. A manual of poisonous plants, chiefly of eastern North America, with brief notes on economic and medicinal plants, and numerous illustrations. Poisonous plants. 344 MANUAL OF POISONOUS PLANTS there is some relation existing between Pellagra in man and forage poisoning in horses and cattle. Both are essentially produced by some toxic substance. In this connection, the bulletin on the Grand Traverse or Lake Shore Disease, as investigated by C. D. Smith,* C. E. Marshall and Dr. Ward Giltner, is interesting. 2. Andropogon. (Royen.) L. Beard Grass Tall annual, or perennial grasses with spikelets
. A manual of poisonous plants, chiefly of eastern North America, with brief notes on economic and medicinal plants, and numerous illustrations. Poisonous plants. 344 MANUAL OF POISONOUS PLANTS there is some relation existing between Pellagra in man and forage poisoning in horses and cattle. Both are essentially produced by some toxic substance. In this connection, the bulletin on the Grand Traverse or Lake Shore Disease, as investigated by C. D. Smith,* C. E. Marshall and Dr. Ward Giltner, is interesting. 2. Andropogon. (Royen.) L. Beard Grass Tall annual, or perennial grasses with spikelets in pairs upon each joint of the slender rachis; usually narrow leaves; terminal and axial racemes, one of them sterile, the other sessile, 1-flowered, and fertile; lower glume the larger, coriaceous and nerved, the second acute; stamens 1-3, grain free. About ISO species widely distributed in tropical and temperate regions. Some of the species of the Andropogon h. are excellent grasses for forage purposes. Quite a number of them produce valuable oils like Pamorusa oil, obtained from Andropogon Schoenanthus, lemon grass oil from Andropogon. Fig. 140. Johnson-grass (Andropogon halepensis), a, spikelet; c and d, glumes; e, f, g, parts of the flower. â Sp. Bull, Mich. Agr. Bxp. Sta. 50: 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 Pammel, L. H. (Louis Hermann), 1862-1931. Cedar Rapids, Ia. , The Torch Press
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