PLANTS POISONOUS TO EAT 



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Fig. 182. — Locust (Robinia Pseudacacia. Pulse Family, Leguminosce) . 

 Flowering branch. (Baillon.) — Tree growing 24 m. tall, twigs spiny; 

 flowers white and fragrant; fruit a flat brownish pod. Native home, 

 Eastern North America. 



Fig. 183. — Elder {Samhucus cana- 

 densis. Honeysuckle Family, 

 Caprifoliacew) . Fruiting branch 

 with leaf. Flower. (Britton 

 and Brown.) — Shrub about 1-3 

 m. tall, leaves nearly smooth; 

 flowers white; fruit deep pur- 

 ple or black. Native home, 

 Eastern North America. 



