46 POISONOUS PLANTS. 



SPIGELIA MARILANDICA {Cultivated in 

 Britain). 



CAROLINA PINK.— INDIAN PINK. —WORM GRASS. 



Loganiacece. — Hardy, perenn. ; iSin. — Flowers in simple, or 

 forked, short spikes ; calyx 5 parted, red outside, yellow within ; 

 corolla i^in., lobes J, valvate, at length spreading ; stamens 5 

 affixed to tube ; July-Aug. —Leaves opp., sessile, ovate-lanceolate 

 acute, penni-veined. Stems hairy, 4 sided, simple, erect. 



Toxic princip/e.—UH^ikUED. 



