138 PKNTANDRIA DIGYNIA. QcL. V. 



11. Ch.polysptrmum. All-seed Goose-foot. Leaves egg-shaped, ob- 

 tuse, entire ; stem prostrate, cymose, leafless. Stem scarcely branched : 



leaves stalked, deep grass-green. Annual : flowers in July and August : 

 grows in waste ground : common. Eng. Bot. vol. xxxi. pi. 1480. Eni;. 

 Fl. vol. ii. p. 15. Ch. acutifiilium, Sharp-leaved Goose-foot, is a variety of 

 this plant, with erect stems and acute leaves. Eng. Bot. vol. xxxi. pi. 

 1481. Eng. Fl. vol. ii. p. 15. 394. 



12. Ch.maritimum. Sea Goose-foot. Leaves semicylindrical, tapering; 

 flowers axillar, sessile. Stems erect, branched : leaves alternate, ses- 

 sile. Annual: flowers in July and August : grows on the sea-shore: 

 abundantly. Eng. Bot. vol. ix. pi. 633. Eng. Fl. vol. ii. p. 16. 395. 



13. Ch.fruticosa. Shrubby Saltwort. Shrubby, erect ; leaves semioylin- 



drical, bluntish, thornless. Stem three feet high, branched : leaves 



fleshy, ever-green: flowers green, with three membranous bracteas under 

 each. Perennial: flowers in July and August : grows on the sea-coast, 

 in the south and south-east of England : rare. Eng. Bot. vol. ix. pi. 635. 

 Saltola fruticosa. Eng. Ft. vol.ii. p. 18. 396. 



44. BETA. BEET. 



Calyx inferior, of one leaf, deeply divided into five oblong seg- 

 ments, fleshy at the base, permanent. Corolla none. Filaments 

 awl-shaped, as long as the calyx ; anthers roundish, two-lobed. 

 Germen sunk in the calyx below the receptacle of the flower, 

 round, depressed. Styles two, sometimes three, very short ; stigmas 

 acute. Seed solitary, naked, curved, imbedded in the fleshy mass 

 of the calyx, and covered by its segments. Name from the Celtic 

 belt, signifying red. 129. 



1. B. maritima. Sea Beet. Stems procumbent ; flowers in pairs. 



Root thick and fleshy : stems angular, furrowed, from one to two feet 

 long : leaves deep-green : flowers green, sessile, axillar. Perennial : 

 flowers in August : grows on the sea-shore : not common. Eng. Bt. 

 vol. iv. pi. 285. Eng. Fl. vol. ii. p. 17. 397. 



45. SA'LSOLA. SALTWORT. 



Calyx inferior, of one leaf, deeply divided into five rounded, 

 permanent segments. Corolla none. Filaments awl-shaped, as 

 long as the calyx; anthers roundish, two-lobed. Germen globu- 

 lar. Styles two or three, united at the base; stigmas recurved. 

 Capsule egg-shaped, one-celled, imbedded in the fleshy base of the 

 calyx. Seed solitary, roundish, large. Named from sat, salt. 130. 



1. S. Kuli. Prickly Saltwort. Herbaceous, decumbent; leaves awl- 

 shaped, thorn-pointed, rough ; calyx with a dilated margin. Stem 



very bushy, with stiff, channelled leaves : flowers solitary, each with 

 three leaf-like bracteas. Burnt for the alkaline salts which it contains, 

 and which are used in the manufacture of glass. Annual : flowers in 

 July: grows on the sea-shore, among sand. Eng. Bot. vol. ix. pi. 634. 

 Eng. Fl. vol. ii. p. 18. 



46. U'LMUS. ELM. 



Calyx inferior, of one leaf, turbinate, wrinkled, permanent ; the 

 limb divided into five, sometimes four or six, erect segments, in- 



