. A manual of poisonous plants, chiefly of eastern North America, with brief notes on economic and medicinal plants, and numerous illustrations. Poisonous plants. 596 MANUAL OF POISONOUS PLANTS 4. Jatropha L. Spurge Nettle or Bull Nettle Monoecious, or rarely dioecious, perennial herbs, with bristly hairs, entire or lobed leaves; flowers in cymes; calyx colored like petals in sterile flower, mostly salver-shaped, and S-lobed, enclosing 10-30 stamens; pistillate flowers in the lower forks of the cymes; capsule ovoid or subglobose, separating into 2-valved carpels. A small genus of 4 or 5 specie
. A manual of poisonous plants, chiefly of eastern North America, with brief notes on economic and medicinal plants, and numerous illustrations. Poisonous plants. 596 MANUAL OF POISONOUS PLANTS 4. Jatropha L. Spurge Nettle or Bull Nettle Monoecious, or rarely dioecious, perennial herbs, with bristly hairs, entire or lobed leaves; flowers in cymes; calyx colored like petals in sterile flower, mostly salver-shaped, and S-lobed, enclosing 10-30 stamens; pistillate flowers in the lower forks of the cymes; capsule ovoid or subglobose, separating into 2-valved carpels. A small genus of 4 or 5 species. Jatropha stimulosa Michx A branching, perennial plant with a stout root, 6-12 inches high, and sting- ing hairs; leaves round, heart-shaped, 3-5 lobed or variously cleft; calyx of the staminate flower salver-form, white or pinkish; stamens 10, filaments almost separate; seeds oblong-ovoid, smooth and mottled. Distribution. In dry sandy soil from Virginia to Texas. Poisonous properties. Mr. John Smith says that a plant growing at Kew was placed on his wrist, and produced in a few minutes, serious symptoms ex- tending to the upper part of his body; the lips became swollen, and the whole of a livid red, fainting coming on in ten minutes. The writer was told of numer- ous instances of poisoning in Texas where it is much dreaded. Jatropha urens, known as the Brazilian stinging nut, is considered to be one of the most poisonous plants known. The Cuban physic nut (Japtropha Cur- cas) is used as a Fig. 331. Spurge Nettle. Lois Pammel Fig. 332. Spurge nettle (.Jatropha stimulosa). Tlie Jatropha lias stinging hairs that produce in- juries similar to those produced by nettle but mucn more powerful. (After Hochstein),. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Pammel, L. H. (Louis Hermann), 1862-193
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