IRRITANT POISONS 67 



RANUNCULUS BULBOSUS {British). 122. 



BUTTERCUP — BUTTER DAISY — BULBOUS CROWFOOT — CROW 

 FLOWER — ST. ANTHONY'S TURNIP. 



Banunculacece. — Root bulbous. — Flower stalks furrowed, 

 hairy. — Calyx reflexed. — Pastures; common; 1 ft.; perennial; 

 May; yeUow. 



Toxic Principle.— ACRID JUICE. 



Buttercups that wUl he seen 

 Whether we will see or no. 



Wordsworth: " To the Small Celandine.'' 



RANUNCULUS ASIATICUS {Cultivated in Britain). 123. 



GARDEN RANUNCULUS — TURBAN RANUNCULUS. 



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

 serrated. — Flowers solitary; nectary aborted; 1 ft.; June; 

 crimson, sometimes yellow. 



Toxic Principle.— ACRID JUICE. 



Frossis-foot men call it 



For his levys are like the frossis fet. 



Country Incantation. 



P.ffiONIA OFFICINALIS {Cultivated in Britain). 124. 



GARDEN P^ONY. 



Ranunculacece. — Herb, shrubby. — Root large. — Leaves 3- 

 parted. — Flowers solitary, sometimes double; petals whorled 

 — 3 ft. ; perennial. — August ; white to crimson. 



Toxic Principle.— ACRID JUICE. 



. . . glut thy sorrow on a morning rose 

 Or on the wealth of globed pceonies. 



Keats: " Ode to Mdanchdy."' 



