CHENOPODALS. 1 2 8 
Natural Order, Chenapoys; Chenopodiacee (V. K., p- 512.) 
Prevailing Quality. Insipid ; rarely aromatic and stimulating. 
Beta. Linneeus. 
Calyx 5-cleft. Stamens 5, inserted ona fleshy ring, surrounding the ovary. 
Fruit adhering to the calyx, and collected in clusters of 2 or 3. 
1. B. vulgaris Linneus.—(Garven Bert.) Fig. 187. 
Root large, fleshy, succulent; radical leaves ovate, obtuse, somewhat 
cordate. : 
187 
Habitat, South of Europe. : 
Quality. Roots sugary, nutritious. ; 
Uses. As food for man and cattle ; leaves like cabbage, but earthy and unpleasant. 
Sprvacta. Linneeus. 
Flowers polygamo-dicecious. g Calyx 4-parted. Stamens 4. 2 Calyx 
2-3-cleft ; styles 4. Fruit connate with the hardened calyx. 
1. S. oleracea Linnxus.—(Srrv acu.) 
Leaves hastate, oblong-ovate. 
Habitat. Levant. 
Quality. Insipid, nutritious. 
Uses. Leaves a common pot-herb. 
AtriPLex. Linneus. a 
Flowers polygamo-moneecious. 3 or § Calyx 3-5-parted. Stamens 
0, 9 Calyx compressed, 2-lobed, or 2-parted. = 
1. A. hortensis Linnzus.—(Garpen Oracu.) 2 
_ An annual; leaves cordate, triangular, the upper rather hastate; calyx 
fruit roundish ovate, netted, entire. 
Habitat. Commonly cultivated. 
Quality. Leaves insipid, nutritious. Seeds emetic ? 
Uses. Leaves an old-fashioned pot-herb. 
Satsota. Linneeus. 
Sepals 5; with a transverse appendage at the back when ripe. Stamens & 
l. 8. Kali Linneus. ; 
Leaves subulate, spiny at the point; ripe sepals cartilaginous, 
acuminate segments as long as the round spreading appendages. 
Habitat. Salt marshes of Europe. 
Quality. Saline. 
Uses. A common source of soda. 
Fig. 187.—a, flower of Beta vulgaris much magnified ; b, its fruit, natural size ; c, the same 
