. The elements of botany embracing organography, histology, vegetable physiology, systematic botany and economic botany ... together with a complete glossary of botanical terms. Botany. DICOTYLEDONES. 221 a large tree in Guiaua and Brazil. The bark of our native Prickly Ash (^Zanihoxylum Americanum) is used medici- nally. A few species are cultivated for ornament, as Dictamnus (Fig. 331), i8. Geraniaceae. The Geranium family consists mostly of herbs, seven hundred and fifty species, found in the temperate and hot tropical regions, many of which are ornamental. The Garden Balsam, or Touch
. The elements of botany embracing organography, histology, vegetable physiology, systematic botany and economic botany ... together with a complete glossary of botanical terms. Botany. DICOTYLEDONES. 221 a large tree in Guiaua and Brazil. The bark of our native Prickly Ash (^Zanihoxylum Americanum) is used medici- nally. A few species are cultivated for ornament, as Dictamnus (Fig. 331), i8. Geraniaceae. The Geranium family consists mostly of herbs, seven hundred and fifty species, found in the temperate and hot tropical regions, many of which are ornamental. The Garden Balsam, or Touch-me-not {Imr patiens Bakarrdna of India), has been cultivated for nearly three hundred years. Many exotic species (from South Africa, etc.) of Oxalis are found in cultivation. The South American genus Tropoeolum furnishes the Nasturtion (2". magus) ; also edible tuberous roots (from T. tuberosum), used instead of Potatoes in Peru. Most of our fine cultivated " Geraniums" belong to the South African genus Pelargo- nium. The Alfilaria of California (Erodium cieularium') is said to be a nutritious forage plant. ig. Linaceae. The Flax family. Species one hun- dred and thirty-five, widely distributed. Herbs, shrubs, and a few trees, with single sessile leaves, and regular, Fig. 331. DictamuuSj an ornamental 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
Size: 1864px × 1341px
Photo credit: © The Book Worm / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1800, bookdecade1880, booksubjectbotany, bookyear1883
