POISONS. 



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HEMLOCK (Conium maculatum). 



The Hemlock is an umbelli- 

 ferous plant growing by road- 

 sides and under hedges, and 

 flowers in June and July ; it 

 has been mistaken for Parsley, 

 but may be known by the 

 stems being spotted with 

 black ; the leaves are of a dark 

 green colour, the upper ones 

 bi-pinnate and the lower ones 

 large and standing .on long 

 channelled foot-stalks. 



THORN- APPLE (Datura strammonium). 



The Thorn-Apple is a native of 

 America, but has become almost 

 indigenous, and is frequently 

 found growing in Avaste places. 

 The whole of the plant is poi- 

 sonous, and is narcotic when 

 smoked, like tobacco. It is an 

 annual, bearing a funnel-shaped 

 white flower, the fruit is a four- 

 celled capsule covered with 

 sharp spines or thorns, hence 

 its name. 



Thorn-Apple. 



