. Introduction to structural and systematic botany, and vegetable physiology. Botany. cultivation in dry ground, and by blanching. Among the virulent acrid-narcotic species, the most famous are the Hemlock (Conium maculatum), and Cicuta maculata (Cowbane, Water-Hemlock), indi- genous to this country, the root of which (like that of the C. virosa of Europe) is a deadly poison. A drachm of the fresh root has killed a boy in less than two hours. 835. Oril, AraliaceSB ( Ginseng or Ivy Family) scarcely differs from. the last in floral structure, except that the ovary is mostly composed of more than
. Introduction to structural and systematic botany, and vegetable physiology. Botany. cultivation in dry ground, and by blanching. Among the virulent acrid-narcotic species, the most famous are the Hemlock (Conium maculatum), and Cicuta maculata (Cowbane, Water-Hemlock), indi- genous to this country, the root of which (like that of the C. virosa of Europe) is a deadly poison. A drachm of the fresh root has killed a boy in less than two hours. 835. Oril, AraliaceSB ( Ginseng or Ivy Family) scarcely differs from. the last in floral structure, except that the ovary is mostly composed of more than two carpels, and these do not separate when ripe, but FIG. 851. Flower of OsmorrhiKi longistylia. 862. Um^el of the same in fruit: a, the invo- lucels. 863. The ripe mericarps separating from the axis or carpophore. 864. Cross-section of the fruit of Angelica, where the lateral ribs are produced into wings : the blax^k dots repre- sent the Tittse, as they appear in a cross-section. 865. One of the mericarps of the same, show- ing the inner face, or commissure, as well as the transyerse section, with two of the Tittae, a. FIG. 856. Flower of Aralia nudicaulis (Wild Sarsaparilla); a vertical section, displaying two of the cells of the ovary. 857. Cross-section of the ovary. 858. Longitudinal section of a seed, magnified, showing the small embryo at the upper 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 Gray, Asa, 1810-1888. New York [etc. ] Ivison, Blakeman, Taylor & Co.
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