VEGETABLE IRRITANTS, 51 



HYACINTHUS NONSCRIPTUS. 

 AGRAPHIS NUTANS {British). 



BLUE BELLS OF ENGLAND.— WILD HYACINTH. — BLUE BOTTLE. 



CRAKE FEET.— CROW BELLS. — CROW LEEK. — CULVERKEYS. 



COMMON BLUE BELL. — DOG'S LEEK. — HAIR BELL. 



HARE BELL. 



LiltacecB. — Flowers in drooping racemes. — Leaves linear, 

 flaccid. — Woods and thickets. Abundant. 6-ioin. Perenn. — 

 May and June. Blue, sometimes pink. 



Toxic principle.—k.CiRlD JUICE. 



HYACINTHUS ORIENTALIS {Cultivated iii 

 Britain). 



ORIENTAL HYACINTH. — (CZAR PETER. — ANNA MARIA.) 



LiliacecB. — Flowers in crowded racemes. — Leaves linear. — 

 6in.-ift. Perenn. March and April. Blue, white, yellow, 

 crimson, pink. 



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

 romanus. 



FRITILLARIA MELEAGRIS {British). 



SNAKE'S HEAD.— FRITILLARY. — DROOPING TULIP.— GUINEA- 

 HEN FLOWER. — CHEQUERED DAFFODIL. — CHEQUERED LILY. 



LiliacecB. — Stem i-flowered. — Leaves linear-lanceolate. — 

 Moist meadows ; ift. ; Perenn. — April. Pink. 



Toxic priticiple. — ISIPERIALINE, also contained in F. 

 imperialis. 



CLEMATIS VITALBA {British). 



TRAVELLER'S JOY. — BINDWITH. — BITING CLEMATIS. — HEDGE 



VINE. — LADY'S BOWER. —MAIDEN'S HONESTY. — OLD MAN. — 



OLD MAN'S BEARD.— SMOKE WOOD.— VIRGIN'S BOWER. 



RanunculacecB. — A climbing plant, with pinnate leaves. — 

 Fruit feathered with long silvery plume. — Hedges, on chalky 

 soil. Perenn. June and July. White. 



Toxic principle.— CLEMkTlti'E. 



