72 VARIOUS FOOD-PLANTS 
Fic. 73.—Spinach. Flowering branch. (Baillon.) 
Fic. 74.—Spinach. <A, staminate flower, top view. 8B, pistillate flower, 
side view. C, pistil, with part of ovary wall cut away to show the ovule 
within. D, fruit. £, the same, cut in half vertically showing seed and 
coiled germ. fF, G, other forms of fruit. All the figures more or less 
magnified. (Volkens.) 
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Fia. 75.—Lettuce (Lactuca sativa, Sunflower Family, Composite). Plant 
during early period of growth, showing the compacted rosette of leaves. 
(Nicholson.)—The plant is an annual, smooth throughout, attaining 
a height of about 1 m., flowers yellow, 
