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Fig. 402. Jalap (Ipomoea Purga). 

 Plant and tuber. Furnishes a strong 

 purgative. (From Vesque's Traite de 

 Botanique.) 





Fig. 403. Man-of-the- 

 Earth (Ipomoea fastigia- \ 

 to.) Used by the Indians 

 as food. (Millspaugh 

 Selby.) 



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

 spread apart; c, capsule with stamens and sty^s, _, ^_J. ^o ui? right Alfalfa dodder 

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

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



