Vegetable substances used for the food of man / by Dr. Lankester. With illustrations.
- Edwin Lankester
- Date:
- [1850?]
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Vegetable substances used for the food of man / by Dr. Lankester. With illustrations. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![ILLUSTRATIONS, No. Page 1. Grain of Wheat, upper and under sides , { . 28 2. Kar and Plant of Spring Wheat ‘ : - 30 3. Ear and Plant of Winter Wheat . : 6 ¢ 32 4, Ear and Plant of Duck-Bill Wheat. 33 5. Ear and Plant of Egyptian or many- ies Wheat . wd 6. Kar and Plant of Pohsh Wheat . 35 7. Ear and Plant of Spelt Wheat . ° . - 36 8. Ear and Plant of one-seeded Wheat . 37 9 Wheat-fly (Musca pumilionis) in its different ‘stages . 4i 10, Corn Mildew (Uredo frumenti) greatly yg ae 48 1]. Ear and plant of Rye . - Ol i2. Ear and Plant of Common Spring Barley : : 57 13. Premature germination of an Earof Barley. « 60 14, Kar and Plant of Winter Barley . ' : 62 15. Ear and Plant of Two-rowed Barley . . » 63 16. Common bearded Oats, and Common Oats . ; 69 17. Thames Corn-Barge . : ; rat ad . 80 18. Har and Plant of Rice : é : : : 82 19. Rice-birds, male and female . : : y « 95 20. Maize—Zea mays. ° : . 99 21. Kars of Maize, in different stages . : P . 168 22. Italian Millet—Svtaria Halica . : : . 116 23. Buck-wheat — Polygonum fagopyrum ‘ . . 122 24, Cassava—Jatropha manthot . . : » 153 25. Indians preparing Cassava. ° . : . 136 26. Salep—Orchis mascuba 2 Be, 7 : 158 27. Indian Arrow-root— Maranta iadedeca c «, VEZ 28. Wake-Robin—Arum maculatum . ‘ : - 164 29. Sweet Potato—Convolvulus batata £ F o 6S 30. Yam—Dvuoseorea satiwa . 5 ‘ - r 167 31. Different sorts of Yam-roots . ‘ F ¢ - 168 32. The Banana . 170 33. Stem of the Sago-tree, showing ‘the pith from which the Sago is extracted . . . : « 173 34. Cabbage-~Palm— Areca oleracea « : 2 ‘ 77](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b33030741_0009.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
