74 POISONOUS PLANTS OF ALL COUNTRIES 



September; pink. — Drupes white, baccate, globose, fleshy, 

 4-seeded, persistent. — Leaves opposite, shortly petiolate, 

 ovate, entire, glaucous below. 



Toxic Principle. — LOTURIDINE, also contained in S. 

 montana, S. occidentalis, S. microphyllus, S. vulgaris. 



Chloris in the snow. — Herbert. 

 TAMUS COMMUNIS {British). 137. 



BLACK BRYONY — ISLE OF WIGHT VINE — LADIES' SEAL — ■ 

 MANDRAKE — MURRAIN BERRIES — OX BERRY. 



Dioscoriacece. — A climbing plant, with heart-shaped, net- 

 veined, glossy leaves. — Thickets; perennial. — June; green; 

 Berries red. 



Toxic Principle.— ACRID JUICE. 



Green grapes of Proserpine 

 Where no leaf blooms or blushes 

 Save this whereout she crushes 

 For dead men deadly wine. 



Swinburne: " The Garden of Proserpine.'" 



EUONYMUS EUROPiEUS {British). 138. 



COMMON SPINDLE TREE — SKEWER WOOD — DOG WOOD — CAT 



WOOD — PIG WOOD — PRICK WOOD — LOUSE BERRY TREE. 



ANANBEAM. 



CelastracecB. — A bush. — Leaves opposite; flowers 4-parted. 

 — Hedges; common; May; greenish. — Capsules crimson, with 

 orange seeds. {Fatalities.) 



Toxic Principle. — EUONYMIN, also contained in E. atropur- 

 pureus. 



Flushing like the dogwood crimson in October. 



Meredith: " Love in the Valley.'' 



RHAMNUS CATHARTICUS {British). 139. 



COMMON BUCKTHORN — FRENCH BERRIES — RAIN BERRY — RHINE 

 BERRY — hart's THORN — RHINE THORN — WAY THORN. 



Ehamnacece. — A bush, with spiny branches. — Flowers 4- 

 cleft, in dense clusters. — Thickets. — ^May ; green; Berries black. 



