. Plants and their uses; an introduction to botany . Fig. 200.—Mistletoe •( album, Mistletoe Family, Loranthaccte).Bunches of the plant growing upon a leafless tree in winter. (Ker-ner.)—AVoody parasite, growing on various trees, principally appleand poplars, and attaining a length of 1 ni. or more; leaves evergreen;flowers greenish; fruit a white berry with viscid pulp. Native home,Europe. in a state of wild delirium; another was .saved after heroictreatment; . . the third who ate but fcnv of the seeds w^asbut little affected. This miserable weed has one of the worstrecords among p(M,
. Plants and their uses; an introduction to botany . Fig. 200.—Mistletoe •( album, Mistletoe Family, Loranthaccte).Bunches of the plant growing upon a leafless tree in winter. (Ker-ner.)—AVoody parasite, growing on various trees, principally appleand poplars, and attaining a length of 1 ni. or more; leaves evergreen;flowers greenish; fruit a white berry with viscid pulp. Native home,Europe. in a state of wild delirium; another was .saved after heroictreatment; . . the third who ate but fcnv of the seeds w^asbut little affected. This miserable weed has one of the worstrecords among p(M,sonous plants. Many lives are throughpermitting this plant to grow in places frequented by few further examples of poisonous fruits and seeds re-quire mention. The green berries of the white potato, al-though scarcely attractive to most people, have been eaten PLANTS POISONOUS TO EAT 211. 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.)
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