POISONS ACTING ON THE HEART. 2=; 



PHASEOLUS LUNATUS (Inciia). 



HIBBERT KEAN. — SUGAR BEAN. — LIMA KIDNEY BEAN. — POIS 

 D'ACHERY. — HARICOT DU CAP. 



Leguniinosa. — Twining, herbaceous, bienn. — P'lowers 4-5 on 

 a raceme ; keel with style and stamens spirally twisted, calyx 

 campanulate, 5 toothed : corolla papilionaceous, white ; July. — 

 Legume scimitar-shaped, smooth, compressed, many-seeded ; 

 hilum of seed oval-oblong. — Leaves pinnately trifoliate ; leaflets 

 with partial stipules ; racemes axillary, pedicels in pairs. 



Toxic principle.— V'&M^'S.W. ACID. 



LATHYRUS APHACA {British). 



YELLOW VETCHLING — YELLOW FLOWERED PEA. 



LeguininoscB.— Leaves usually absent, stipules very large and 

 leaf-like ; sagittate ; glaucous. — Fields ; rare ; i-2ft. — Ann. — 

 June-Aug. ; yellow. 



Toxic principle.— ^VM^^m ACID. 



RUMEX ACETOSA {British). 



SORREL DOCK — SOUR DOCK. — SHARP DOCK. — SHEEP'S SORREL. 

 GREEN SAUCE. — SOUR GRASS. — SOUR LEEK. 



PolygonacecB. — Leaves oblong sagittate. — Flowers dioecious. 

 — Meadows ; abundant. i-2ft. Perenn. May-July. Red. 

 Toxic principle.— OXMAC ACID. 



OXALIS BOWIE AN A (Cultivated in Britain). 



BOWIES WOOD SORREL. 



Oxalidacece. — A greenhouse perenn. — Flowers rose-red, 

 yellowish at base inside, petals 5. — Leaves alt. exstipulate, 

 trifoliate, leaflets emarginately bi-lobed, pubescent beneath. — 

 August. 



Toxic principle.— OXALIC ACID. 



ACONITUM NAPELLUS (British). 



monk's HOOD. — MONK'S COWL. — COMMON ACONITE. — WOLF'S 



BANE. — VENUS' CHARIOT. — BEAR'S FOOT. — HELMET FLOWER. — 



LUCKIE'S MUTCH. — FRIAR'S CAP.— SOLDIER'S CAP. — TURK'S 



CAP. 



RanunculacecB. — Lateral petals hairy inside. — Leaves deeply 

 5 cleft ; the lobes deeply cut. — Riversides. Rare. 3-4ft. Perenn. 

 June. Blue. 



Toxic principle. —ACOmilHE. 



