"Bitter Cress (Cardamine amara)." — Chambers' Encyclopedia, 1875

Bitter Cress

"Bitter Cress (Cardamine amara)." — Chambers' Encyclopedia, 1875

"A name given to many plants, of which the foliage has a pungent, mustard-like taste, and is used as a salad. It is sometimes more strictly confused to the genus Lepidium, a genus of the natural order Cruciferae, having small white flowers, and oblong or rounded laterally compressed pouches (silicules), with the cells one-seeded, and the valves keeled or winged on the back." — Chambers' Encyclopedia, 1875

Cress

"A name given to many plants, of which the foliage has a pungent, mustard-like taste, and is used as…

An illustration of a human mouth.

Human Mouth

An illustration of a human mouth.

A taste bud, which is a flask shaped body, situated in the epidermis of the vallate and some of the fungiform papillae, also found at the sides of the broad base, which rests on the corium, and a neck opening on the mucous surface by an orifice, the gustatory pore.

Taste Buds

A taste bud, which is a flask shaped body, situated in the epidermis of the vallate and some of the…

Taste buds.

Taste Buds

Taste buds.

The sense of taste enables us to test in some degree the chemical constitution of substances we take into the mouth as food. These organs are located in the mouth or on the mouth parts. This example shows a vertical section of large papilla on the tongue of a calf detailing the taste buds

Sense of Taste

The sense of taste enables us to test in some degree the chemical constitution of substances we take…

The tongue, showing the papillae.

The Tongue

The tongue, showing the papillae.

The upper surface of the tongue. Labels: 1, 2, circumvallate papillae; 3, fungiform papillae; 4, filiform papillae; 6, mucous glands.

Upper Surface of Tongue

The upper surface of the tongue. Labels: 1, 2, circumvallate papillae; 3, fungiform papillae; 4, filiform…

"Water Cress (Nasturtium officinale)." — Chambers' Encyclopedia, 1875

Water Cress

"Water Cress (Nasturtium officinale)." — Chambers' Encyclopedia, 1875