. Plants and their uses; an introduction to botany. Botany; Botany, Economic. PLANTS POISONOUS TO EAT 193 rains. Being hungry the trampers bite off a piece of the root, and finding that it tastes good they continue to eat it. Before long distressing symptoms appear, learhng within a few hours to violent convulsions and perhaps death. The plant of which they have eaten is probably the water hem-. FiG. 179.—Water Hemlock (Clcula ntacnlaUi, Fiw^lvy Family-, Umhelliffrw). Lower stem and roots, cut vertically, I. Flowering and fruiting top. -i. Part of leaf, I. Fruit entire, l. Half of .same, cut a
. Plants and their uses; an introduction to botany. Botany; Botany, Economic. PLANTS POISONOUS TO EAT 193 rains. Being hungry the trampers bite off a piece of the root, and finding that it tastes good they continue to eat it. Before long distressing symptoms appear, learhng within a few hours to violent convulsions and perhaps death. The plant of which they have eaten is probably the water hem-. FiG. 179.—Water Hemlock (Clcula ntacnlaUi, Fiw^lvy Family-, Umhelliffrw). Lower stem and roots, cut vertically, I. Flowering and fruiting top. -i. Part of leaf, I. Fruit entire, l. Half of .same, cut across. (Chesnut.)—Perennial herb 1-2 m. or more in height: roots spindle- shaped, 3-7 cm. long; stem rigid, hollow, smooth; leaves smooth, somewhat celery-like; flowers white; fruit iDCComing brown. Very poisonous throughout. Nati^-e home, North America, in damp soil. lock (Fig. 179) one of our commonest swamp or plants and one of the most Fatal cases like that described occur almost every year especially among chil- dren, and man}" cattle are poisoned Ijy eating various parts of the plant. Sometimes poisoning results from drinking. 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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