. The elements of botany embracing organography, histology, vegetable physiology, systematic botany and economic botany ... together with a complete glossary of botanical terms. Botany. crops. Scammony is the dried juice of Convolvulus seanv- mania of Asia. Oil of Rhodium is ob- tained from C. Scoparius and C. floridus of the Canary Islands; from the scent of the •wood of these two, it is called " Rosewood,'' and from it oil is extracted and used in adulterating attar of Roses. 8. Borraginaceae. The Borage family (twelve hundred species) are, for the most part, hispid herbs, shrubs, or tr
. The elements of botany embracing organography, histology, vegetable physiology, systematic botany and economic botany ... together with a complete glossary of botanical terms. Botany. crops. Scammony is the dried juice of Convolvulus seanv- mania of Asia. Oil of Rhodium is ob- tained from C. Scoparius and C. floridus of the Canary Islands; from the scent of the •wood of these two, it is called " Rosewood,'' and from it oil is extracted and used in adulterating attar of Roses. 8. Borraginaceae. The Borage family (twelve hundred species) are, for the most part, hispid herbs, shrubs, or trees, with a four-parted ovary. They are found all over the world; but few are of importance, as S16 that whose roots yield the red dye Alka- net (Anchusa tinctoria of Europe), and ornamental plants, as Forget-me-not (^Myosotis palustris) from Europe, and Heliotrope (Fig. 317 ; Heliotropum Peruvianum') from Peru. Comfrey {Symphytum officinale) is supposed to be medicinal. Many weeds belong to this family, as Stick- weed (Echinospermum), Hound's-Tongue, and Beggar's Lice {Cynoglosswrn), Puccoou (lAthosper- mum), etc. g. Loganiaceae. This small family (three hundred and fifty species) of the Tropics deserves mention, as inclu- ding the Strychnos nux-vomiea of India, which produces an. Fig. 316. The Dodder or Cuscuta. Fig. 317. 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 Kellerman, William Ashbrook, 1850-1908. Philadelphia, J. E. Potter and Company
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