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(8) Foxglove (see p. 87): All parts, the seeds 
being most poisonous. 
(9) Wistaria: The mauve-coloured flowers. 
(10) Violets: The underground stems and the 
seeds. 
(11) Boxwood: All parts of this ornamental shrub. 
(12) Larkspur and Delphinium: All parts. 
(13) Lily of the Valley: All parts, especially the 
flowers. 
(14) Columbine (Monkshood): All parts, especially 
the seeds. 
(15) Laburnum: Every part, including the bark and 
the pods. 
(16) Red Poppy: All parts when juicy-—poisonous 
property lost when the part of the plant is 
dried. 
THE PRUNELLA 
GENERAL—Also called “Self-Heal” and “Heal- 
All. ’ One of the most common wild flowers in New 
Zealand, and can almost invariably be found within 
a stone’s throw of any school. It is a perennial. 
Height, usually 4 to 8 inches. (See p. 85.) 
LEAVES—Ovate (acute), converging towards 
leaf stem; arranged in equal opposite pairs, the 
highest pair being at the base of the flower-head. 
FLOWERS — Several small purple “bunny”- 
shaped odourless flowers growing out from a 
cylindrical head, about 11 inches long and one inch 
wide. When all the tiny flowers on the head have 
died, the latter becomes a dark brown colour. 
Only one flower-head on each stem. 
