MANUAL OF POISONOUS PLANTS 



Fig. 402. Jalap {Ipomoea Purga). 

 Plant and tuber. Furnishes a strong 

 purgative. (From Vesque's Traite de 

 Botanique.) 



Fig. 403. Man-o£-the- 

 Farth (Ipomoea fastigia- 

 ta.) Used by the Indians 

 ns food. (Millspaugk 

 Selby.) 



Fig. 404. Dodder. To the left— Field dodder (Cuscuta arvciisis), a, flower; b, flower 

 ad apart; c, capsule with stamens and styles; d, seed. To the riglit— Alfalfa dodder 

 epithymum), a, flower; b, flower spread apart to show stamens and corolla; c, capsule 



spread 



showing styles; d, seed. (Ucwey, U. S. Dept. Agrl.). 



