56. POISONOUS PLANTS. 



AGROSTEMMA GITHAGO {British). 



CORN COCKLE. — BASTARD NIGELLA. — WILD SAVAGER. 



CaryophyllacecF.— Flowers large ; teeth of calyx projecting 

 beyond the corolla. Petals very slightly cleft. — Plant covered 

 with silky hairs. — Cornfields. Common. 2-3ft. Ann. July 

 Ptirple. 



Toxic principle. — SMILACIN, also contained in Dianthus 

 plnmarius, D. chinensis, D. caryophyllus, Anagallis arvensis, 

 .Xsculus hipposcastinum, Quillaja saponaria, Gosophila 

 &truthian. 



ANACYCLUS PYRETHRUM (Levant). 



PELLITORY.— ALEXANDER'S FOOT. — BERTRAM. — LUNG WORT. 



Coinposilce. — Stem procumbent, or ascending ; branched ; 

 numerous. — Root long ; tapering ; vertical. — Leaves alternate ; 

 oval in outline ; deeply bipennatisect ; segments again 3-fid. — 

 Glaucous. — Heads terminal ; disk-flowers bisexual ; yellow. 

 Ray-flowers female ; in a single row ; white, pink below. — 

 Fruit obovoid : smooth ; forming a short, scarious pappus. — 

 Perenn. — April- June. 



Toxic principle. — INULIN. 



DORONICUM PARDALIANCHES {British). 



GREAT leopard's BANE. — CRAY FISH LEOPARD'S BANE. 



CompositcE. — Leaves heart-shaped ; lower on long petioles, 

 upper on winged petioles dilated at the base. — Moist woods ; 

 scarcely native. 2-3ft. Perenn. June-Sept. Yellow. 



Toxic principle.— \'K^lV,m. 



IMPATIENS NOLI-ME-TANGERE {British). 



TOUCH-ME-NOT. — COMMON YELLOW BALSAM. 



BalsaminacecE. — Spur loosely recurved. — Watery, shady 

 places. Local. — i-2ft. Ann. July and Aug. Bright yellow, 

 with orange spots. 



Toxic principle.— KGSWi JUICE. 



