PREFACE. 



In publishing the present work I have to acknow- 

 ledge my indebtedness to Tlie Principles of Forensic 

 Medicine by Drs. Guy and Ferrier, whose classifica- 

 tion of the poisonous plants I have adopted. 



I am indebted to Mr. William Miller for the 

 numerous English names given to the plants, and 

 which I have culled from his excellent Dictionary 

 of English Names of Plants ; also to the Superin- 

 tendent at the Natural History Museum, South 

 Kensington ; and the Curators of the Botanical 

 Gardens at Kew, Penang, and Colombo, for their 

 courtesy in affording me opportunities for study. 



Unfortunately I have been unable to obtain 

 detailed descriptions of such tropical Fungi as are 

 known to be poisonous ; their names, however, are 

 included in the Appendix. 



The Author. 



Harrow, 1904. 



