TjLiTUM. MONANDRIA. DIGYNIA. 5 



the calyx ovate, spreading, becoming succulent and red when 

 ripe. Stamen longer than the gernien ; anther didymous. 

 StTjle very short ; stigmas simple. Seed ovate, compressed. 

 Hab. In fields and w^aste places, rare. June. Near Williams- 

 tov/n, Massachusetts. Dewey. Resembles a CAeno/zoc/zMm, 

 Sometimes called Strawberry Sfiinach. Introduced from 

 Europe. 



2. B. virgatum L. : leaves triangularly hastate ; heads 

 scattered, lateral. Willd, Spec. I. p. 30. Muhl. Cat. 

 p. 3. R em. ^ S chult. \. ^. 48. 



Root annual. Stem spreading, branched. Leaves 2-3 inches 

 long, with large sinuate teeth ; petioles shorter than the leaves. 

 Flowers in axillary heads, always lateral, calyx as in the preced- 

 ing species, swelling and becoming red, resembling a straw- 

 berry. 



Hab. In similar situations with No. 1, which it much resembles. 

 Doubtless introduced. 



3. B. maiitimum J^utt.: calyx membranaceous; clus- 

 ters axillary, spiked, naked 5 leaves lanceolate, attenuated 

 at each extremity, incisely toothed. Nutt. Gen. Supp. 

 Torrey Cat. PL N. York. p. 1. 



Root annual. Stem a foot or two high, erect, much branched. 

 Leaves succulent, attenuated into a petiole, teeth few and large- 

 Heads axillary, numerous ; flowers very minute. Calyx^ 3- 

 leaved, leaves concave, obtuse, rather longer than the germen. 

 Stamen 1 ; anther minute, didymous. Styles 2, short, simple, 

 (" Style 1." J^u 1 1.) Seed lenticular, vertical. 



Hab. In salt-marshes. Hoboken, New-Jersey. On Long- 

 Island, near New-York. J^u t tall. An unsightly plant, re- 

 sembling an Atrifilex. 



