. A manual of poisonous plants, chiefly of eastern North America, with brief notes on economic and medicinal plants, and numerous illustrations. Poisonous plants. SPERMATOPHYTA—MAGNOUACEAE 475 Dr. Langaard concluded that all parts of the plant were poisonous. The poison causes excitation of the central apparatus of the medulla oblongata and clonic convulsions analogous to those produced by picrotoxin, toxiresin and cicutoxin. Small doses kill by paralyzing the respiratory center. Large doses cause heart paralysis. When animals are poisoned by small doses chloral hydrate is an effi- cient remed
. A manual of poisonous plants, chiefly of eastern North America, with brief notes on economic and medicinal plants, and numerous illustrations. Poisonous plants. SPERMATOPHYTA—MAGNOUACEAE 475 Dr. Langaard concluded that all parts of the plant were poisonous. The poison causes excitation of the central apparatus of the medulla oblongata and clonic convulsions analogous to those produced by picrotoxin, toxiresin and cicutoxin. Small doses kill by paralyzing the respiratory center. Large doses cause heart paralysis. When animals are poisoned by small doses chloral hydrate is an effi- cient remedy but has no effect when large doses have been taken. CAI,YCANTHACfiAE Shrubs with entire short petioled opposite leaves, without stipules; flowers fragrant, large, solitary, on leafy branches, sepals and petals numerous; stamens numerous, the inner short, sterile; pistils numerous; fruit of an ovoid pyriform receptacle, enclosing few to many smooth solitary achenes; seed erect. About S species of North America and Asia. Several species are cultivated for orna- mental purposes. Calycanthus L. Carolina Allspice Flowers purple or red; sepals and petals numerous, stamens numerous, pistils numerous. A small genus of 4 species, 3 in Eastern North America, and 1 on the Pacific Coast. Calycanthus floridus L. Strawberry Bush A branching shrub 3-9 feet high; branches pubescent; leaves oval, soft, downy underneath, roughish above; flowers dark purple, with the odor of straw- berries; sepals and petals Fig. 246. Strawberry Bush (Calycanthus floridus). Commonly used as an ornamental shrub and is known to be somewhat poisonous. (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 illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Pammel, L. H. (Louis Hermann), 1862-1931. Cedar Rapids, Ia. , The Torch Press
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