DICOTYLEDONS AS POISONOUS PLANTS 



lar and incoordinated (Fig. 26). The skin is sensitive to the touch 

 and the muscles of the legs and sides of the body begin to quiver spasmod- 



FIG. 25. Case 117, August 15, re- 

 maining on its feet with great difficulty. 

 Animal poisoned by eating larkspur. 

 (After Marsh, C. Dwight, Clawson, A. B., 

 and Marsh, Hadleigh: Larkspur Poisoning 

 of Live Stock. Bulletin 365, U. S. Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture, September 8, 1916, 

 Plate X, Fig. 3.) 



PIG. 26. Case 117, August 15, in 

 the act of backing in the manner charac- 

 teristic of larkspur poisoning. Animal 

 poisoned by eating larkspur. (After 

 Marsh, 'C. Dwight, Clawson, A. B. and 

 Marsh, Hadleigh: Larkspur Poisoning of 

 Live Stock. Bulletin 365, U. S. Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture, September 8, 1916, 

 Plate X, Fig. 4.) 



FIG. 27. Case 78, when feeling the worst. Horse poisoned by eating larkspur. 

 (After Marsh, C. Dwight, Clawson, A. B. and Marsh, Hadleigh: Larkspur Poisoning of 

 Live Stock. Bulletin 365, U. S. Department of Agriculture, September 8, 1916, Plate XIV, 

 Fig- 3-) 



ically and this continues for several hours. The special senses seem to be 

 seldom impaired, hearing and sight are both normal. There is slight 

 salivation. Violent convulsions follow the above premonitory symptoms 



