VEGETABLE IRRITANTS. 59 



GLAUCIUM LUTEUM {.British). 



YELLOW HORNED POPPY.— SEA POPPY. 



PapaveracecB. — Stem smooth. — Stem-leaves wavy. — Pods 

 very long, curved. — Plant glaucous. — Sea-coast. i-3ft. Bienn. 

 — June-Aug. Bright yellow. 



Toxic principle.— GhAVCiriE. 



ROEMERIA HYBRIDA (British). 



VIOLET HORNED POPPY. — WIND ROSE. 



PapatieracecB. — Stem slightly hairy. — Leaves 3-pinnatifid, with 

 linear segments. — A doubtful native. 2ft. Ann. May ; Purple, 

 red at base. 



Toxic principle.— 'SS.BiWimE. 



VKVKWE.^ RH^AS {British). 



CORN POPPY. — CORN FLOWER. — CORN ROSE. — CANKER ROSE. 



— COCK ROSE. — COP ROSE. — COPPER ROSE. — BLIND EYES. — 



HEAD ACHE. — RED WEED. 



PapaveracecB. — Capsule smooth, nearly globular. — Flowers 

 deep scarlet, often brown at base.-~-2ft. Ann. June and July. 

 Cornfields ; common. 



Toxic principle.— ^RIEkDlfiE. 



CHELIDONIUM MAJUS {British). 



CELANDINE. — COCK-FOOT. — TETTER WORT. 



PapaveracecB. — Flowers in umbels. — Plant slightly hairy. — 

 Juice yellow, acrid. — Waste ground and thickets. 2ft. Perenn. 

 — May and June. Yellow. 



Toxic principles.— G\iS,\A\iG^mE, CHELERYTHRINE, also 

 contained in C. grandiflorum. 



SEDUM ACRE {British). 



COMMON STONE CROP. — BITING STONE CROP. — COUNTRY 



PEPPER. — CREEPING JACK — RUN AWAY JACK. — GOLDEN MOSS. 



— GOLD DUST. — WALL MOSS.— WALL PEPPER. — JACK OF THE 



BUTTERY. 



CrassulacecB. — Leaves close, alternate, fleshy, somewhat 

 ovate, spurred at the base ; bright green. — Flowers in trifid 

 cymes. — Walls and rocks. Common. i-2in. Perenn. June; 

 Bright yellow. 



Toxic principle.— M,mii JUICE. 



