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MANUAL OF POISONOUS PLANTS 



Fig. 402. Jalap (1 porno ea Pur go). 

 Plant and tuber. Furnishes a strong 

 purgative. (From Vesque's Traite de 

 Botanique.) 



Fig. 403. Man-of-the- 



Earth (Ipomoea fastigia- 

 ta.) Used by the Indians 

 as food. (Millspaugk 

 Selby.) 



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

 spread apart; c, capsule with stamens and' styles; d, seed. To the 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.). 



