. Foundations of botany. 68 FOUNDATIONS OF BOTANY 26. CHENOPODIACE^. Goosefoot Family. Herbs or shrubs. Leaves simple, alternate, without sti-pules. Flowers small, regular, either perfect or more orless monoecious or dioecious. Calyx free from the wanting. Stamens usually 5, opposite the or stigmas generally 2. Fruit with 1 seed, usuallyenclosed in a small, bladdery sac, sometimes an akene. I. SPINACIA, Tourn. Herbs. Flowers dioecious, in close axillary clusters. Stami-nate flowers 3-5-sepaled, with 4 or 5 projecting flowers with a tubular 2-tooth
. Foundations of botany. 68 FOUNDATIONS OF BOTANY 26. CHENOPODIACE^. Goosefoot Family. Herbs or shrubs. Leaves simple, alternate, without sti-pules. Flowers small, regular, either perfect or more orless monoecious or dioecious. Calyx free from the wanting. Stamens usually 5, opposite the or stigmas generally 2. Fruit with 1 seed, usuallyenclosed in a small, bladdery sac, sometimes an akene. I. SPINACIA, Tourn. Herbs. Flowers dioecious, in close axillary clusters. Stami-nate flowers 3-5-sepaled, with 4 or 5 projecting flowers with a tubular 2-toothed or 4-toothed calyx. 1. S. oleracea, Mill. Spinach. A soft annual or biennial triangular, ovate, or halberd-shaped, petioled. Cultivatedfrom Asia as a pot-herb. n. CHENOPODroM, Tourn. Annual or perennial herbs. Stems erect or alternate, usually white-mealy. Flowers small, green-.
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