MANUAL OF POISONOUS PLANTS 



Fig. 402. Jalap (Ipomoea Purga). 

 Plant and tuber. Furnishes a strong 

 purgative. (From Vesque's Traits de 

 Botanique.) 



Fig. 403. Man-of-the- 

 Earth ilpomoea fastigia- 

 ta.) Used by the Indians 

 as food. (Millspaugh 

 Selby.) 



Pig. 404. Dodder. To the left — Field dodder (Cvsmta arvensis), a, flower; b, fiower 

 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.). 



