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VARIOUS FOOD-PLANTS 



Fic;. 41. — Hoct. (Br/n ndoaris, Gooso- 

 foot Family, Chenopudiacei'v). Plant 

 showing the appearance of the parts 

 above ground at the end of its first 

 year. -■ I. (Original). — The leaves 

 are smooth, jireini or more or les.^ 

 tiriecd with r<'d; stem scarcely more 

 than a "crown" covering the top of 

 the swollen root which projects some- 

 what above the ground. 



Fiii. 41*.— P>ect. A plnnt in its second 

 .\'ear, the nndergronnd i>arts ent \'er- 

 tically, to show the swollen root which 

 is feeding with its store of nutriment 

 the crown, which has given rise to 

 several erect branches bearing leaves, 

 flowers and fruit. (( )riginal). — -Plant, 

 a hirnniiil, i. c, reiiuiring two years 

 to cunniletc its life, the first year 

 storiii.Lj; up food which during the 

 seeonil \'<'ar it iisi-s to Imild llowrr- 

 ;ind fruit-bearing slioo(s; stem- 

 branches, commonly di'cj) red; flow- 

 ers, greenish; fruit, dry, rough, and 

 brown. 



