PLANTS POISONOUS TO EAT 



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Fig. 180, II. — Poison Hemlock. A, flower, cut vertically. B, fruit, entire. 

 C, same, cut across. (Baillon.) 



Fig. 181, I. — Pokevveed {Phytolacca decandrn, Pokeweed Family, Phyto- 

 kiccacece). Flowering branch. (Baillon.) — Perennial herb 1-4 m. tall; 

 leaves smooth; flowers greenish white; fruit fleshy, dark purple. 

 Native home, United States. Root and seeds poisonous. 



