. Botany all the year round; a practical text-book for schools. Botany. 193 194 191-196. —Adhesive fruits: 191, pod of wild licorice; 192, cockle bur; 193 achene of bur marigold ; 194, burdock bur; 195, fruit of hound's tongue'; 196,' fruit of bur grass {Cmchrus). not useful to itself. Hence, if you will examine the wild fruits of your neighborhood you will find that the edible ones generally produce hard, bony seeds, either too small to be destroyed by chewing, and thus capable of passing uninjured through the digestive-system of an animal; or if too large to be swallowed whole, compelling th
. Botany all the year round; a practical text-book for schools. Botany. 193 194 191-196. —Adhesive fruits: 191, pod of wild licorice; 192, cockle bur; 193 achene of bur marigold ; 194, burdock bur; 195, fruit of hound's tongue'; 196,' fruit of bur grass {Cmchrus). not useful to itself. Hence, if you will examine the wild fruits of your neighborhood you will find that the edible ones generally produce hard, bony seeds, either too small to be destroyed by chewing, and thus capable of passing uninjured through the digestive-system of an animal; or if too large to be swallowed whole, compelling the animal, by their hardness, or by their disagreeable flavor, to reject them. On the other hand, where the seeds themselves are edi- ble or attractive, the fruits are armed in every possible. 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 Andrews, Eliza Frances, b. 1840. New York, Cincinnati [etc. ] American book company
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