44 PENTANDRIA-.DIGyNIA . 



Offic. Bet(B albce herba Lin. Mat. med. p. 58. n. ii3. /?. 



Bienn. Legi Sarzanae in olivetis dl Camisano . Habui ex 

 ruderatis circa Mediolanum , et ex cultis valhs Intra- 

 sca provincis Novariensis a De Notaris, ex montosi& 

 Siciliae ab Eq. Gussonio. Varietatem ^ obtinui ex Si- 

 cilia al Lanilro ab Eq. Gussonio , ex Corsica a Calvi 

 a SoLEiROLio . Floret a vere in aestatem . 



Radix fusitormis , aut fuslformi-ramosa , longa , erassa , 

 intus alba . Caulis erectus , sulcatus, angulatus > e vi- 

 ridi albens, tri-quadripedalis , sirnplex , vel ramosus , 

 Folia ima longius petiolata , grandia, subcordata, obtu- 

 sa cum parvo acumine in medio , successiva cuneato- 

 -ovata, acuta , vel acuminata , suprema ovato-lanceo- 

 L^ta , lanceolata , aut lanceolato-linearia , omnia inte- 

 gerrima , plus minus bullato-undata . Spicce elongats , 

 interruptae, sessiles, strictse ; terminalis ramosissima j 

 axillares subsimplices . Flores parvi , solitarii, vel duo- 

 ^ -tres glomerulati , bracteolati , bracteolis linearibus , acu- 

 tis , florem subsquantibus , aut brevioribus . Perigonii 

 segmenta oblonga , obtusa , carinata , pallide viridia , 

 margine albo-membranacea, in fruttu conniventia . Re- 

 liqua generis . Tota planta glabra , plus minus palhde 

 virens . Hactenus desideratur figura bona hujus spe- 

 ciei . 

 Varietas ^ differt caule prope basim , et fohis utrinque 

 hirsutis , pihs confervoideis , albidis. Perigonia frueti- 

 fera inferiora cito difflua,ut spicae tunc videantur pe~ 

 dunculatae . Segmenta perigoniaha paulo latiora , mi- 

 nus carinata . Uherius inquirendum , num potius sit 

 distincta species . 

 i/jMJ. Foha , et eorum petioh adhibentur in cuhna, cibus 

 praesertim pauperum , sed sapor fatuus : 



Ut sapiant fatucB fahTorum prandia beice , 

 O (juam scepe pctet vina , piperque coquus . 



Mart. Epigr. hb. i3. ep. i3v 

 Succus herbae ohm suppeditatus in ophtahnia , in co- 

 ryza , et in cephalalgia , nunc desuetus . 

 Betam vulgarem L. nondum obtinui spontaneam ex Ita- 

 Jia, hcet passim colatur ob radicem escnlentam . HcEC 

 facile distinguitur ladice carnosa , eduh , spicis initio 

 densifloris , bracteisque lanceolatis, flore muho longio- 

 ribus . 

 a. Beta macrocarpa : radice fusiformi , gracih ; caule 

 crecto, ramis divaricatis^ fohis rhomboideo-oratisj spicis 



