54 POISONOUS PLANTS. 



RANUNCULUS ACRIS {British). 



BUTTERCUP. — BUTTER DAISY. — UPRIGHT MEADOW CROWFOOT. 



— BLISTER PLANT.— CROW FLOWER. —MEADOW RANUNCULUS. 



YELLOW GOWAN. 



Ranunculaceie. — Stem erect, hairy, round. — Calyx spreading. 

 Petals with a small scale at the base. — Very common in 

 meadows and pastures, rft. Perenn. June. Yellow. 



Toxic principle.— KCW.^ JUICE. 



RANUNCULUS BULBOSUS {British). 



BUTTERCUP. — BUTTER DAISY. -BULBOUS CROWFOOT.— CROW 

 FLOWER. — ST. ANTHONY'S TURNIP. 



RanunculacecB. — Root bulbous. — Flower stalks furrowed, 

 hairy. — Calyx reflexed. — Pastures. Common, ift. Perenn. 

 May. Yellow. 



Toxic principle.— tSXWi JUICE. 



AQUILEGIA VULGARIS {British). 



COLUMBINE. 



RanunculacecB. — Leaves 2-ternate, lobed. — Spur of petals 

 incurved. — Woods and pastures. I Sin. Perenn. June. Pur- 

 ple or rose color. 



Toxic principle. -'k^'9\\i JUICE. 



RANUNCULUS ASIATICUS {Cultivated in 

 Britain). 



GARDEN RANUNCULUS. — TURBAN RANUNCULUS. 



RanunculacecB. — Leaves 3-parted with deeply cut lobes, 

 serrated. — Flowers solitary. Nectary aborted. ift. June. 

 Crimson, sometimes yellow. 



Toxic principle. — ACRID JUICE. (Other species of this 

 genus are poisonous.) 



ADONIS VERNALIS {Cultivated in Britain). 



OX-EYE. 



RanunculacecB. —Herbaceous perenn. ift. — Flowers solitary, 

 terminal; petals 10-12, oblong, rather denticulate. March. 

 Yellow. — Leaves, lower ones abortive, upper sessile and multifid 

 with very entire lobes. 



Toxic principle.— WOQViWtVA. 



