DIV. n 



ANGIOSPERMAE 



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POISONOUS. Lolium temulentum (Fig. 819) has its fruits sometimes infested 

 with fungal hyphae. These fruits owing to the alkaloids they contain are poisonous, 

 but fruits free from fungus are harmless ( 43 ) ; the plant is an annual, and can be 



FIG. 815. Cereals. A, Rye, Secale cereals. B, Spelt, Triticum Spelta. C, Two-ranked barley, 



Hordeum vulgare, distichum. D, Wheat, Triticum rulgare. 



distinguished by the absence of sterile shoots from the common Lolium perenne 

 and L. multifiorum. 



OFFICIAL. AMYLUM (starch) is obtained from Triticum sativum, Oryza saliva, 

 Zca, mais, etc. ; Agropyrum repens. 



