GOOSE-FOOT FAMILY 



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spreading, often prostrate, smooth and shining species, with oblong, 

 sinuately-lobed leaves which are mealy beneath ; and flowers in 

 erect, simple, short, dense, leafless spikes.— Cultivated ground ; 

 rare.— Fl. August, September. Annual. 



b6ta marItima {Sea Beet). 



12. C. Bonus-Henricus (Good King Henry, All Good, Mercury). 

 —A dark green, succulent plant, 1—3 feet high, with large suc- 

 culent, triangular-hastate leaves and flowers in compound, leafless 

 spikes.— Waste places near villages; common. The leaves are 



