26 POISONOUS PLANTS. 



ACONITUM FEROX {Himalayan Mountains, India). 



BISH POISON. — INDIAN ACONITE. — NEPAUL ACONITE. 



Raniinculacece. — Rootstock fleshy ; tuberous ; with lateral 

 tubers. — 6ft. ; erect ; stout ; branched above. — Leaves alternate ; 

 deeply cut into 5 irregularly indenied lobes. — Flowers arranged 

 on long stalks, on long racemes. — Fruit of 5 follicles ; pubescent. 

 — Seeds black. — Perenn. — Indigo blue. 



Toxic pnncipie.—kCOHllIliE, also contained in A. arctop- 

 honum, A. cammarum, A. lagactonum, A. lycoctonum, A. 

 meloctonum, A. myoctonum, A. vulparia. 



ERANTHIS HYMENALIS {Cultivated in Britain). 



WINTER ACONITE. — WINTER HELLEBORE. — WINTER WOLF's 

 BANE. 



RanuticulacecB. —Hardy, tuberous-rooted perenn. ; 3-8in. — 

 Flowers yellow, solitary, sessile ; petals 6-8, tubular ; sepals 

 petal-like ; Jan. -March. — Leaves divided, involucre of 3 deeply- 

 cut leaflets. 



Toxic /);7«6-z/)/«.— ACONITINE. 



ACT/EA SPICATA {British). 



HERB CHRISTOPHER. — BANE BERRY. — GRAPE-WORT. 



RanunculacecB. — Raceme erect ; elongated. Petals as long 

 as stamens. — Mountain woods. Rare. 2ft. Perenn. June. 

 White. Berries black. 



Toxic principle.— Olh OF BANEBERRY. 



DELPHINIUM CHEILANTHUM {Cultivated in 

 Britain). 



RanunculacecB. — Stem erect, branched, 2-3ft. — Flowers dark 

 blue ; petals shorter than calyx, 2 lower ones with obliquely 

 infle.xed, ovate, entire limbs. — June-Sept. — Leaves 5 parted, 

 with oblong, acuminate, sub-trifid, and somewhat toothed 

 lobes. 



Toxic principle.— DELtmHE. 



