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Oxylohium parviflorum Benth. Australië. Giftig voor het vee. 
Gomphoïohimn uncinatum A. Cünn. N. S. Wales. 
„ Very injurious to sheep." (Lij^dley). 
Gastrolohium R. Br. sp. div.^ bepaaldelijk G. grandiflonim F. v. 
M., G. hilohmn R. Br. (l), G. cahjchium Benth., G, ovalifolium 
Henfr., G. obovatum Benth., G. trilohum Benth., G. spinosmn 
Benth., G. oxylohioides Benth., G. Callistachys Meissn. („Poison 
Bushes” (1), „Cattle poison plants,” e.). 
yjLarge niimbers of cattle and sheep are lost annually in Australia 
through eating these plants. They cause in animals that have eaten 
the leaves difficulty of breathmg for a feiv mmutes^ they then stagger^ 
drop down and die. The raw flesh of animals so killed poisons cats 
and the blood kills dogs.^^ 
„The blossoms are also freguently eaten by animals and are., I 
think^ the most poisonous part., for the greater number of sheep are 
lost from the poisonous effect of this plant at the period of its in- 
florescence. When the seeds fall on the ground the wild pigeons 
greedily feed and fatte^i on them; if the crops of these pigeons con^ 
taining the seeds be eaten by dogs., they die.^ yet the pigeons themselves 
tvhen dressed are good foodT (Maiden). 
G. bilobum R. Br. en G. grandiflorum F. v. M zijn het meest 
gevreesd als „Poison-bush.” 
G. spinosum Benth. is ook voor kameelen giftig gebleken 
b. Genisteae. 
Genista (= lietama) sphaerocarpa Lam. Bast alkaloïdhoudend 
(oxysparteïne ?). 
G. monosperma Lam. Wortel zeer bitter. 
numklica Spacii., ovata Waldst., pilosa L , polygalaefolia DG., 
radiata Scop., sagittalis L., scorpius DC , sibirica L., spachia- 
na Webb., sphaerocarpa Lam., stenopetala Webb. 
Lotus suaveolens Pers. (28 andere Lotas-soovton bleken cytisine-vrij). 
Thermopsis carolinianaOuRT., fabacea DC., montana Nutt. lanceolata R. Bk. 
Sophora tetraptera JMill. 
CytisHs canariensis Steud. 
(l) „In the Fl. Austr. a statement is quoted that G. bilobum is the 
worst of the „Poison shruhs." Certainly some of them render extensive 
tracts of country tinoccupiable.''' 
