UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA HERBARIUM
BOTANICAL ILLUSTRATION COLLECTION
-- WORKS BY LUCRETIA BREAZEALE HAMILTON --

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Exhibit Item 34

Apocynum cannabinum var. glaberrimum
Dogbane, Indian hemp

Illustrator: Lucretia B. Hamilton
Pen and Ink
Plants That Poison, 1979

From the Collection of the
University of Arizona Herbarium


Fibers from the stem have been used for cord and fish nets.

Exhibit Item 35

Cyperus esculentus
Nut Grass

Illustrator: Lucretia B. Hamilton
Pen and Ink

From the Collection of the
University of Arizona Herbarium


Nut grass is widespread in disturbed soils and croplands throughout the western hemisphere and has been introduced into Europe.