6o POISONOUS PLANTS 



SEDUM ALBUM {British). 



WHITE STONE CROP. — WORM GRASS. 



CrassulacecB. — Leaves scattered, cylindrical, fleshy. — Flowers 

 in many-branched panicles. — Rocks and walls. 2-4in. — Perenn. 

 July. White ; anthers red. 



Toxic principle. —ACRID JUICE. 



DROSERA ROTUNDIFLORA (British). 



COMMON SUNDEW. — ROUND-LEAVED SUNDEW. — I.UST WORT. — 

 RED WORT. — YOUTH WORT. 



Droseracece. — Leaves rounded. — Foot-stalks hairy. Bogs. 

 2-4in. Perenn. July. White. 



Toxic principle. — ACRID JUICE, also contained in species of 

 Pinguicula, Nepenthes, Sarpacenia. 



DIONCEA MUSCIPULA {Cultivated in Britain). 



FLY CATCHER. — VENUS'S FLY TRAP. 



Droseracece. — Dwarf herbaceous perenn. 6in. — Flower 

 white, in terminal corymbs. July and August. — Leaves radical 

 on long footstalks which are dilated at the top into a 2-lobed 

 irritable limb, beset with one row of long hairs on the margin 

 folding together in the manner of the teeth of a trap. Move- 

 ment takes place on irritating the bristles at the centre of the 

 lobe. 



Toxic principle.— ACmH JUICE. 



LINARIA VULGARIS {British). 



COMMON TOADFLAX. — YELLOW TOADFLAX. — WILD FLAX. — 



BUTTER AND EGGS. — BUTTERED HAYCOCKS. — EGGS AND 



BACON. — DRAGON BUSHES. — FLAX WEED. — GALL AND 



WORMWOOD. — GALL WORT. — RAMSTED. 



ScrophulariacecB. — Stems erect. — Leaves linear-lanceolate, 

 glaucous. — Calyx smooth ; shorter than the spur. — Hedges 

 Common. i-2ft. Perenn. June and July. Bright yellow and 

 orange. 



Toxic principles.— OVL OF SNAPDRAGON, GRATIOLIN. 



