. Plants and their uses; an introduction to botany. Botany; Botany, Economic. VAPJ()rS I'()()D-PLAXTS 105. Fig. lia.âOlive [( utroijiva, UUvu Funiilj', Oliacew). A. flowering branch. B, flower. C. eoroUa and .stamens. fJ, cabx and pistil, cut vertically. E, fruit. P\ same with the pulp cut through to show the "stone" within. G, seed, cut vertically between the seed-lea^'es. H, same, cut ^â e^ticall\" across the seed-leaves. (Knoblauch.)âAn evergreen tree or shrub, with irrayish-green leaves, cream-colored, flagrant flcjwers, tmd ].mrplish fruit. is f
. Plants and their uses; an introduction to botany. Botany; Botany, Economic. VAPJ()rS I'()()D-PLAXTS 105. Fig. lia.âOlive [( utroijiva, UUvu Funiilj', Oliacew). A. flowering branch. B, flower. C. eoroUa and .stamens. fJ, cabx and pistil, cut vertically. E, fruit. P\ same with the pulp cut through to show the "stone" within. G, seed, cut vertically between the seed-lea^'es. H, same, cut ^â e^ticall\" across the seed-leaves. (Knoblauch.)âAn evergreen tree or shrub, with irrayish-green leaves, cream-colored, flagrant flcjwers, tmd ].mrplish fruit. is follows. The roots are first reduced to a pulp, and then sul)jected to pressure, which forces out the milky sap together with a large quantity of .starch. After standing a while, tlie starch settles from this poisonous fluid. The latter is then p^oured off', and the starch, spread upon ii'on ]")lates, is lieatcd until all A'estige of poison has disapi)eared, and the starcli-grains becoming somewhat gummy adhere togetlicr into small iri'cguUu' masses wliich constitute tlie tajjioca of commerce. A seaweed Icnown as carrageen or "Iiisli moss" (Fig. IIS), found along tin.' North Atlantic coast on Ijotli sides of the. 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 Sargent, Frederick Leroy, 1863-. New York, H. Holt and Company
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