The Stinging Tree.
The " stinging- Hree'' of Queensland, Australia, is a luxurious Bhrub, pleasng tb^ffie 1 eye'- 'but' dangerous to the touch. It grows from two or three i&chesHft ten fat&totiSllU&ii KeigLt^ anS emtts'a odouß P'Saytfj a traveller :— Sometimes while shooting T-nrtfeytfihl tKe'^hrtibb; I r -hive s entirely forgotten the -stinging >trae till I was -warned of its close- proximity by its smell,* and.have of ten f*und myself m a. little forest pi- ithem. I wag only once tung, -and-tiiat very lightly.- Its effects are'curidtis~it: leaves no, mark MtTtJbe ) jpain^i> T jmaddenj>g ; t .and^for, month's afterwards ■ the part when toqcfce^Sf tender,, m rainy wjfen it [ ge t tß., ; .wet ; in>ashing,' &c. I have, seen a . ■ man ..who treats, ordinary pajLnj.ight)j,roli pa the ground m agony after being stung,;, and, Ivhave seen a horse so completely mad after getting into a.grove of the trees, .that he rushed Open«.m9nthe4 at. ! eyerjone,. who apf proached him, aniJhad to be shot. Dogs when. stung will rush t about whining piteousiy, biting pieces from the affectod
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Manawatu Standard, Volume 3, Issue 56, 30 January 1883, Page 3
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171The Stinging Tree. Manawatu Standard, Volume 3, Issue 56, 30 January 1883, Page 3
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