64 POISONOUS PLANTS OF ALL COUNTRIES 



ANEMONE CORONARIA {Cultivated in Britain). 116. 



POPPY ANEMONES — POPPY WIND FLOWER — COMMON GARDEN 



ANEMONE. 



Ranunculacece. — Flowers many, solitary, varying much in 

 colour; sepals 6, oval, approximate; April-May. — Leaves 

 sessile, ternate, segments multifid ; lobules linear, mucronated. 



Toxic Principles.— ASEMOl^JN, OIL OF ANEMONE, also 

 contained in A. hortensis, A. Pulsatilla. 



There grew pied wind-flowers. 



Shelley: " The Question." 



RANUNCULUS FLAMMULA {British). 117. 



SMALL SPEAR WORT. 



Ranunculacece. — Lower leaves ovate-lanceolate, serrated, 

 with long foot-stalks. — Stem reclining. — Ditches and wet 

 places; common; 1-2 ft.; perennial; June -September; yellow. 



Toxic Principle.— ACBJD JUICE. 



. . . cuckoo-huds of yellow hue 

 That paint the meadows with delight. 



Shakespeaee: " Spring.'' 



RANUNCULUS AURICORMUS {British). 118. 



WOOD CROWFOOT — GOLDILOCKS. 



Ranunculacece. — Leaves 3-parted, with deeply-cut lobes. — 

 Stems erect, slender, many-flowered. — Petals with a pore at 

 the base. — Dry woods; 1 ft.; perennial; April-June; yellow. 



Toxic Principle.— ACRID JUICE. 



Therewith fantastic garlands did she make 

 Of crowflowers . . . 



Shakespeare. 



