78 HERBACEOUS PLANTS 



MONOCHLAMYDEAE 

 PLOT F 



In the north-west corner under the magnificent Sophora 

 japonica are 



Ord. 137. NYCTAGINEAE, represented by a clump of the 

 Marvel of Peru, Mirabilis jalapa not the true Jalap. 

 Tricycla and Bougainvillea are under glass. 



Ord. 138. ILLECEBRACEAE are all tiny herbs; Corrigiola^ 

 Herniaria, and Scleranthus are English. 



Ord. 139. AMARANTACEAE. Prince's Feather, Love-lies- 

 bleeding, Amaranthus, and Cock's-comb, Celosia^ are common 

 garden plants. 



Ord. 140. CHENOPODIACEAE. The Goosefoot Family include 

 many familiar esculents. The Mangold, Beta vulgaris ; 

 Red Beetroot, B. rubra ; Saltwort and Marsh Samphire, 

 Salsola and Salicornia ; Sea Elite or Suaeda, containing sodium 

 carbonate, are all common salt-marsh plants. Most of the 

 Goosefoots, Chenopodium, are weeds, but Spinada oleracea is 

 cultivated as Spinach. Kochia scoparia trichophylla is a plant 

 of great neatness which should be far more cultivated as a 

 bedding-plant. During the year it changes colour from a 

 bright green to vivid red. 



Ord. 141. PHYTOLACCACEAE. The berries of the Pokeweed, 

 P. decandra, from N. America are used for staining wine. 



Ord. 143. POLYGONACEAE. The Buckwheats, Docks, and 

 Rhubarbs are often large-leaved plants of rapid growth, with 

 small flowers, which, like those of the Lauraceae, have been 

 variously interpreted by botanists, some considering that they 

 are " rnonochlamydeous " without petals, which is the view 

 indicated by their present position in the Garden ; others 

 holding that the petalloid whorl has'been reduced or disguised. 

 The larger Buckwheats, Polygonum cuspidatum and viviparum^ 

 take up much room, and frequently stray into their neigh- . 



