338 CHENOPOBIACEJE. [Chenopodioi. 



rather opaque, dotted.— Distrib. Europe, N. Africa, W. Asia, N."W. Iudia ; 

 introd. in N. America. 



Section 2. Annual. Lateral flowers of each cluster usually 2-4- 

 merous, seed vertical ; terminal 5-merous, seed horizontal or vertical. 

 Styles short. 



8. C. ru'brum, L. ; glabrous, shining, leaves deltoid or rhombic-ovate, 

 spikes leafy panicled, sepals not keeled covering the utricle narrowly 

 scarious, seed mostly vertical minute brown shining obscurely keeled. 

 "Waste places, ditches, salt marshes, &c, from Aberdeen and Clyde southd. ; 



Ireland, very rare; Chanuel It-lauds; fl. Aug.-Sept.— Stem 1-3 ft., erect or 

 ascending. Leaves excessively variable, entire irregularly toothed or serrate, 

 obtuse or acute, base 3-nerved. Spikes very short in terminal and axillary 

 panides. — Distrib. Europe, N. and "W. Asia. 

 C. ru'brum proper ; leaves sinuate-serrate not fleshy, panicle leafy to the top, 

 spikes short compact dense -fid. often almost capitate. — Var. pseudo-bot- 

 ryo'des, Wats., is smaller, often reddish, stem slender prostrate, leaves 

 rhomboid almost entire, panicles much reduced. — Var. C. botryo'des, Sm.; 

 leaves subentire more triangular fleshy, panicle leafless above. 



9. C. glau'cum, L. ; prostrate, leaves mealy beneath oblong or ovate- 

 oblong sinuate-lobed, spikes short dense leafless, sepals keeled nearly 

 covering the utricle narrowly scarious, seed acutely keeled. 



Waste ground, sporadic and very scarce, Fife to Hants; indigenous only in 

 S. England; (native? JFats.)-, fl. Aug.-Sept. — Stem 6-18 in., usually 

 spreading, widely branched, shining, glabrous. Leaves |-1 in., obtuse or 

 rounded, base cuneate. Spikes J-l in., simple or compound, terminal and 

 axillary. Seeds variable, very small, the horizontal largest. — Distrib. 

 Europe, N. and W. Asia, Himalaya, N. America, S. Chili, Australasia. 



Section 3. Perennial, glabrous, or nearly so. Floiccrs all 5-merous, 

 or lateral 2-3-androus. Seeds nearly all vertical. Styles very long. 



10. C. Bonus-Henri'cus, L. ; leaves triangular-hastate subacute, 

 spikes mostly in a compound leaflets panicle, sepals not keeled toothed at 

 the tip broadly scarious, seed large tumid black not keeled. All-good. 

 "Waste places, often near houses, from Caithness southd. ; ascends to 1,200 ft. 



in N. England; common in Ireland; Channel Islands; (a native? Wats.): 

 fl. May- Aug. — Rootstock stout, fleshy, branched. Stem stout, erect or 

 ascending, 1-3 ft., papillose. Leaves 2-4 in., succulent, papillose beneath, 

 variable in shape, entire or sinuate-toothed, petiole of lower long, basal 

 lobes often large acute and spreading. Sjrikes 1-2 in., dense- fid. Sepals 

 shorter than the utricle. Stamens 2-5, rarely 0. Seed punctulate. — Distrib. 

 Europe, Siberia ; introd. in N. America. — Cultivated as a pot-herb in Lincoln- 

 shire, and called " Mercury." 



2. be'ta, L. Beet. 



Herbs. Leaves almost entire. Flowers 2-sexual, in axillary spiked or 

 cymose fascicles, cohering in fruit by the enlarged hardened bases of the 



