. Plants and their uses; an introduction to botany. Botany; Botany, Economic. NON-POISONOUS DRUGS 173 however, that in spite of its odor asafetida is highly valued as a condiment and extensively used for that purpose in Persia and other oriental countries. Nor is its use as a food- adjunct confined to eastern peoples. Many of us have often rehshed it in gravies and sauces, little suspecting that the. Fig. 105, II.—Castor-oil Plunt. .1, staniinate flower, just openiug. B, suTae, fully open. C, branching stamens. D, pistillate flower, entire. E, same, cut vertically. F, fruit. G, seed, entire, a
. Plants and their uses; an introduction to botany. Botany; Botany, Economic. NON-POISONOUS DRUGS 173 however, that in spite of its odor asafetida is highly valued as a condiment and extensively used for that purpose in Persia and other oriental countries. Nor is its use as a food- adjunct confined to eastern peoples. Many of us have often rehshed it in gravies and sauces, little suspecting that the. Fig. 105, II.—Castor-oil Plunt. .1, staniinate flower, just openiug. B, suTae, fully open. C, branching stamens. D, pistillate flower, entire. E, same, cut vertically. F, fruit. G, seed, entire, and cut vertically. H, Embryo. (Baillon.) flavor we were enjoying was due to a substance which is ordinarily most repulsive. The volatile oil upon which the odor and flavor of asafetida depend is chemically verj' .sim- ilar to the oil of , which as we know is pleasant to eat only in minute quantity. Indeed it is almost always true of food-adjuncts that "a little more than a little is by. 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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