Accidents and emergencies; a manual of the treatment of surgical and medical emergencies in the absence of a physician . Fig. 36.—Indian poke. 112 ACCroENTS AND ENTERGENCIES Jamestown or Jimson Weed, Thorn-apple (Stramonium),grows about three or four feet high, with tough skin, raggedleaves, and a white or tinted flower like a very tall, slender pecuUar feature of the Jamestown weed is the seed-pod, whichis green when young and gray-brown when mature and dry. It. Fig. 37.—Jamestown Weed—Stramonium. is very rough and thorny outside and contains seeds that are softand white when young, an
Accidents and emergencies; a manual of the treatment of surgical and medical emergencies in the absence of a physician . Fig. 36.—Indian poke. 112 ACCroENTS AND ENTERGENCIES Jamestown or Jimson Weed, Thorn-apple (Stramonium),grows about three or four feet high, with tough skin, raggedleaves, and a white or tinted flower like a very tall, slender pecuUar feature of the Jamestown weed is the seed-pod, whichis green when young and gray-brown when mature and dry. It. Fig. 37.—Jamestown Weed—Stramonium. is very rough and thorny outside and contains seeds that are softand white when young, and become hard and black when old.(Fig- 37-) Monkshood (Aconitum napellus) is a native of the mountain-ous parts of Europe and Asia. It grows about four feet high, DESCKIlTION or POISONOUS PLANTS 113 with leaves deeply cleft into five parts. Its flowers are dark blue,with a vaulted upper sepal, hke a monks cowl. They are ar-ranged in the form called a spike—several flowers along a commonstem. Poison Ivy, Poison Oak, Poison Elder, Poison Sumac,* arenames given to two varieties of the sumac family—one (Rhus
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