POISONOUS PLANTS 



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or Nepaul aconite — contain more poisonous alkaloids than 

 the European plant. 



Fig. 15.— Aconitum Napellus (Monk's-Hood). 

 (From Smith's 'Veterinary Hygiene.') 



In America A. napellus is a garden plant, and A. colum- 

 bianum is native to the North-West, where it sometimes 

 poisons sheep. 



