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7. Ch. album, 24. 1723. (White G.) Leaves rhomboid-ovate, jagged, 



mealy ; entire towards their base ; upper ones oblong, entire. 

 Seed quite smooth. 

 Waste and cult. gr. 0. 7, 8. Mealy, with a whitish, unctuous 

 pubescence. L. variable. 



8. C\\. Jicifulium, 24. 1724. (Fig-leaved G-) Leaves sinuated, jag- 



ged, somewhat hastate ; entire towards their base ; upper ones 

 oblong, quite entire. Seed dotted. 

 Dungh. and waste gr. about Lond. 0. 8. Greene?'. L. -stalks 

 purple at the base. 



9. Ch. glducum, 21. 1454. (Oak -leaved G.) Leaves all oblong ; 



deeply waved at the margin; glaucous and mealy beneath. 

 Spikes compound, leafless, lobed. 

 Sandy rubb. about Lond. 0. 8. Spreading. Seeds very minutely 

 dotted. 



** Leaves undivided, entire. 



10. Ch. olidum, 15. 1034. (Stinking G.) Leaves ovate somewhat 

 rhomboid, entire. Spikes dense, crowded, leafless. 



Rubb. near the sea. © . 8. Spreading, nauseous, covered with a 

 greasy mealiness. 



11. Ch polyspermum, 31. 1480. (Round-leaved G.) Leaves ovate, 

 obtuse, entire. Stem prostrate. Clusters cymose, divaricated, 

 leafless. 



Rubb. and dunghills. 0. 7, 8. Dark green. Clusters lax, spreading. 



12. Ch. acutifoliwn, 21. 1481. (Sharp-leaved G.) Leaves ovate, 

 acute, entire. Stem erect. Clusters spiked, compound, erect, 

 elongated, partly leafy ; lower ones somewhat cymose. 



Fields and rubb. ©.7, 8. Paler than the last. Clusters upright. 



13. Ch. maritimum, 9. 633. (Sea G.) Leaves awl-shaded, semi- 

 cylindrical. Flowers axillary, sessile. 



Sea shore. © . 7, 8. Much branched, erect, fleshy. Seeds striated. 



130. BETA. Beet. 



1. B. maritima, 4. 285. (Sea B.) Stems procumbent. Flowers in 

 pairs. Segments of the calyx entire at the keel. 

 Sea shore. If.. 8. R. thick, fleshy. L. ovate, wavy. Fl. green. 



131. SALSOLA. Saltwort. 



1. S. Kali, 9. 364. (Prickly S.) Herbaceous and decumbent. Leaves 



awl-shaped, spinous-pointed, rough. Calyx with a dilated margin. 

 Sandy sea-shores. ©. 7. Rigid, very bushy and prickly. 



2. S.fruticosa, 9. 635. (Shrubby S.) Erect, shrubby. Leaves semi- 



cylindrical, bluntish, without spines. 

 Sea coast, rare. Tj . 7, 8. 3f. woody and bushy. L. s?nooth andfleshy. 



132. ULMUS. Elm. 



[Long-lived trees, with hard wood. Leaves unequal at the base.~\ 



1. U. campestris, 27. 1886. (Small-leaved E.) Leaves rough, donblv 



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