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MANUAL OF POISONOUS PLANTS 



Fig. 347. Horse Chestnut (Aesculus Hippocastanum). Flowering 

 branch. Entire flower. Stamen. Pistil. Entire seed and longitudinal sec- 

 tion. Wood used in making violins. (After Faguet.) 



domen, are markedly present. The buckeye is an irritant of the cerebro-spinal 

 system, the more prominent symptoms being confusion of mind, vertigo, stupe- 

 faction and coma. 



BAtSAMiNACEAB. Balsam Family 



Succulent herbs; leaves alternate; thin, petioled; flowers axillary showy, ir- 

 regular; sepals 3, the two lateral small, green; the posterior large and petal- 

 like, spurred; petals 3 or S, some 2-cleft; stamens S; ovary oblong 5-celled; 

 style short or none; stigma S-toothed or S-lobed; ovules several in each cell; 

 fruit a capsule in Impatiens, coiled elastically, expelling the seeds; seeds 



