PLANTS POISONOUS TO EAT 



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Fig. ISO, II.— Poison Hemlock. A, flower, cut vertically'. B, fruit, entire. 

 C, same, cut across. {Baillon.) 



Fig. 181, I. — Pokeweed (Phytolacca decandra, Pokeweed Family, Phy/o- 

 laccacece). Flowering branch. (Baillon.) — Perennial herb 1-4 ni. tall; 

 leaves smooth; flowers greenish white; fruit fleshy, dark purple. 

 Native home. United States. Root and seeds poisonous. 



