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POISONS 



Country. 



Natural Order. 



Genus and Species. 



India 

 and 

 Ceylon . 



Rammculacecs 



De CandoUe, 181 8. 



ApocynacccB 

 Lindley, 183G. 



LiliacecB 



Linnaeus, 1751. 

 EuphorhiacecB 



A. de Tussieu, 1824. 

 LoganiacecB 



Auctores. 



A conitum Tournefort with A . ferox Wall 

 and A . napellus Linnaeus in the Hima- 

 layas, A. luridume Aorte in Sikkim, 

 and A . lycoctonum Linnaeus in Kashmir. 



Cerbera Linnaeus, 1753, with C. odollam 

 Gaertner and C. thevetia Linnaeus. 

 Nerium Linnaeus has N. odorum 

 Solander, 1729. Urechites is repre- 

 sented by U. suherecta Mucker. 



Gloriosa Linnaeus with species G. superba 

 Linnaeus. 



Jatropha Kunth with one species, /. cur- 



cas Linnaeus, 1753. 

 Strychnos Linnaeus with 5. nux vomica 



Linnaeus, 5. ignatii Bergmann 5. colu- 



brina Linnaeus. 



Dutch 

 Indies. 



LeguminoscB 



de Jussieu, 1789. 



Milletia Wight and Arnott with 

 M. seriacea Wight and Arnott. 



Pacific 

 Islands. 



MyrtacecB 



R. Brown, 181 4. 

 ApocynacecB 



Lindley, 1836. 



Barringtonia Forskal with B. speciosa 



Linnaeus and B. raratonga. 

 Cerbera Linnaeus with C. lactaria 



Hamilton. 



Brazil. 



SapindacecB 



de Jussieu, 181 1 . 

 Euphorhiacecs 



A. de Jussieu, 1824. 

 LoganiacecB 



Auctores. 



Paullinia Linnaeus with P. pinnata 

 Linnaeus. 



Hura Linnaeus with H. crepitans Linnaeus. 



Spigelia Linnaeus with 5. anthelmia 

 Linnaeus. Thevetia Linnaeus with 

 T. ahovai Linnaeus. 



British 

 Guiana. 



SapindacecB 



de Jussieu, 181 1 . 



Melicocca Linnaeus, 1763, with species 

 not mentioned. 



West 

 Africa . 



SolanacecB 



Lindley, 1836. 

 IridacecB 



Lindley, 1836. 

 CactacecB 



Lindley, 1836. 



Hyoscyamus Tournefort with H. falezlez 

 Cosson. 



MorcBa Linnaeus with M. collina Wald- 

 tulpe. 



The ' Oro ' of Sierra Leone. 



South 

 Africa. 



IvidacecB 



Lindley, 1836. 

 ZygophyllacecB 



Lindley, 1836. 



Morcea Linnaeus with M. collina Wald- 

 tulpe. 



Melianthus Linnaeus with M. major 

 Linnaeus and other species. 



and vomiting, muscular and cardiac weakness, and finally death 

 takes place from failure of the heart or respiration. 



Barringtonia Forster, 1776 (Myrtacese), with the species speciosa 

 Linnaeus and B. raratonga, is said to be used for criminal poisoning 

 in Oceania. 



