. Botany for ladies; or, A popular introduction to the natural system of plants, according to the classification of De Candolle. Plants -- Classification. Fig. 144.—Elphorbia. Fig. 145.—Fruit of Euphorbia. carpels, each containing a single seed, which divide with elasticity when the seeds are ripe. All the plants belonging to this order have a milky, glutinous juice when young, which in some genera becomes solid when exposed to the air. This is particularly the case with Siphonia Hevea, a Brazilian tree, the sap of which yields the Indian rubber used for Mac- intosh cloaks, &c.; it being m
. Botany for ladies; or, A popular introduction to the natural system of plants, according to the classification of De Candolle. Plants -- Classification. Fig. 144.—Elphorbia. Fig. 145.—Fruit of Euphorbia. carpels, each containing a single seed, which divide with elasticity when the seeds are ripe. All the plants belonging to this order have a milky, glutinous juice when young, which in some genera becomes solid when exposed to the air. This is particularly the case with Siphonia Hevea, a Brazilian tree, the sap of which yields the Indian rubber used for Mac- intosh cloaks, &c.; it being more suitable for that purpose than the caoutchouc yielded by the Ficus elastica^ which is the true Indian Rub- ber. The principal other genera belonging to this order are the Box (Buxus), the tree kind of which yields the wood used for wood-engrav- ing, and the dwarf variety is employed as edging for gardens ; Croton, an annual species of which {Croton Tiglium) yields the celebrated Croton oil; the Cassava (Jatropha Manihot)^ which though poisonous in a raw state, becomes the wholesome food called tapioca, when properly. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Loudon, Mrs. (Jane), 1807-1858. London, J. Murray
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