30 POISONOUS PLANTS. 



CONVALLARIA MAJALIS {British). 



COMMON LILY OF THK VALLEY —MAY LILY — MUGGET — CONVAL 

 LILY — LIRICON FANCY. 



Liliacece. — Flowers in droopinfj' racemes. — Leaves in pairs ; 

 ovate-lanceolate. — Hill-woods. Corfimon ; 6-9in. ; perenn. — 

 May ; white ; berries red. 



Toxic principle. — CONYALLiMARIN ; also contained in C. 

 japonica. 



SCHCENOCAULON OFFICINALE 



{South America). 



SABADILLA VEKATRINA — CEVADILLA. 



!HelantliacecE^^i\.. — Leaves all from the bulb ; linear ; grass- 

 like ; keeled ; with a strong midrib. — Flowers on spiked 

 raceme ; numerous ; green, anthers orange. — P'ruit a capsule ; 

 3 follicles ; iin. — Seeds 2-5 in each follicle ; chocolate. 



Toxic ^r/«a^/^.— YERATRINE. 



VERATRUM ALBUM. 

 ASAGR^A OFFICINALIS {Alps). 



WHITE-FLOWERED WHITE HELLEBORE — LANG WORT — 

 LYNG WORT. 



MelanlhacecE. — Rootstock short ; fleshy ; black outside ; 

 white inside. — 4ft. ; erect ; unbranched except at inflorescence. 

 — Leaves alternate ; sessile ; forming sheaths to stem ; longitu- 

 dinally ribbed. — Flowers numerous ; sessile. —Fruit of 3 follicles. 

 — Seeds 12 to each carpel ; pale brown. — Perenn. ; white. 



Toxic principle. — YERATRINE ; also contained in Y. nigrum, 

 Y. virlde. 



COLCHICUM AUTUMNALE {British). 



COMMON MEADOW SAFFRON — MEADOW CROCU.S — AUTU.MN 



CROCU.S — .MICHA'-LMAS CROCUS — PURPLE CROCUS — FOG 



CROCUS— NAKED LADIES. 



Mela/ithacea. — Leaves erect ; broadly lanceolate, withering 

 in summer. — Meadows ; 4-8in. ; perenn ; Sept.-Nov. ; purple. 



Toxic ^n««^/(?.— COLCHICINE. 



