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which are ' sheep laurel,' Kalmia angustifolia, and ' Calf 

 Kill,' Leucotha CateshcBi. 



Several poisonous plants are met with in the same 

 natural order as the potato (Solanacece). The best known 



Fig. 45. — The Bitter-sweet {Solanmn Dulcamara). 



of them is the plant which yields belladonna, Atropa 

 Belladonna (Fig. 44). It grows generally on chalky soils, 

 and on the waste ground near ruins. It is a perennial 

 herb, dying down every autumn. The leaves are ovule 



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