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coloured, and the seeds are produced in capsules. It is harvested along 

 with the corn, and is separated from it by machinery. If the flour 

 should contain large quantities of the seeds of this plant bad results may 

 follow from its use. Saponaria officinalis, the common soap-wort, is a 

 stout perennial plant with rose-coloured flowers. All parts of this 

 plant possess a poisonous substance. 



FIG. 246. A, branch of Campion ; B, a separate flower ; C, longitudinal section of 

 flower ; D, flower seen from above. 



Sub-Class. Calyciflorae. 



Natural Order : Leguminosse (Pea Family). The plants 

 belonging to this natural order may be either herbs, shrubs, or 

 trees. The leaves are alternate, being usually compound and stipu- 

 late. The flowers are zygomorphic and papilionaceous. The calyx 



