. Plants and their uses; an introduction to botany . Fig. 201.— Stuin ;e showiufj; mode of attachment to a branchof the host upon which it ; h, wood of the mistletoe extendinginto the wood of the host as a primary sinker (0; /. f, cambiumsuckers growing between wood and bark, and sending through thebark buds, as at g, which become shoots; and pushing into the woodsecondary sinkers, as at e. e: b, b, wood of the host cut half across atd, d, d, to show the annual rings of growth; c, bark. (Sachs.). Fig. 202.—Mistletoe. /, pistillate branch with flowers and fruit. 2, pist
. Plants and their uses; an introduction to botany . Fig. 201.— Stuin ;e showiufj; mode of attachment to a branchof the host upon which it ; h, wood of the mistletoe extendinginto the wood of the host as a primary sinker (0; /. f, cambiumsuckers growing between wood and bark, and sending through thebark buds, as at g, which become shoots; and pushing into the woodsecondary sinkers, as at e. e: b, b, wood of the host cut half across atd, d, d, to show the annual rings of growth; c, bark. (Sachs.). Fig. 202.—Mistletoe. /, pistillate branch with flowers and fruit. 2, pistil-late flower-<-luster. 3, staminate flower. 4- pistillate flower, cut ver-tically. J, fruit, cut vertically. (Wossidlo.) 212 MEDICINAL AND POISONOUS PLANTS with fatal results. The berries of the nearly related blacknightshade (Fig. 198) and the bittersweet (Fig. 199) aresomewhat poisonous, and from their bright colors especiallyliable to attract children. At Christmas, young childrensometimes suflfer from eating the white berries of the mistle-toe (Figs. 200-202) used in decoration. Similar cases of
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