. Botany for agricultural students . Botany. Fig. 433. — Flowers and fruit of the Flowering Spurge (Euphorbia corollata). At the right, a por- tion of a plant in flower; above, at the left, a flower cluster consisting of one pistillate flower and a number of staminate flowers enclosed by an in- volucre (i) bearing appendages resembling petals; at the right of the flower cluster, a single stami- nate flower with anther at a; below, at the left, a flower cluster with staminate flowers removed to show the pistillate flower; below, at the right, a pistillate flower in fruit, showing the ovary (c),
. Botany for agricultural students . Botany. Fig. 433. — Flowers and fruit of the Flowering Spurge (Euphorbia corollata). At the right, a por- tion of a plant in flower; above, at the left, a flower cluster consisting of one pistillate flower and a number of staminate flowers enclosed by an in- volucre (i) bearing appendages resembling petals; at the right of the flower cluster, a single stami- nate flower with anther at a; below, at the left, a flower cluster with staminate flowers removed to show the pistillate flower; below, at the right, a pistillate flower in fruit, showing the ovary (c), the stigma (s), and the involucre (i). In part after Bergen and —TheHevea tree, one of the plants from the milk-juice of which India rubber is ob- tained. After Lecomte. The Castor Bean, from which castor oil is obtained, is one of the large species of our region. Some are trees, as for example the Hevea tree {Fig. 434) of South America from which India rubber is obtained. Tapioca is obtained from the Cassava plant, a plant of the Spurge family and native of Brazil. A number are useful for medicine, and some, as the Castor Bean, Poinsetta, and some others, are ornamental plants. Between the Pea family and the Spurge family is usually placed the Flax family {Lmaceae) to which the cultivated Flax. 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 Martin, John N. (John Nathan), b. 1875. New York : John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
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