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pasture, may cause horses and sheejj to scour. It is very 

 acrid, and produces inflammation and ulceration if applied 

 to the skin. These plants are much more irritating in their 



Fig. 47.— The Aconite {Aconitum napellus). 



green state ; drying robs them, and many other irritating 

 and poisonous plants, of their deleterious properties, so that 

 when mixed with hay they are often harmless. 



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