— 96 — 



oUonga, demum oblongo-liuearia, in apice obtusiuscula incurva, costata, herbacea, 

 pallide virescentia, in fructu inflexa, basin versus gibbosa. Stigmata 2 — 3, 

 patula, ovali-lanceolata. 



Variat: 



a.perennis L.,Spec. 222 (1753).— Beta maritima L., Spec, ed. II, 322 (1762); Reich.,Fl. 

 Germ., 580; Sibth. Sm., Fl. Graec, III, 49, t. 254; Host, Fl. Austr., I, 324; Koch, Syn., ed. II, 699; 

 Gren. Godr.,Fl. fr.,UI, 16 ; Fl. dan., 1. 1571. — B. marina Crantz, Inst., I, 120 (1766). — B. decum- 

 bens Moench, Meth., 332 (1794). — B. triflora Salisb., Prodr., 152 (1796). — B. vulgaris /9. mari- 

 hma Moqu.,l.c, 56; Boiss.,Fl.or.,IV, 899; Wohlf.,Syn.Fl.Deutschl., II, 2203. — B. perennis 

 HaliCcsy, Consp. fl. Graec, HI, 41 (1904). — Radix annua, fusiformis vel perennis sub- 

 cylindrica, dura, apicem versus ramosa. Caulis ramosus; ramis procumbentibus vel 

 ascendentibus, infi-a foliatis, elongatis, plurimum simplicibus rarius ramosis, in spicas 

 primum densifloras, demum interruptas abeuntibus. Folia basalia longiuscule petiolata, e 

 basi subcordata ovalia, in petiolum contracta, sicut tota plus minus breviter pilosa vel 

 glabrescentia; superiora rhomboidea, acuminata, summa et ea glomerulorum inferiorum lan- 

 ceolata. Flores singuli vel 2-glomerati, bracteis sensim diminutis, sublinearibus, 

 glomerulis brevioribus vel ea superantibus fulcrati. 



Habitu valde variabilis. Planta annua observatur minor, radice tenui fusiformi, parce 

 ramosa, ramis saepe brevibus, spicis saepe subaphyllis, floribus mox remotissimis, parvulis, 

 2 — 3 mm longis. Planta j)erennis conspicitur major, radice subcylindraceo, polycipite, caule 

 copiose ramoso, spicis elongatis, conspicue foliatis, floribus majoribus, — 4 nMn longis. 



Est planta silvestris, a qua omnes Betarum stirpes culti originem trahunt. Conf. Pei'- 

 soon, Syn., I, 295; Lange, Handb. dansk. Fl., 4. udg. 274 — 275; Aschers. in Ber. Com. 

 Fl. Deutschl. pro 1891 63; Proskowetz, Kulturversuche mit Beta in Ost.-ung. Zeitsclu-. fiir 

 Zuckerind. (1895) Heft II. 



In locis sterilibus, humidis, ad vias imprimis in litoribus maris mediterranei. Floret 

 mens. Majo — Septembr. — Ad litora maris mediterranei in Austria: Litorale austriacum 

 prope Tergestum, Capodistriani, Pirano in Istria, prope Grado, Aquilegiam; Dalmatia; Croatia, 

 Italia, Corsica, Sardinia, Sicilia et in omnibus terris mediterraneis, in Britannia, 

 Belgia, Batavia, etc In Germania an der Nordsee fid. Koch; hinc inde introducta veluti: 

 in Schleswig-Holstein pr. Eppendorf. Etiam in insula danica Aeroe crescit. 



Exsiccatae: Reichenb., Exs., nr. 2452; Fries, Exs., Fasc. XIII, nr. 68; Magn., Fl. sel, 

 nr. 665; Wawra, Pola, nr. 462; Soleirol, Exs., nr. 10; Reverch., Sard. (1881), nr. 25; Heldr., 

 Herb. graec. norm., nr. 1184; Friedr., Graec, nr. 498; Kotechy, Cypr., nr. 306; Friedr., Maced., 

 nr. 892; Bald., It. cret. (1899), nr. 355; Kotschy, Aeg., nr. 848; Unio itin., nr. 77; Bornm., 

 It. pers. turc (1892—1893), nr. 628; Bourg., Canar., nr. 214; Bourg., Hisp., nr. 426, 859. 



Tab. 233. Beta vulgaris v. perennis L. 1. Planta minor. 2. Ramus fructifer. 

 3. Flores. 4. Fructus. 5. Fructus desuper. (3 — 5 -|-). 



/S) foliosa Ehrenb. fide Koch loco infra cit. et Aschers. Schweinf., Illustr. fl. d'Egypte 

 125 (1887). — B. stricta C. Koch in Linnaea SXII (1849), 180. — ? B. vulgaris y. orienfalis 

 Moqu., 1. c, 56; v. maritima Koch, Syn. fl. Germ., 608 (1827) et ed. U, 699. — Radix fusi- 

 formis, tenuis, caule vix crassior. Caulis erectus plus minus ramosus; ramis erecto-paten- 

 tibus. Spicae elongatae, conspicue decrescenter foliatae; bracteae summae quoque 

 glomerulis 1 — 2-floris longiores. 



