POISONS ACTING ON THE HEART. 31 



COLCHICUM SPECIOSUM {Cultivated in Britain). 



GIANT MEADOW SAFFRON — AUTUMN CROCUS. 



Melanthacfce. — Flowers clear red-purple, varying^ to deep 

 crimson-purple, with a white throat; peiianth long, divisions 

 oval. — Sept.-Oct. — Leaves ift. by 4in., elliptic, sub-erect, 

 narrowed to the obtuse apex. 



Toxic ^n«a^/^.— COLCHICINE. 



BIGNONIA SEMPERVIRENS. 



GELSEMIUM NITIDUM {South America and 

 United States). 



GKLSEMIN — CAROLINA JASMINE — WILD JESSAMINE. — FALSE 

 YELLOW JASEMINK. 



Loganiaceo!. — A woodv climber. — Leaves opposite; persistent; 

 lanceolate ; shortly stalked. — Flowers usually solitary. — Fruit 

 an ovoid capsule ; fin. ; 2 celled.— Seeds large ; pale brown. — 

 March and April ; yellow. 



Toxic p^/««;!)/«.— GELSEMINE. 

 JASMINUM OFFICINALE {Cultivated m Britain). 



COMMON WHITE-FLOWERED JASMINE. 



Jasminacem. — Hardy, woody, climbing shrub ; 20ft. — Leaves 

 opposite or alternate ; trifoliate or unequally pinnate, without 

 stipules ; dull green. — Flowers white. — Fruit a double berry. 



Toxic principle. — ^SCULIN ; also contained in J. sambac, 

 J. fruticans, J. sempeFvirens. 



