HERBAGE-VECJETABLES 



71 



Fig. 71, II. — Watercress. Flowering branch. Flower (petals white). 

 Fniit. Piece of pod cut lengthwise to show the two rows of seeds. 

 (Britton and Brown.) 





Fig. 72. — Spinach {Spinacia oleraccu, (Joo,sefoot Family, Cht^nopodiacece). 

 Plant, showing first year's rosette of leaves. (Vilmorin.) — An annual 

 or sometimes a biennial; leaves smooth, deep green; flowers greenish; 

 fruit dry. 



