40 POISONOUS PLANTS. 



PLUMBAGO CAPENSIS {Cultivated in Britain). 



CAPE LEAD WORT. 



PluinbaoinaceiB. — Shrub, half-hardy climber ; 2ft. — Stem 

 angularly striate, glaucous. — Flowers in terminal, short, approxi- 

 mating spikes ; corolla-tube thrice as long as calyx. — Summer 

 autumn. — Pale blue ; leaves oblong-obtuse, entire, mucronulate. 

 —Fruit dry, unilocular, one seeded. 



Toxic pnncipies.—9\M1&&\'&m, OIL OF PLUMBAGO ; also 

 contained in P. europsea, P. coccinea, P. larpentse, P. rosea, P. 

 scandens. 



