PENTANDRIA DIGYNIA. Rs? age 
* 
BE T A. Gen, pl. 310. | 
Cal. 5-phyllus. Cor. 0. Sem. reniforme, intra fub- 
ftantiam bafeos calycis. 
1, B. floribus geminis. S)/?. veget. 262. : mariti-~ 
< Sea Beet. <> "= 2 : mg. 
Vat. of Britain. me 
Fi. Auguft, H. ¢. 
2. B. floribus ternis. Sy/?. veget. 262. Cicla. 
White Beet. 
_ Nat. of Portugal. 2 
Cult. 1656, by Mr. John Tradefcant, Jun. Trad. 
mut]. 90. : 
Fi. Auguft. , He 3. 
3. B, floribus congeftis, foliis inferioribus ovatis, vulgaris. 
Beta vulgaris. Sp. pl. 322. os 
@ Beta rubra vulgaris. Bauh. pin. 118. 
Red Beet, 
& Beta pallide virens major. Bauh. pin, 118. 
Green Beet. : 
Nat. z 
_ Cult, 1596, by Mr. John Gerard. Hort. Ger. 
Fl. Auguft, Hea. 
4. B. floribus congeftis, foliis omnibus lineari-lanceola- patula. 
tis, ramis divaricatis. , 
Spreading Beet. ae 
Nat. of Madeira, Mr, Francis Majin. — os 
Introd, 1778, ; 
Fl. Augutft. G. H. # . 
Ors. Coulis brevis, vix pedalis, ramofiffimus: rami 
longi divaricati, Calycis foliola bafi dilatata, non 
vero dentata, 
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