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Revieivs. 
f  Am.  Jour.  Pharm. 
\    February,  1901. 
"Ferments,"  Reynolds  Green,  Cambridge,  1899,  is  silent  on  Viola 
and  its  methyl  salicylate. 
A  few  quotations  may  be  made  from  Greshoff's  book : 
Anemone  nemorosa,  a  violent  poison  when  fresh ;  harmless  when 
dry. 
Clematis  flammida,  very  poisonous,  green  ;  dry,  a  good  fodder. 
Clematis  caripensis,  "  blistering  leaf." 
Delphinium  vestitum,  "  leaves  poisonous  to  goats." 
Anonaceez;  very  little  is  known  and  investigated  about  the  poi- 
sonous alkaloids  from  this  family. 
Corydalis  racemosa  ;  a  single  leaf  will  kill  a  man. 
Camellia  Japonica.,  L.,  C.  Sasangua,  Thunb.  The  seeds  are 
poisonous. 
Linum  usitatissimum  ;  its  glucoside  yield  HCN  ;  the  wash- water  in 
flax-works  is  therefore  poisonous  to  fishes. 
Ruta  graveolens,  abortivum  and  anthelminticum. 
Ilex  aquifolium;  two  or  three  berries  work  as  an  emetic.  Twenty 
are  fatal. 
Sapindus  cmarginatus.  It  seems  very  strange  that  bees,  insects 
possessing  such  a  wonderful  instinct,  should  drink  the  nectar  of 
these  poisonous  flowers  and  get  killed  in  this  way. 
Centanrea  scabiosa, 
Carduus  nutans, 
Scabiosa  succisa,  all  benumb  bees. 
Coriaria  Nepalensis ;  leaves  act  as  a  powerful  poison;  seeds  pro- 
duce symptoms  like  tetanus. 
Cytisine  determinations.*  *  *  C.  Laburnum;  seed  contains  r8  per 
cent.  Ulex  Europ. ;  seed  contains  I  per  cent.  Sophora  secundi- 
flora;  seed  contains  3-5  per  cent.  Sophora  tomentosa,  L.;  seed 
contains  21  per  cent.  Baptisia  australis,  R.  Br.;  seed  contains  r6 
per  cent. 
Swains ona  galegifolia,  R.  Br.  One  of  the  most  dreaded  plants 
by  stockowners.  *  *  *  Some  Swainsoneas  are  excellent  fodder 
plants,  while  others  produce  (the)  mysteriously  fatal  effects.  Chemi- 
cal analysis  has  failed  to  isolate  a  toxic  principle.  *  *  * 
Pachyrizus  tuberosus,  Spr.  The  beans,  when  ripe,  are  poisonous. 
The  tubers,  too,  contain  a  poisonous  "  resin  (?)."  This  resin  is  an 
active  fishpoison. 
