48 POISONOUS PLANTS. 



RICHARDIA AFRICANA {Cultivated in Britain). 



WHITE ARUM. — TRUMPET LILY.— LILY OF THE NILE. 



Aracecs. — Herb ; 2ft. — Flowers enclosed in a white spathe ; 

 monoecious ; massed on an orange spadix. —Leaves radical, 

 saggitate, borne on long petioles. — Spring and summer. — 

 Rhizome thick. — Greenhouse perenn. 



Toxic principle. — ACRID JUICE, also contained in R. 

 maculata, R. hastata. 



ANTHURIUM FERRIERENSE {Cultivated in 

 Britain). 



BANNER PLANT. — FLAMINGO PLANT. — TAIL PLANT. 



AracecB. — Dwarf-growing evergreen ; ift. — Flowers on pedun- 

 cles which spring from among' the base of the leaf-stalks ; spathe 

 ovate-oblong, crimson; spadix whitish. June-Sep. — Leaves 

 oblong-lanceolate, i8in., leathery. 



Toxic principle. — ACRID JUICE, also contained in A. 

 candidum, A, divaFicatum, A. dracontium, A. dFacunculus, A. 

 italicum, A. macForihizon. 



ARUM MACULATUM {British). 



CUCKOO PINT.--LORDS AND LADIES.- -WILD ARUM. — WAKE 

 ROBIN. — PORTLAND SAGO. — PORTLAND STARCH ROOT. — LAMB- 

 IN-A-PULPIT. — JACK-IN-A-PULPIT. — LILY GRASS. — MANDRAKE. 

 — NIGHTINGALES. — CALVES' FOOT. — FRIAR'S COWL. — BULLS 

 .\ND COWS. — BOBBING JOAN — BOBBINS. — BLOODY MAN'S 

 FINGER. — AARON. — ADAM AND liVE. — ADDER'S MEAT. — ARROW 



ROOT. 



Aracem. — Leaves halberd-shaped, glossy, usually spotted. — 

 .Spadix club-shaped. — Hedges, banks and thickets. 6-ioin. 

 Perenn. .May. — Spathe greenish ; spadix purple. 



Toxic t>rinciple. — ACRID JUiCE, also contained in A. atFO- 

 Fubens, A. cFinitum. 



PHILODENDRON SIMSII {Cultivated in Britain). 



AracecB. — A shrub. Stem stout, erect. --Flowers ; spathe 

 crimson, inflated at base, expanding above into an oval hood 

 rather exceeding the spadix ; nearly sessile ; March. — Leaves 

 cordate-saggitate, 2 by ijft., with raised, purple veins beneath ; 

 petioles rounded, ijft. long. 



Toxic principle.— \CRin JUICE. 



