. A manual of poisonous plants, chiefly of eastern North America, with brief notes on economic and medicinal plants, and numerous illustrations. Poisonous plants. 506 MANUAL OF POISONOUS PLANTS poisonously by dissolving the blood corpuscles. Cholesterin contained in the body acts as a natural antidote against them. Several plants of the order produce members of the terpene group; rose oil, contains rhodinol C^^Hj^O, supposed to be identical with geranium oil; and a second terpene, roseol, Cj^H^^Oj. Many fruits of the order, especially Pomeae, contain mannite and sorbite. The arhutin, Cj^Hj^^O^
. A manual of poisonous plants, chiefly of eastern North America, with brief notes on economic and medicinal plants, and numerous illustrations. Poisonous plants. 506 MANUAL OF POISONOUS PLANTS poisonously by dissolving the blood corpuscles. Cholesterin contained in the body acts as a natural antidote against them. Several plants of the order produce members of the terpene group; rose oil, contains rhodinol C^^Hj^O, supposed to be identical with geranium oil; and a second terpene, roseol, Cj^H^^Oj. Many fruits of the order, especially Pomeae, contain mannite and sorbite. The arhutin, Cj^Hj^^O^ obtained in many plants also occurs in some plants of this order; the glucoside hydrochinon, C H O, occurs in the buds of pears. Quercetrin C^^'R^^O.^, derived from a glucoside, is found in the flowers of haw {Crataegus), the bark of apple trees and of Prunus insiititia. Amygdalin C,|jH,^NOjj^, occurs in the seeds of many plants of the family, especially in Pomeae and Pruneae; also in the bark of Prunus Padus, P. serotina, etc., and in the seeds of Pyrus J'ig- 266- Kooso (Brayera anthelminUca). Flowering branch. Contains a muscle poison. (After Faguet). Fig. 266a. Common Wild Plum (.Prunus americana). (C. M. King). Genera of Rosaceae Ovary inferior or enclosed in the calyx tube. Carpels numerous; fruit an achene 3. Rosa. Carpels few, fruit not an achene. Carpels cartilaginous; fruit a pome. 4. Pyrus. Carpels bony, drupe-like 6. Crataegus. Ovary superior not enclosed in calyx tube. Calyx deciduous; fruit a drupe 5. 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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