. Colchicine in agriculture, medicine, biology, and chemistry. Colchicine; Colchicine. Fig. —Diagrams showing the seed-producing portion of Colchicum autumnale, and the flower stalk appearing in autumn. A, fruiting; B, flowering. (After drawings by Dioscorides) autunnial flowering with sjjring fruiting, both having the same under- ground portion. This was a careful scientific observation for his day. Such great detail was gi\'en to the corm, bud, leaf, flower, and seed that writers copied his observations and drawings for the next fifteen centuries. Since the botanical and medical professio
. Colchicine in agriculture, medicine, biology, and chemistry. Colchicine; Colchicine. Fig. —Diagrams showing the seed-producing portion of Colchicum autumnale, and the flower stalk appearing in autumn. A, fruiting; B, flowering. (After drawings by Dioscorides) autunnial flowering with sjjring fruiting, both having the same under- ground portion. This was a careful scientific observation for his day. Such great detail was gi\'en to the corm, bud, leaf, flower, and seed that writers copied his observations and drawings for the next fifteen centuries. Since the botanical and medical professions were closely allied in the times of Dioscorides, it was natural that the ()l)jccti\e of his study. 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 Eigsti, O. J. (Orie Jacob), 1908-; Dustin, Pierre. Ames, Iowa State College Press
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