. Plants and their uses; an introduction to botany . law to supply this need in the rations of their men (lime-juice is very largely used for the purpose), and scurvy is no 66 VARIOUS FOOD-PLANTS. D 1 Fig. 0;i. Wild Kalo (Brassica ohracca, variety sylvcstris, Mustard Family,Cruciftrac). A, plant in its first year showing rtisotto of leav<s, muchreduced. B, upper i^art of flowering stem developed the second reduced. C. a flower. J), a sepal. E, a i;etal, enlarged. F,essential organs of the flower. G. fruit. (-1, Redrawn from liailey, the-others from Reichenbach.)—The plant is a
. Plants and their uses; an introduction to botany . law to supply this need in the rations of their men (lime-juice is very largely used for the purpose), and scurvy is no 66 VARIOUS FOOD-PLANTS. D 1 Fig. 0;i. Wild Kalo (Brassica ohracca, variety sylvcstris, Mustard Family,Cruciftrac). A, plant in its first year showing rtisotto of leav<s, muchreduced. B, upper i^art of flowering stem developed the second reduced. C. a flower. J), a sepal. E, a i;etal, enlarged. F,essential organs of the flower. G. fruit. (-1, Redrawn from liailey, the-others from Reichenbach.)—The plant is a biennial growing wildon rocky seashores, the first year producing only a rosette of leavesand the second year attaining often a height of 1 m.; ft( m and leavesrather fleshy, pale bluish green, smooth, covered with a waxy bloom;flowers vcllow. HERB AG E-^ECi ETABLES 67
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