VEGETABLE IRRITANTS. 37 



stipules). — Leaves. represented by a small tubercle fused with 

 the plate. — Flowers moncEcious ; in clusters of 3 ; coming off a 

 little above stipular spines. — Fruit a small capsule ; perenn. ; 

 pale yellow. 



Toxit: /?zV?«>/,?.— EUPHORBIN. 



ROTTLERA TINCTORIA. 



MALLOTUS PHILIPPINENSIS (Asia and East 

 Indies) 



KAMALA— KAlME[,A. 



Euphorbiacecs. — A tree ; 2o-3oft. ; trunk 3-4ft. round. — 

 Leaves ovate ; veins prominent beneath, which is covered 

 with hairs. — Fowers dioecious, arranged in axillary panicles ; 

 3 styles, spreading. — Capsule trigonous, globular ; covered with 

 crimson powder. 



Toxic principle— VlXhliOtOyim. 



PODOPHYLLUM PELTATUM {^rorth America). 



A.MERICAN MAY .\PPLE — AMERICAN MANDRAKE — PODOPHYL- 



LIN PLANT — WILD LEMON — WILD BUCK- FOOT — 



RACOON BERRY. 



RaniinculacecB. — Rhizome creeping ; 6ft. ; marked at intervals 

 of 3 in., with last year's stems, and simple roots ; terminating in 

 erect, flowering, stem (the horizontal growth starting from 

 base of stem) ; ift. ; cylindrical. — Leaves opposite or single ; 

 peltate ; deeply cut into 5-7 segments ; serrate. — Flower 

 solitary ; on short, curved peduncle ; from fork between leaves. 

 — Fruit an edible, ovoid, 2in., yellow, indehiscent Iserry. — 

 Seeds 12 ; yellow. — Perenn. ; May ; white. 



Toxic principles.— e^'«SiW&VS(^, PODOPHYLLIN. 



HELLEBORUS VIRIDIS (^British). 



GREEN HELLEBORE — BASTARD HELLEBORE — BEAR'S FOOT — 

 BOAR'S FOOT. 



RanunculacecB. — Stem few flowered. — Leaves dark green ; 

 digitate. —Calyx spreading.- -Woods on chalk. — ift. ; perenn. ; 

 April ; green. 



Toxic principles.— i^'K^m^, HELLEBORIN. 



