. The elements of botany embracing organography, histology, vegetable physiology, systematic botany and economic botany ... together with a complete glossary of botanical terms. Botany. DICOTYLEDONES. 227 Flax (Camelina), etc. " The curious plant called the Rose of Jericho" (Anastatiea hierochuntica), often sold as a curiosity, is a small annual, native of Arabia, Egypt, and Syria. The mature plant after ripening its seeds contract into a rounded mass, and is uprooted and blown about by the winds; when, however, the dry and dead plant is moistened it expands, closing again when dry.
. The elements of botany embracing organography, histology, vegetable physiology, systematic botany and economic botany ... together with a complete glossary of botanical terms. Botany. DICOTYLEDONES. 227 Flax (Camelina), etc. " The curious plant called the Rose of Jericho" (Anastatiea hierochuntica), often sold as a curiosity, is a small annual, native of Arabia, Egypt, and Syria. The mature plant after ripening its seeds contract into a rounded mass, and is uprooted and blown about by the winds; when, however, the dry and dead plant is moistened it expands, closing again when dry. On this account it is called the Eesurrection-plant. 27. Papaveraceae. The Poppy family is a small group (sixty species) of herbs, and a few low shrubs, found mostly in the Tem- perate Zone. They have a milky juice, containing a narcotic principle, regular flowers, and indefi- nite stamens. The Opium Poppy (Pa- paver somniferum) is the most import- ant representative; it grows in the Old World, and from the green capsules the milky juice is obtained and dried. This forms the crude opium of commerce. The red juice of the Blood- root of the United States {Sanguinaria Canadensia) is similar in its properties to opium. The family furnishes a few of our common ornamental plants, as the Poppies and Argemone of Mexico, and EschschoUzia of California (Fig. 337). 28. Sarraceniaceae. Pitcher Plants. This very Fig. 337. 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
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