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HALF-HOURS IN THE GREEN LANES. 



for those of sorrel. If a portion is placed in the 

 mouth, and chewed a little, the tongue hecomes 



Fig. 172. 



Ifig. 173. 



Sjmtne of Arum muculatum, 

 after Lindley, nat. size. 



Spndix of Aiitin macu- 

 latum, x 3. 



speedily blistered, and it is a long time before 

 the painful sensation is removed. The spadix (a) 

 (Fig. 172) is a spike with a succulent axis. It is a 



