. A manual of poisonous plants, chiefly of eastern North America, with brief notes on economic and medicinal plants, and numerous illustrations. Poisonous plants. LEGUMINOSAE—ROBINIA 561 A farmer in Dallas County, this state, informs me that sometimes the leaves are macerated in water and used to kill flies. A case of poisoning to a horse was recorded in Breeders' Gazette in 1909. In this case the horse had eaten some of the bark of a tree. The symptoms were similar to those recorded by Dr. Waldron. IS. Sesbania. Scop. Sesban Tall, smooth, branching herbs or shrubs with pinnate leaves and yell
. A manual of poisonous plants, chiefly of eastern North America, with brief notes on economic and medicinal plants, and numerous illustrations. Poisonous plants. LEGUMINOSAE—ROBINIA 561 A farmer in Dallas County, this state, informs me that sometimes the leaves are macerated in water and used to kill flies. A case of poisoning to a horse was recorded in Breeders' Gazette in 1909. In this case the horse had eaten some of the bark of a tree. The symptoms were similar to those recorded by Dr. Waldron. IS. Sesbania. Scop. Sesban Tall, smooth, branching herbs or shrubs with pinnate leaves and yellow flowers in axillary or compound racemes; calyx bell-shaped, obliquely truncate, S-toothed; standard short, orbicular; wings oblong; keel blunt; stamens diadel- phous; style short, incurved at the apex; legume oblong, stalked, compressed, the endocarp membranaceous, at length separating from the coriaceous epicarp and enclosing 2 seeds. A small genus of IS species of warm or temperate regions. Seshania platycarf^a Pers. A tall, smooth, branching annual vine; leaflets 10-3S pairs, mucronate, pale beneath; racemes shorter than the leaves; corolla yellowish purple spotted, with membranaceous sacked pods. Distribution. From the Carolinas to Florida, Missouri, and Texas. Poisonous nature. In 1897, Dr. A. P. Anderson sent this to the writer with a letter from some stockmen from South Carolina, who stated that it was sus- pected of poisoning his cattle. Mr. Chesnut records a similar statement as fol- lows: In 1897, the United States Department of Agriculture received from South Carolina the seeds of this plant, which were found in the stomachs of Fig. 309. Sesban (Sesbania platycarpa). This plant is common in the southern states; found along roadsides and woods; known to be poison- ous. (Charlotte M. King.). Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustra
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