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MANUAL OF POISONOUS PLANTS 



Fig- 162. Colchicum (^Cotchicum au- 

 ^umnale). Flowering plant and longi- 

 -tudinal section of stem and bulb. Faguet. 



Fig. 163. Camas i>lant or Death Camas (Zygadems 

 venenosus). A western plant, extremely poisonous to 

 sheep. 



The fly poison (Amianthium muscaetoxicum) is a smooth plant with 

 simple stems from base; broadly linear leaves; white flowers in simple racemes; 

 widely spreading perianth without claws or glands. Occurs from Long Island 

 to Florida to Arkansas. It is a well known fly poison of the south. It is 

 related to Veratrum and Melanthium. 



The Bulbine bulbosa, of Australia, is poisonous to cattle, sheep and horses, 

 which, after eating it, display such symptoms as lying down, rolling continually, 

 having scours and a mucous discharge from the nose. The tuberous herb, 

 Gloriosa superba, of India, according to Major Kirtikar, is a violent emetic; 



