SOLAN ACEAE — POTATO 



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Dr. Doerr has recently reported a case of poisoning in a cow that had been 

 fed exclusively upon refuse from the Club-house kitchens near the Iowa State 

 College Campus. These contained potato parings among other things and to these 

 the poisoning was charged. The trouble was diagnosed as gastro-enteritis. The 

 post-mortem revealed diffuse intestinal hemorrhages with enlarged liver and spleen. 



2. Capsicum. Pepper 



Herbs or shrubs with sharp taste; leaves fleshy; flowers white; corolla 

 wheel shaped; S-lobed; tube short; stamais separate with filaments 

 longer than the heart shaped anthers which open longitudinally; fruit a berry. 

 The Guinea pepper and the Indian goat pepper (C. frutescens) are much more 

 powerful stimulants than cayenne and often produce violent pain and purging. 

 This shrub is native to the Southwest. The genus Capsicum has two species. 

 A monograph by Prof. Irish published in the Missouri Botanical Garden Reports 

 describes many of the varieties. 



Capsicum annuum L. Cayenne Pepper 

 Annual. Leaves ovate entire ; flowers with truncate calyx and white corol- 

 la; fruit a berry, oblong or globular, red or green. 



Distribution. Widely cultivated. Native to the Southwest. 



Fig. 424. Red Pepptr (Capsi- 

 cum annuum). The fruit of tliis as 

 well as tlie leaves are power- 

 fully pungent. (W. S. Dudgeon). 



Poisonous properties. The peppers are often used in domestic practice in 

 making a stimulating plaster; if its action is continued long enough, however, 

 a vesicular formation makes its appearance. In domestic animals it causes 



