. A manual of poisonous plants, chiefly of eastern North America, with brief notes on economic and medicinal plants, and numerous illustrations. Poisonous plants. i-j-r-' Fig. 438. Muskmelon iCucuiiiis Melo). A part of a plant of the common melon. (W. S. Dudgeon). Fig. 439. Pistillate flowef of cu- cumber iCucumis). a, sepal; b» petal; c, pistil; d, stigma; e, style; f, ovary. (Pieters, U. S. Dept. Agr.). American origin. The hubbard squash is a well known representative of the species and is used in various food preparations. Other species like cushaw (C tnoschata) are also cultivated. The Mi
. A manual of poisonous plants, chiefly of eastern North America, with brief notes on economic and medicinal plants, and numerous illustrations. Poisonous plants. i-j-r-' Fig. 438. Muskmelon iCucuiiiis Melo). A part of a plant of the common melon. (W. S. Dudgeon). Fig. 439. Pistillate flowef of cu- cumber iCucumis). a, sepal; b» petal; c, pistil; d, stigma; e, style; f, ovary. (Pieters, U. S. Dept. Agr.). American origin. The hubbard squash is a well known representative of the species and is used in various food preparations. Other species like cushaw (C tnoschata) are also cultivated. The Missouri gourd (C. foetidisshna), with a large root, sometimes a foot in diameter, occurs from Nebraska to Texas. The wild cucumber or wild balsam apple {Echmocystis lobata) is frequently used as a climber and is sometimes weedy. The star cucumber (^Sicyos an- gulatus) is used in a similar way. The cocoon antidote, (Fevillea cordifolia), a native of Jamaica, has seeds which are used as a cure for snake bites and as an antidote against Entada scandens. They also contain an oil. The seeds of Tefaria pedata, a native of the East coast of Africa and Zanzibar, contain an excellent oil. The bryony of Europe (Bryonia dioica) is a climbing plant pro- ducing a pretty colored fruit. It is a drastic purgative and is poisonous. It contains the alkaloid bryonicin Cj^H^^NOj, and the root of Bryonia alba con- tains the glucoside bryonin C^^H^gOgj. Dr. Halsted states that a friend of his has been repeatedly poisoned by handling the star cucumber {Sicyos angu- lata). Friedberger and Frohner state that poisoning has occurred from Cucur- hita Pepo, causing symptoms of dullness and in some cases the animals showed excitement. Major Kirtikar says that the pulp of a cucurbitaceous plant of India, Trichosanthes palmata, a perennial herb, is used in India to poison cattle, and that the T. cucumerina also of that country is an emetic and a drastic pur- gative. Echinocystis macrocarpa, according to Trimb
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