. A manual of poisonous plants, chiefly of eastern North America, with brief notes on economic and medicinal plants, and numerous illustrations. Poisonous plants. Fig. 413. Peppenniut (Mentha piperita). One of the sources of tJie pepper- mint of commerce. (From Vesque's Traite de Botani- que).. Fig. 414. Tomato (Lycopersicmn es- culentum). An important food plant. (W. S. Dudgeon). SoLANACEAB. Nightshade Family Herbs, rarely shrubs, vines; a few of the tropical species, trees with alter- nate leaves without stipules; flowers regular or nearly so, borne in cymes; calyx inferior, S-lobed; corolla
. A manual of poisonous plants, chiefly of eastern North America, with brief notes on economic and medicinal plants, and numerous illustrations. Poisonous plants. Fig. 413. Peppenniut (Mentha piperita). One of the sources of tJie pepper- mint of commerce. (From Vesque's Traite de Botani- que).. Fig. 414. Tomato (Lycopersicmn es- culentum). An important food plant. (W. S. Dudgeon). SoLANACEAB. Nightshade Family Herbs, rarely shrubs, vines; a few of the tropical species, trees with alter- nate leaves without stipules; flowers regular or nearly so, borne in cymes; calyx inferior, S-lobed; corolla gamopetalous, generally S-lobed; stamens as many as the lobes of the corolla and alternate with them, inserted on the tube, generally equal; style and stigma 1; ovules numerous; fruit a berry or cap- sule. A large family, chiefly tropical, consisting of 70 genera and 1600 species. Several of these are important medicinal plants and several important food plants. Many plants of the order have poisonous 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 Pammel, L. H. (Louis Hermann), 1862-1931. Cedar Rapids, Ia. , The Torch Press
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