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plant beteekent: „paardenbedwelmer.” Bevat de buitengewoon gif- 
tige stof andromedotoxine (1) (= asebotoxine), die volgens de onder- 
zoekingen van Pluqge ook in verschillende andere geslachten der 
Ericaceae voorkomt, nl. in Bhododendron L., Kalmia L., GaUD., 
Pernettya Pieris Don., Cassandra Don. 
Pieris ovalifolia D. Don (A. ovalifolia^ Himalaya. Wel- 
licht identisch met voorgaande soort. 
y,Yoiing leaves 2 )oisonons to goats^ theg are said to i)roduce cerehral 
symi)toms. A usefnl insecticide, Honey collected froni the flowers 
is poisonous.^' (Watt). 
A. {Pieris) mariana L. („Kill lamb,” e.). 
^Bedouté aux Etats-Unis.'" (Baillon). 
A. Polifolia L. 
T^Acre^ 7iarcotique^ tue les moutons.^^ (Baillon). 
A. {Pieris) ixitida Bartr. Giftig. 
solanaceous plants having stamens whose anthers open hij por es at the apex^ 
are strongly xiarcotic^ have lumped tog ether species of Azalea, Andromeda, 
Rhododendron and Hyoscyamus under the heading Yang-chih-chuh. This 
name refers to the effects of the ftowers or herhage of all these narcotic 
plants tipon sheep and goats feeding upon them. The ordinary Hanhow 
samples consist of flowers of Andromeda Polifolia and Azalea (procumbeiis 
and pontica). Mixed with powdered Aconite-root or Arum-root^ these 
fiowers are applied to the gums in tooth-ache^ and to allay the pain of 
an abscess, prcparatory to opening itP (Porter Smith). 
(1) Andromedotoxine is thans reeds aangetoond in de volgende planten: 
Andromeda Japonica Thunb. ; A. Polifolia L.; A. Cateshaei Wall. 
Cassandra calyculata Don. 
Azalea Indica L. 
Kalmia latifolia L. ; K. angnstifolia L. 
Monotropa unifiora L. 
Pernettya repens Zoll. 
Pieris formosa D. Don ; P. ovalifolia D. Don. 
Bhododendron harhaium G. Don; B. cinnaharennm Hook. B.chrys- 
axithum Pall. ; B. fulgens Hook. f. ; B. Falkoneri Hook. f. ; P. grande 
Wight; B. hyhridnm Ker. ; B. indicum Sw. ysly. lateritium, B.javanictmi 
Benn., B. ledifolium Sw. var. igyiescens; B. maximum Ïj,\ B, Ponticiimïj.'^ 
B. Puniceum Roxb. (=: B. arhoreum Sm.); B, retusiim Benn. 
Slechts ééne Bhododendron-s,ooAj nl. B. hirsutum L. deed zich bij het 
onderzoek van Plügge andromedotoxine-vrij voor. 
