. A manual of botany. Botany. Fig. 1151. Yertical section of the flower of Periwinkle (Vi7ica). Fig, 1152. Diagram of the flower of the same. to be suspected, as many of them are intensely poisonous, although the fruits of a few species are edible. Some are drastic purgatives, and of others the bark is tonic and febri- fugal. India-rubber or Caoutchouc, now commonly known in commerce as .Rubber, is obtained from the milky juice of several species. Order 188. AscLEPiADACEa:, the Asclepias Order.—Charac- ter.—Shrubs or herbs, commonly milky, frequently twining and sometimes succulent. Leaves ent
. A manual of botany. Botany. Fig. 1151. Yertical section of the flower of Periwinkle (Vi7ica). Fig, 1152. Diagram of the flower of the same. to be suspected, as many of them are intensely poisonous, although the fruits of a few species are edible. Some are drastic purgatives, and of others the bark is tonic and febri- fugal. India-rubber or Caoutchouc, now commonly known in commerce as .Rubber, is obtained from the milky juice of several species. Order 188. AscLEPiADACEa:, the Asclepias Order.—Charac- ter.—Shrubs or herbs, commonly milky, frequently twining and sometimes succulent. Leaves entire, opposite or whorled, or rarely scattered, eTistipulate. Flowers regular. Calyx and corolla 5-partite ; cestivation of the latter imbricate or rarely valvate; the calyx persistent, the corolla deciduous. Stamens 5, alternate with the lobes of the corolla; filaments usually combined so as to form a tube round the pistil, or sometimes distinct; anthers frequently having pouch-shaped and hornlike VOL. II. c c. 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 Green, J. Reynolds (Joseph Reynolds), 1848-1914. London, J. & A. Churchill
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