PENT AN D . DI G YN . 



racemes long erect approaching the stem suhsimple nearly 

 leafless. Liglitf. p. 148. E.B.t.l\7. 



HAB. Waste 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. Flow- 

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

 and erect. Seeds large, " as big as rape seed " (Sni.). 



6. Ch. rubrum (red Gooi>efoot] , leaves rhomboido-triangular 

 deeply toothed and sinuated, racemes erect compound leafy. 

 Ligktf.p.148. E.B. M721. 



HAB. 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 (Nettle-leaved Goosefoot), leaves ovateapproach- 

 ingto rhomboid acute toothed shining, racemes much branch- 

 ed subcymose leafless. Liglitf. p. 148. E. B. t. 1722. 



HAB. Under walls and in waste places about towns and villages. 

 JP/.Aug. Q. 



Branches of the raceme spreading. Flowers rather distant. Smell un- 

 pleasant. 



8. Ch. hybridum (Maple-leaved Goosefoot), leaves cordate an- 

 gulato-dentate acuminate, clusters very much branched sub- 

 cymose divaricated leafless. Lightf. p. *149. E. B. t. 1919. 



MAB. Waste places and in cultivated fields j but not common., Lightf. 

 About Edinburgh, G. Don. Fl. Aug. . 



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

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



9. Ch. album (white Goosefoot) , leaves ovate inclining to rhom- 

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

 racemes branched somewhat leafy, seeds smooth. 'Lightf. 

 p. 148. E.B.l.\723. 



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



HAB. Waste places, dunghills, c. common. FL July, Aug. 0. 



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. viride of Linn. 



37. BETA. 



]. B. maritima (Sea-side Beet\ stems procumbent at the base, 

 flowers solitary or in pairs, calycine segments entire. Liglitf. 

 p. 150. E. B. /.285. 



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

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

 Maugh., and Mr. Somerville. Near Crammond, Dr. Willis. Fl. 

 August. I/ . 



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

 leaves subovate, succulent, entire, waved. Spikes of flowers nu- 

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



