. Plants and their uses; an introduction to botany . FiQ. 185.—Marsh-marigold. Stamen. Pistil, cut vertically. , splitting open to discharge the seeds. Seed, cut verticallyEmbryo. (Redrawn from Gray.) PLANTS POISONOUS TO EAT 199 The danger attending the use of the herbage of the pokeweedas a pot-herb has already been noticed. Not infrequentlydeaths are caused by eating the leaves of poisonous wildplants picked by mistake for the marsh-marigold (Figs. 184,. Fio. 186.—Indian Poke (Wrutnun viridc, Lily Family, LiU(icc(v). Upperand middle section of plant, J. (Chesnut.)—Perennial herb a

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. Plants and their uses; an introduction to botany . FiQ. 185.—Marsh-marigold. Stamen. Pistil, cut vertically. , splitting open to discharge the seeds. Seed, cut verticallyEmbryo. (Redrawn from Gray.) PLANTS POISONOUS TO EAT 199 The danger attending the use of the herbage of the pokeweedas a pot-herb has already been noticed. Not infrequentlydeaths are caused by eating the leaves of poisonous wildplants picked by mistake for the marsh-marigold (Figs. 184,. Fio. 186.—Indian Poke (Wrutnun viridc, Lily Family, LiU(icc(v). Upperand middle section of plant, J. (Chesnut.)—Perennial herb about1-2 ni. tull; leaves somewhat hairy; flowers yellowish green; frviitdry. Native home, North America. 185), or other spring greens. The plant which has provedmost dangerous in this way is the Indian poke (Fig. 186).Another common herb which has sometimes been eaten forgreens with fatal results is the jimson-weed (Fig. 187), 200 MEDICINAL AM) POISONOUS PLANTS

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