. Foundations of botany. Botany; Botany. 68 FOUNDATIONS OF BOTANY 26. CHENOPODIACE^. Goosefoot Family. Herbs or shrubs. Leaves simple, alternate, without sti- pules. Mowers small, regular, either perfect or more or less moncEcious or dioecious. Calyx free from the ovary. Corolla wanting. Stamens usually 5, opposite the sepals. Styles or stigmas generally 2. Fruit with 1 seed, usually enclosed in a small, bladdery sac, sometimes an akene. I. SPraACIA, Toum. Herbs. Flowers dioecious, in close axillary clusters. Stami- nate flowers 3-5-sepaled, with 4 or 5 projecting stamens. Pistillate flowers w
. Foundations of botany. Botany; Botany. 68 FOUNDATIONS OF BOTANY 26. CHENOPODIACE^. Goosefoot Family. Herbs or shrubs. Leaves simple, alternate, without sti- pules. Mowers small, regular, either perfect or more or less moncEcious or dioecious. Calyx free from the ovary. Corolla wanting. Stamens usually 5, opposite the sepals. Styles or stigmas generally 2. Fruit with 1 seed, usually enclosed in a small, bladdery sac, sometimes an akene. I. SPraACIA, Toum. Herbs. Flowers dioecious, in close axillary clusters. Stami- nate flowers 3-5-sepaled, with 4 or 5 projecting stamens. Pistillate flowers with a tubular 2-toothed or 4-toothed calyx. 1. S. oleracea. Mill. Spinach. A soft annual or biennial herb. Leaves triangular, ovate, or halberd-shaped, petioled. Cultivated from Asia as a pot-herb. n. CHEWOPODIUM, Toum. Annual or perennial herbs. Stems erect or spreading. Leaves alternate, usually white-mealy. Flowers small, green-. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Bergen, Joseph Y. (Joseph Young), 1851-1917; Eastwood, Alice, 1859-1953. Boston, Ginn & Co.
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