. Plants and their uses; an introduction to botany. Botany; Botany, Economic. 1 / '*** 156.—Gunj .Vraljic Trfc {Acacia Srncjal, Pulse Family, Ltyuiuinusa'). A, flowering branch. B, flower. C, pod, half, allowing seeds. D, yeed, cut between the seed-leaves to show seed-stem and seed-l^ud. E, seed, cut across. (Taubert.)—A tree aliout fi ni. tall; liark gray; leaves grayish; flowers yellow; pod yellowish. Native homo, tropical ,\frira. This tree yields the best gum; several other species produce an inferior tiuality. (Fig. 157) and related species. The root of the marshmallow (Fig. 158) cont
. Plants and their uses; an introduction to botany. Botany; Botany, Economic. 1 / '*** 156.—Gunj .Vraljic Trfc {Acacia Srncjal, Pulse Family, Ltyuiuinusa'). A, flowering branch. B, flower. C, pod, half, allowing seeds. D, yeed, cut between the seed-leaves to show seed-stem and seed-l^ud. E, seed, cut across. (Taubert.)—A tree aliout fi ni. tall; liark gray; leaves grayish; flowers yellow; pod yellowish. Native homo, tropical ,\frira. This tree yields the best gum; several other species produce an inferior tiuality. (Fig. 157) and related species. The root of the marshmallow (Fig. 158) contains about one-third of its weight of a mucilage, having the same formula as tragacanthin. The same formula is given also to the mucilage yieldetl copiously by the outer coat of the flaxseed (Fig. 279). A similar mucilage but with the formula C,sH.;„ii is obtained in large quantities from the outer coat of quince seed (Fig. 9o). The slipperiness of. 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 Sargent, Frederick Leroy, 1863-. New York, H. Holt and Company
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