POISONOUS PLANTS 



mil srpals l^''-2 m long linear dark purple pet U 

 II In 1 m lonf^ linear Ma\ Tune Moi t iiih 

 iicliilpo ition Ont to'\\is and FU BB 1 +i b 

 Heinrich Has'selbrinc ind F W B\ri la\ 



POeOSTfiMON ((ireek, beanh-d stamen}. LabiAlw. 

 This includes the plant which produces the well-known 

 perfumes called Patchouli, or in India Pucha-pat. Pat- 

 chouli has a peculiar, dry moldy smell and is one of 

 the commonest perfumes in India. In the forties its 

 presence was considered the sure test of a genuine In- 

 dian shawl, but the Frem h iii:inut;ftiuers of imitation 

 Indian shawls importicl tin- |.. ifume in the fifties. 

 Patchouli is no lonirrr fa-hi.uKil.l. . Fuller accounts 

 of itwillbefoundinthe-Cultiiial In.liistries of Queens- 

 land," V. 8:247 and Gu. 1^7. p. 447. The plant has no 

 ornamental value. Live plants were introduced into 

 America by Franceschi, of Santa Barbara, and were 

 offered in 1900 in the East. 



Pogostcmon is a genus of about 30 species, 24 of which 

 are distinguished in Flora of British India 4:6.31. Herbs 

 or subshrubs: Ivs. opposite, rarely in 3's: fls. small, 

 in solitary or panicled spikes formed of many dense 

 whorls: calyx subei[ii:illy 4--')-to(.thed : corolla-tube ex- 

 sprti'd i>v iTM-lii.|. J ; liiiii. -iii.j lihiM.I; lobes 4, lower 



POINCIANA iM. dc Poinci. governor of the Antilles 

 in the seventeenth century). Legnminosii . Small, 

 mostly broad-topped unarmed trees, with large and 

 graceful bipinnate Ivs. with numerous small Ifts. and 

 with no stipels and inconspicuous stipules: fls. very 



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\ er> showj otint,e oi scnrlet m large corjmbose ra 

 cemes not papilionaceous the 5 petals clawed and 

 eroded oi even fimbriate on the margin the stiniens 10 

 and free and exserted fr long and flat Theie ir 2 or 

 J species of Poinciana all natne to the oiiintil tiop 

 ics The ^emi hx I crn confounded with ( a d] una 

 but th \ .1 I r , \ ih It wh 11 1 tl \ ire 



I I U 1 ( ( I I I I \ I) 1 I ll\e to 



India \ril IX mi ticiit il \fiK i is ] 1 inted in the Old 

 World but is not in the American trade It teaches a 

 height of 20-30 ft with the petals scarcely exserted 

 bejond the i. il\\ 



r^gia I 1 I 1 II 1863 Royal Poinciana 



1 I i I I I II iANT Rapid growing tree 



1 III 1 I I I il mg a wide spreading pic 



till 1 1 I I I I I I my with 10-20 pans of pm 

 naj eich i mm with imiueious oval leaflets fls 3-4 in 

 across bright scarlet (upper petal striped with mellow 

 and more cuneate) the obovate petals ^ery piommently 

 clawed {or narrow below) pod ( in To ft long Mada 

 gascar B M ^i^st -\ n\ n ptiiilii ti p m frostless 

 ( uiitrii I m s, I I s I hi I HI lid I and the 

 Wi t In haul 111 1 it I ili i ' n < t the most 

 stiiknuof trjpi ilit ^ in 1,1 . under glass m 



the\ rth Ccr ((^ / i I h i i, i i It n confounded 

 with It but that pi int is i shruli oi at most only a 

 small tree with strongly overlapping calyx segments in 

 the bud smaller fls and very long exserted stamens 

 L H B 



POINSETTIA. Enplwrbia puleherrima. Annual P. 

 is E. ItrtfiiiphijUa. 



POIKEA i 



atalogue i 



for Poivreii 



POISON BERRY, r<,s7,«w. P. Dogwood, /.Viii.v ifiic- 

 nata. P. Elder, Jrtiii nuvnul,,. P. Hemlock, C'nuium 

 mactihitiiM. P. Ivy, irtit.s To.rin„!i,„lrai,. P. Oak, iJ. 

 Toxicodendron. P. Sumac, li'ltus venenata. 



POISONOUS PLANTS. 



) the touch. The ..i,lv . 

 re Poison Ivy tual I'.ii " 



'ery few pla 



1364. Leaf of Poison Ivy (X 



ginia Creeper, but the latter usually has .5 leaflets, it is 

 a much taller vine and it climbs by means of tendrils 

 (Fig. 1866). Poison Ivy is much commoner than Poison 

 Sumac. The latter is confined to swamps. There are 



