In the first lecture (available to play until 20 January 2010) random topics include:-
- Trichromes
- fine outgrowths or appendages on plants eg hairs, glandular hairs, scales, and papillae
- Dorset Naga Pepper
- hottest chilli in the world
- Bird's-foot Trefoil
- Phytolith
- silica to make plants distasteful, lending the plant's tissues a grainy or prickly texture.
- Nettle
- Ricin
- Ricin is poisonous acting as a toxin by the inhibition of protein synthesis.
