72 POISONOUS PLANTS OF ALL COUNTRIES 

 mPATIENS NOLI-ME-TANGERE (British). 133. 



TOUCK-ME-NOT — COMMON YELLOW BALSAM. 



Balsaminacece. — Spur loosely recurved. — Watery, shady 

 places ; local. — 1-2 ft. ; annual ; July and August ; bright yellow, 

 with orange spots. 



Toxic Principle.— ACRID JUICE. 



With lenient halm, my Oberon, hence 

 To fairy -land be driven. 



Cowfer: " To Miss Macarteny.'' 



ERYSIMUM CHEIRANTHOIDES (British). 134. 



TREACLE WORM SEED — TREACLE MUSTARD. 



Fumariacece. — Leaves lanceolate. — Waste places and fields. 

 — 1-2 ft.; biennial. — May-November ; yellow. 

 Toxic Principle.— FJJMARINE. 



Wherever coxdd thrust 



Some burnt sprig of bold hardy rock-flower 



Its yellow face up. 



Browning: " Englishman in Italy.'' ^ 



CYNOGLOSSUM OFFICINALE (British). 135. 



hound's tongue — COMMON DOG'S TONGUE — GIPSY FLOWER. 



Boraginacece. — Leaves lanceolate, broad, downy, sessile .- — 

 Waste ground; common; 2 ft.; biennial; July; magenta. 



Toxic Principles.— OIF OF HOUND'S TONGUE, CONSOLI- 

 DINE, CYNOGLOSSINE. 



From my banks I pluck this flower 

 With hdy hand, whose virtuous pow'r 

 Is at once to heal and draw. 



Beaumont and Fletcher: " Clorin's Song.'^ 



SYMPHORICARPOS RACEMOSUS (Cultivated inBritain). 136. 



COMMON SNOW BERRY — ST. PETER'S WORT. 



Caprifoliaceoe. — Hardy, deciduous shrub; 4-6 ft. — Flowers 

 in loose and somewhat leafy, interrupted, terminal spikes; 

 coroUa bearded inside; petals united; stigmas sessile. — July- 



