150 PENTANDRIA DIGYNIA. 



In wafte places, and under walls in or near towns, 

 but not common. Sihbald. O. VIII. 



It grows flat on the ground, and may readily be 

 known by it's (Irong difagreeable fmell of de- 

 cay'd falt-fifli. 



pclyfper- q fQ\[[<^ integerrimis ovatis, caule decumbente, 

 mtiin^. cymis dichotomis aphyilis axillaribus. Sp. pi. 



321. {Ger. Em. r-S- f- 3- ^o"'^^- ^#-/ 5- t- 3°- 

 /. 6. or dine infer lore.') 

 Oval-leav'd Elite or Allfeed. AngUs. 

 This plant often grows eredl, as well as reclininlng : 

 the leaves have frequently a reddifh call. It is 

 faid that fifh are fond of it. 



■maritimum C. foliis fubuiatis femicylindricis. Sp. pi. 321. {Oed. 

 10- Dan, t, 489. opt. Pet. herb. t. 9./ i.) 



Sea Elite or White-GlalTwort. Anglis. 

 I found it on the fea coaft in many places, as on 

 the fhore near M'Kennon'^ caftle, in the ifle. of 

 Skie, and at Glen-beg^ on the continent oppofite, 

 • ^nd^iLoch-Eroojn^ m RoJs-JJjire, ike. G.VIII. 



BETA. Gen. PL 310. 

 Cal. 5-phyllus. Cor. o. Sem. reniforme, intra fub- 

 ftantiam bafeos calycis. 

 maritima i. BETA caulibus decumbencibus, floribus geminis, 

 Sp. pL 322. i^ Syjf. Nat. 195. (Figuram non in- 

 venio, fed.f. 2. Ger. Em. ^iS. /milis eji.) 

 Sea Beet. Anglis. 



In the hajl'c ifiand. Dr. Parfons. O. VIII. 

 The young leaves boil'd are wholefome and good 



