Mescaline of the genus "Echinopsis" are technically controlled substances under the Controlled Substances Act, they are commonly sold publicly as ornamental plants. In the United Kingdom, mescaline in purified powder form is a Class A drug. However, dried cactus can be bought and sold legally. Mescaline is considered a schedule 9 substance in Australia under the Poisons Standard (October 2015). A schedule 9 substance is classified as "Substances with a high potential for causing harm at low exposure and which require special precautions during manufacture, handling or use. These poisons should be available only to specialised or authorised users who have
Gastonia (plant) Gastonia (plant) Gastonia is a formerly accepted genus of flowering plants in the ivy and ginseng family, Araliaceae. It had been known as an unnatural group, but was recognized as late as 2010, when its nine species were distributed to four different subgenera of the large genus "Polyscias". Because the genus "Gastonia" is now obsolete, its species are herein referred to by their names in "Polyscias". The species that constituted "Gastonia" are mostly island endemics, with Madagascar and New Guinea being the largest land masses on which any of them naturally occur. "Gastonia" had a disjunct distribution, with three species