563 



BOTANY 



I'AUT II 



The unilocular ovary contains a basal, campylotropous ovule. Fruit, 

 a nut. Seed with a curved embryo bent around the perisperm. 



Fiii. 5TS. like nut "ffivinule, greatly rcMiiri-d. (After BAILLOS.) 



Many of the Chenopodiaceae are strand plants or occur on soils containing a large 

 amount of salt, such as the great Asiatic salt steppes and deserts ( 18 ). The Spinach 

 (fyiiuicia oleracea) is used as a vegetable. The Sugar Beet (Beta vulgaris, var. 



