. A manual of poisonous plants, chiefly of eastern North America, with brief notes on economic and medicinal plants, and numerous illustrations. Poisonous plants. MALVACEAE 623. Kg. 351. Cacao Tree iThecbroma Cacao'). 1. Branch with flowers and fruit. 2, Flower cat through longitudinally. 3. Seed. 4. Fruit with a portion of pericarp re- moTed. The beans are well known articles of commerce. (After Wossidlo). is cultivated for its fiber. The cotton fibers are plant hairs coming frotn the seed. Cotton seed is used to manufacture an oil serving in place of olive oil, and cotton seed meal, the latt
. A manual of poisonous plants, chiefly of eastern North America, with brief notes on economic and medicinal plants, and numerous illustrations. Poisonous plants. MALVACEAE 623. Kg. 351. Cacao Tree iThecbroma Cacao'). 1. Branch with flowers and fruit. 2, Flower cat through longitudinally. 3. Seed. 4. Fruit with a portion of pericarp re- moTed. The beans are well known articles of commerce. (After Wossidlo). is cultivated for its fiber. The cotton fibers are plant hairs coming frotn the seed. Cotton seed is used to manufacture an oil serving in place of olive oil, and cotton seed meal, the latter a valuable stock food. The refuse material is used as a fertilizer. The highly explosive gun cotton is made by soaking cotton in sulphuric and nitric acids. Other cottons are Sea Island cotton (C harha- dense) and tree cotton (C arboreum). The bark of cotton root has very active principles. Marsh mallow (Altheae officinalis) used in medicine as a stim- ulant and in confectionery, contains asparagin C^HgN^OjH^O and bassorin Okra or gumbo {Hibiscus esculenttis) is extensively cultivated in the south and in Europe for the young mucilaginous pods which are edible. The H. ficulneus is used in a similar way. The fleshy red calyx of the Jamaica sorrel (H. Sabdariffa) is used in making jellies and sauces; the fiber makes good cordage material. The wood of the Cuba bast (Hibiscus elatus), native to the West Indies, produces a timber of greenish color used in cabinet work. The lace-like inner bark is used for wrapping and is known as lace bark. From the fiber of H. tiliaceus a strong paper can be made very cheaply. This is also used by the natives of the Pacific Islands in making ropes. Fibers are obtained from Hibiscus tiliaceus, H. cannabinus. Arena lobata, Abittilon indicus, Sida retusa and Napaea laevis. A beautiful wood is derived from the magar (Thespesia grandiflora) of Porto Rico, the color being red when fresh, black when dry. The hollyhock (Althaea rosea) is well known in. P
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