_Ruminants_ are much less susceptible than horses. Cornevin’s attempts at poisoning failed through their refusal of the plant. Müller observed in a case of cattle poisoning, bloating, paralysis of the limbs (especially fore limbs), sleepiness, dilatation of pupils, and later salivation, nausea, coma and occasional convulsive movements of the muscles of the extremities. These symptoms persisted through several days and then disappeared. REFERENCES. 4, 16, 63, 64, 81, 128, 144, 161, 190, 205, 213. =Broom= (_Cytisus Scoparius_ Link.). This very plentiful and widely distributed plant is undoubtedly to some extent poisonous, though perhaps only feebly so in the quantities likely to be eaten by domestic animals. Blyth records 400 cases of poisoning from it, however. Very hungry animals might eat too much of it, and hence show symptoms of poisoning. _Toxic Principle._ The plant contains the alkaloid _Cytisine_ (C_{11}H_{14}N_{2}O); also the volatile alkaloid _Sparteine_ (C_{15}H_{26}N_{2}), a single drop of which, according to Blyth, killed a rabbit, which showed symptoms similar to those of nicotine poisoning. _Symptoms._ Taken in sufficient quantity broom induces narcotic poisoning, with symptoms resembling those caused by Coniine, with central nervous paralysis. Cornevin gives the symptoms as similar to those due to _C. Laburnum_. REFERENCES. 4, 16, 82, 128, 203. =Indian Peas= (_Lathyrus sativus_ L.). A type of poisoning that deserves attention here is that known as _Lathyrism_, since it is due to the consumption of peas of the genus _Lathyrus_, the most dangerous being the “Indian Pea,” _L. sativus_. The peas of this plant (see Frontispiece) are small and dark-coloured, and are imported largely from India and other countries under the general name of Mutter peas, a name which they share with the ordinary pea _Pisum sativum_. In addition to the seeds of this species the seeds of two South European and North African species—_L. Cicera_ and _L. Clymenum_—have commonly caused poisoning both in man and in animals, not infrequently leading to fatal results. Horses, cattle, sheep and pigs have been affected—horses particularly so—and many cases have been recorded in the veterinary journals since 1885. Very heavy losses have occasionally resulted from the use of the raw peas as a food for stock. For example, in 1884 Messrs. Leather of Liverpool had 35 out of 74 cart horses ill through eating Indian peas at the rate of 3 to 4 lb. per head per day. Of the 35 no less than 19 died, and 2 were slaughtered, while 14 recovered. In the famous Bristol Tramways case (1894) 123 out of 800 horses became ill owing to being fed on the peas of _L. sativus_, and many died. There are few records of harm to cattle, sheep and pigs, and Watt quotes Don to the effect that pigeons lose their power of flight by feeding on the peas.