84 PENTAND. DIGYN. 



lacemes long erect approaching the .stem subslmple nearly 

 Icailess. Lighif. p. \4^. E. B.).7\7. 



Hab. V/aste places and under walls in towns and villages. Fl. Aug. . 



Stems erect, angular. Leaves large, truncate at their base, light or sub- 

 glaucous green, their margins deeply and irregularly toothed. FIov:- 

 ers on the racemes in rather small but distant clusters, very lorrg 

 and erect. Seeds large, " as Ijig as rape seed " (.Sm.). 



G. Cii. rubrum {red Goose/hot), leaves rhoinboido-triangular 

 deeply toothed and siiniated, racemes erect compound leafy. 

 Ligh't/: p. \4S. E.B. /. 1721. 



ILvn. Dunghills and under walls. FL Aug. Sept. O. 



Darker green than the last. Stems reddish. Leaves lengthened out 

 at the base, by no means truncate. Racemes very compound. 

 Seeds small. 



7. Ch. murale {Nellie- leaved Goosefool) , leaves ovateapproach- 

 ing to rhomboid acute toothed shining, racemes much branch- 

 ed suhcymose leafless. Lighif. p. 148. E. B. t. 1722. 



H.vB. Under walls and in waste places about towns and villages. 



Fl. Aug. O . 

 Branches of tlie')"ffcc»;f spreading. Floiccrs x^i\\QX distant. Smell uvt- 



pleasiint. 



8. Ch. kybihlum {Muple-lcaved Goosefool), leaves cordate an- 

 gulato-ilentate acuminate, clusters very much branched sub- 

 cymose divaricated lealless. Lighif. p. MJ). E. B. I. 1919. 



Hab. Waste places and in cultivated fields; but not common. Light/. 



About Edinburgh, 6'. Do«. i*?. Aug. 0. 

 Stems slender, leaves large with very prominent teeth or angles. lia- 



cemes much like the last, but branches more distant and spreading. 



9. Ch. allium [while Gooiej'oot), leaves ovate inclining to rhom- 

 boid erosc entire at the base upper ones oblong perfectly entire, 

 racemes branched somewhat leafy, seeds smooth. Lightf. 

 /J. 148. E. L\/. 1723. 



/3. Leaves greener more entire, racemes elongate more branched. 



Hab. Waste places, dunghills, etc. common. Fl. July, Aug. ©. 



Leaves covered with a mealy substance, varying in width and in the 

 erosion or blunt toothing of the upper half of the margins of the 

 leaves. When nearly entire, it is the Ch. funf/e of Linn. 



37. BETA. 



1» B. viarilima (Sea-side Beet), stems procumbent at the base, 

 flowers solitary or in pairs, calvcine segments entire. Lighif. 

 p. 150. E. £. /.2S.5. 



Hab. Sea-shore, in muddy places. Bass Island, Dr. Parsons. Op- 

 posite Gosfordgate, Mr. P, Neill. Sea-shore, near Kirkcaldy, 

 Maugh., and Mr. Somervillc. Near Crammond, Dr. JVilUs. Fl. 

 August. 11 . 



Root large, thick, fleshy. Stem, tall, branched, angular. Radical 

 /eaz;es subovatCj succulent,. entire, vvaved. Spikes oi flowers nu- 

 merous, leafy ; leaves small at the base of each flower or pair of 



