i6 POISONOUS PLANTS. 



STRYCHNOS NUX-VOMICA (Southern India, 

 Java, &'c.) 



NUX-VOMICA TREE — POISON-NUT — CROW-FIG — KACHITA. 



Loganiacece. — A moderate sized Tree. — Trunk short ; thick. — 

 Bark smooth. — Leaves opposite ; without stipules ; shortly 

 stalked ; oval-rotundate — Flowers in tricotomous cymes at ends 

 of branches ; greenish white. — Fruit a smooth, shining, globu- 

 lar berry ; 2in. ; rind tough ; orange ; filled with soft pulp, in 

 which seeds are irregularly immersed. — Seeds 1-5 ; circular ; 

 flat ; hollowed : lin. by :|^in, thick ; covered with silky hairs. 



Toxic principles —STRYCHNINE, BRUCINE. 



STRYCHNOS TOXIFERA {Guiana). 



CURARE.— CURARI.—URARI.—WOURALI.— ARROW- POISON. 



Loganiacece. — .Stem climbing, densely covered with long, 

 spreading, ferruginous, harsh hairs ; attaching to other plants 

 by means of the gyrate ends of its young shoots. — Leaves rough 

 with coarse hairs, 5 veined, roundish, obtuse, or ovate-oblong 

 and shortly acuminate. — Fruit large, round ; seeds imbedded in 

 gummy, bitter pulp. 



Toxic /;/««>)/«.— STRYCHNINE, BRUCINE, CURARINE. 



STRYCHNOS IGNATII (Philippines). 



ST. IGNATIUS'S BEAN. 



Loganiacece. — A small tree; scandent. — Stem erect. — Branches 

 numerous ; long ; opposite ; smooth ; climbing ; quadrangular 

 at extremities. — Leaves opposite; shortly stalked; 5in. : smooth 

 oval ; entire. — Flowers numerous ; on axillary, sub-quadriflorous 

 peduncles, arranged in panicles. Calyx short ; five toothed. 

 Corolla funnel-shaped, with the tube seven times the length of 

 the calyx, and five, spreading, obtuse segments ; white. Stamens 

 five. — Fruit large ; 4-7in. ; smooth; ovoid (variable). Pericarp 

 thick ; brittle ; one-celled ; whitish. — Seeds numerous ; pressed 

 together ; rendered irregular through mutual pressure ; lin. by 

 ■J^in. .• testa thin ; covered with silky hairs. (^Blanco and 

 Loureird). 



Toxic principles.— mVXCSmVi^, BRUCINE. 



