34 POISONOUS PLANTS. 



SAMBUCUS EBULIS {British). 



DWARF ELDER — HERBACEOUS ELDER — GROUND ELDER- 

 BLOOD HILDER — DANES' BLOOD—DANE BALL — DANE WKED — 

 DANE WORT— WALL WORT-DEAD WORT. 



CaprifoliacetB. — Leaves lanceolate. — Stem herbaceous. — 

 Cymes with three branches. — Waste ground ; 2-3ft. ; perenn. 

 July ; pink ; berries black. 



Toxic ^r2;z«yj/f.— VALERIANIC ACID. 



SAMBUCUS NIGRA {British). 



COMMON ELDER— ELDER BERRY— ARN TREE— BOON TREE — 

 BOOR TREE — BOOTRY TREE — BUR TREE. 



CapriloliacecB. — A large shrub. — Leaves ovate. — Cymes with 

 three principal branches. — Hedges ; common ; 8-1 5ft. June ; 

 white ; berries black. 



Toxic ^ir/^a/'/^.— VALERIANIC ACID ; also contained in 

 S. canadensis, S. humilis. 



ALOE SOCOTRINA(fi^«.f/ Indies, and Culdvaied in 

 Britain). 



SOCOTRINE .VLOES TREE. 



LiliacecB — Stem woody ; scarred ; branching dichotomously. 

 — Leaves crowded at ends of branches ; sessile; i5-2cin.; curved 

 at base, then erect and incurved ; tapering ; concave above, 

 convex below ; with numerous white prickles on margins. — 

 Flowering-stem tall ; erect ; slender. — Flowers numerous ; 

 stalked ; crowded on raceme. — Fruit a blunt capsule ; lin : 

 3-ceIled. — Seeds numerous ; compressed. — 6ft. ; ann. Early 

 spring ; pink, with yellowish tips. 



Toxic pri?icipte. — ALOIN ; also contained in A. barbadensis, 

 A. ferox. 



MOMORDICA ELATERIUM. 



ECBALIUM ELATERIUM {Ctdtivated in Britain 

 and South Europe). 



.SQUIRTING CUCUMBER — WILD CUCUMBER 



CucurbitacecB — Root tapering ; white ; fleshy. — Stems pros- 

 trate ; ii-3ft. ; branched ; cylindrical ; translucent. — Leaves 

 alternate ; on long, tapering petioles ; deeply cordate ; rounded 

 auricles at base ; no tendrils ; lobed and undulated. — (ilaucous 

 everywhere. — Flowers unisexual ; stalked ; I or 2in. ; axillary 



