PLANTS POISONOUS TO EAT 199 



The danger attending the use of tlie herbage of the pokeweed 

 as a pot-herl) has already been noticed. Not infrequently 

 deaths are caused by eating the leaves of poisonous wild 

 plants picked by mistake for the marsh-marigold (Figs. 184, 



p"iG. 186. — Indian Poko (Vcratrum viride. Lily Family, Liliacew). L pper 

 and middle section of plant, J. (Chesnut.) — Perennial herb aljout 

 1-2 m. tall; leaves somewhat hairy; flowers yellowish green; fruit 

 dry. Native home. North America. 



185), or other s]>ring "greens." The plant which has proved 

 most dangerous in this way is the Indian poke (Fig. 18G). 

 Another common herb which has sometimes been eaten for 

 "greens" with fatal results is the jimson-weed (Fig. 187). 



