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Location Table— Poisonous Plants— Continued 



DRY PLACES 



Description 



Illus. 



No. 



Common name 



Page 

 No. 





61 

 66 

 68 



Poison sumac 



79 



Bright red leaves; small white flowers 



Huilihuiste 



84 



Small or large trees; black berries..- 



Ciega-vista 



86 



Small bush; leaves covered with white hairs 







HIGH ALTITUDES 





61 



Poison sumac 



79 



Bright red leaves; small white flowers 





. 



LIMITED 



Gray bark; white flowers; found only in British Hon- 

 duras, Cuba, and Haiti. 



64 



White poison wood 



82 





Large thick stems; root above ground; skunk-like odor.. 

 Giant tree; trunk covered with spines; fruit explodes 



56 

 58 

 65 

 69 

 70 

 71 

 72 





74 





76 



Physic nut 



83 



Bush or small tree; greenish yellow flowers. 



Stinging spurge 



87 



Soft-stemmed plant; white flowers 



Several species; soft-stemmed or bushy tree-like kinds- 



88 



Cow-itch 



89 



Hard pods with stiff hairs or bristles 





90 



Whitish trunk; large, stiff leaves; cord-like fruit 









MIDDLE ALTITUDES 





69 

 . 70 



Stinging spurge. 



87 



Soft-stemmed plant; white flowers 



Several species; soft-stemmed or bushy tree-like kinds. 



88 







MOUNTAINOUS REGIONS 





60 



76 



Poison spurge 



78 



Pale bark; small white flowers -- 



Bush; small leaves; purple-red flowers; purple-red fruit. 





58 







