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HERBAGE-VEGETABLES 71 
Fig. 71, 11.—Watercress. Flowering branch. Flower (petals white). 
Fruit. Piece of pod cut lengthwise to show the two rows of seeds. 
(Britton and Brown.) 
Fie. 72.—Spinach (Spinacia oleracea, Goosefoot Family, Chenopodiacee). 
Plant, showing first year’s rosette of leaves. (Vilmorin.)—An annual 
or sometimes a biennial; leaves smooth, deep green; flowers greenish; 
fruit dry. 
