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Bcsides this use as a //air wash, roasied bulb is used antisep- 
tically as a poidtice for sores 
Second in importance to the use of the bulb as a substitute 
for soap is its use as a nieans of stupefying fish and thus pro- 
curing thern for food. Large quantities < vere caught in this way 
in early days, but now this practice is forbidden by law. 
Certain portions of several other plants are sometimes used either 
alone or together with soaproot .to produce the same effect, but 
none except the turkey mullcin (Croton setigerus) is csteeviea 
as cqually effective. Such Wholesale poisoning was not indulgea 
in very frcquently ; the gencral p/actice was and is in remote 
districts still carried on to a limited extent by a few individuals, 
who select small streams or deep pools for their opcrations. 
No ill effect has ever been noted as a consequence of eating fish 
caught by any of these ,fish poisons” , the reason being perhaps 
that the quantily required to kill a few fish is very small com- 
pared to the greater size of a man and 'that much of the toxi- 
city is lost in the cooking, although no special method is employed 
in preparing it” (V K. Chesnut. Plants used by the Indians 
of Mendocino County, California, 1902, p. 319). 
Colchicum luteum Baker * Wortels uiterst giftig door colchicine 
Convallaria mafalis L * Bevat convallamarine, sterk op het hart 
werkend, en convallarine,' gift voor de nieren 
Dasylirion Hookerii Lem * Saponinehoudend 
Dianella caerulea SlMS*. De wortel wordt in Perak als ratten- 
vergift gebruikt; zie ook Dl II, blz. 153. 
Dianella sp div. In Australië giftig voor varkens gebleken. 
(Maiden, 1908). 
Dracaena arborea Link.* Saponinehoudend. Bladen als zeep 
gebruikt (zie Dl. II, blz. 154). Ook op S. Thomé. 
Drimiopsis maculata Lindl.* Zuid-Afrika Giftig voor vee? 
Echeandia terniflora Orteg * Een aftreksel van het zaad 
schuimt. 
Endymion nutans Dum ( = Scilla festalis Salisb*.). Saponine- 
houdend. 
