. Pearls and pebbles, or, Notes of an old naturalist [microform]. Traill, Catherine Parr Strickland, 1802-1899; Traill, Catherine Parr Strickland, 1802-1899; Natural history; Sciences naturelles. 19G PKAHLS AM) PEimi-KS. art' not visildo. Thr wliolc plant looks like a tiny lu'iisli or Itrooin, ami is more rt'iiiarkalilc foi- the oddity ol' its appcaranctj than I'oi' its It Ixdonf^s to a sini^ular I'aniily, that known as the Crohnttrhe or FJrooin Hajx- laniily, to which also the tcriii Cancer Hoot has Ikm-h popniarly ^dvcn. I Ik'Hi'Vc this cnrious plant is used hy tin- Indian hci-li d
. Pearls and pebbles, or, Notes of an old naturalist [microform]. Traill, Catherine Parr Strickland, 1802-1899; Traill, Catherine Parr Strickland, 1802-1899; Natural history; Sciences naturelles. 19G PKAHLS AM) PEimi-KS. art' not visildo. Thr wliolc plant looks like a tiny lu'iisli or Itrooin, ami is more rt'iiiarkalilc foi- the oddity ol' its appcaranctj than I'oi' its It Ixdonf^s to a sini^ular I'aniily, that known as the Crohnttrhe or FJrooin Hajx- laniily, to which also the tcriii Cancer Hoot has Ikm-h popniarly ^dvcn. I Ik'Hi'Vc this cnrious plant is used hy tin- Indian hci-li doctor as a cnrt- for cancer, Imt wlietliei- ontwai'dlv or iiiwardlv is not known. There are several species, some of the (U'der haviiio' blue and white tulmlar ilowei's, others yellowish-hrown and hairy: all arc jtanisites on the roots of oak, lieecji and some other INDIAN IMIM;. Anothi'i' of our curious ilowei's is the Indian Pi]ie {Munoti ]>a, unijlora). This sino-ular plant is distin- j^nished by its pure whiteness, without one tinge (»f color. From root to sunuiiit it is .spotless, white as new fallen snow. It is also called the Wood Snowdrop. It attracts the i-ye liy its contrast to the dark I'ich mould on which it grows, generally at thi' foot of beech trees, sending up a cluster of stems some nine or ten inches in height. Each thick stem is terminated by one white pellucid flower aVtout the size of a small tobacco pipe, the head slightly bent downward at first, but becoming- erect for the better preservation of the seed. So sensitive is this remarkable plant that it turns black. 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 Traill, Catherine Parr Strickland, 1802-1899; FitzGibbon, Mary Agnes, 1851-1915. London : S. Low, Marston; Toronto : W. Briggs
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