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OTHER FLOWERING PLANTS 
Mustard Family. — Garden vegetables such as the turnip, 
radish, cabbage, horse-radish, and mustard belong to this 
family. All have regular flowers consisting of four sepals, 
four petals, and six stamens. The corolla is in the form of a 
Greek cross. These plants have a pungent, watery juice 
which is non-poisonous. The fruit is a kind of pod called a 
silique (see page 297). 
Rose Family. — The flowers are regular with the calyx 
usually of five sepals and the 
corolla of five petals. The leaves 
are alternate and usually serrate 
on the edge (see Figure 276). 
The rose family is as important 
in furnishing the luxuries of our 
food as the grass family is for 
supplying the necessaries. To 
this group belong all the common 
orchard fruits, such as apples, 
peaches, and plums, and many 
of the so-called berries, such as 
the raspberry and strawberry. 
Many of the members of this 
family are also cultivated for 
ornament. 
Figure 276. — Base of Com¬ 
pound Leaf of Rose, Show¬ 
ing Stipules. 
Figure 277. — Stem of 
Rose. 
The thorns which are 
outgrowths from the 
epidermis are adapta¬ 
tions for protection. 
