATINE. 



The purple clematis upon the wall 

 Welcomes its Emperor to his Ancient Hall. 



Anok.: " New Masters.^' 



