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

 near Dublin. Fl. Aug. 0. Branches of the spikes spreading. Flowers 

 rather distant. Smell unpleasant. 



7. C. album, Linn. White Goose-foot. Leaves ovate, in- 

 clining to rhomboid, erose, entire at the base, upper ones ob- 

 long, perfectly entire ; spikes branched, somewhat leafy ; 

 fruit smooth. Br. Fl. 1. p. 138. E. Fl. v. ii. p. 13. E. Bot. 

 t. 1723. 



ft. Leaves green, more entire, spikes elongated, more 

 branched. C. viride, Linn. 



Waste places, dunghills, &c. common. Fl. July, Aug. 0. Leaves 

 covered with a whitish and mealy substance, varying in width, and in 

 the erosion, or blunt toothing, of the upper half of the margins of its 

 leaves. When these are nearly entire, it is the C. viride of Linn 



8. C. Jicifolium, Linn. Fig-leaved Goose-foot. Leaves 

 ovato-oblong, toothed and sinuated at the margin, somewhat 

 hastate, upper ones oblong, quite entire ; fruit dotted. Br. Fl. 

 1. p. 138. E. FL v. ii. p. 13. E. Bot. t. 1724. 



Dunghills and waste ground. Found in the County of Cork by Mr. 

 Drummond, but the particular place is not mentioned. (Dr. Hincks.) 

 Fl. Aug. Sept. 0. 



4. BETA. Linn. Beet. 



Perianth single, half inferior, 5-cleft, persistent. Seed one, 

 reniform, imbedded in the fleshy base of the calyx. Name 

 derived from the Celtic let', according to Theis, which means 

 red. Pentundria. Digynia. 



1. B. maritima. Linn. Sea Beet. Stems procumbent at the 

 base; seeds solitary, or in pairs; calycine segments entire. Br. 

 Fl. \. p. 139. E. Fl. v. ii. p. 17. E. Bot. t. 285. 



Sea-shores in muddy places, and on decayed rocks, as at Howth, on 

 the Sutten side, and many other places. Fl. Aug. It. Moot large, 

 thick and fleshy. Stem tall, branched, angular. Moot-leaves sub- 

 ovate, succulent, entire, waved. Spikes of flowers numerous, leafy. 

 Leaves small at the base of the flower, or pair of flowers, which are 

 greenish. A good substitute for spinage in the winter and spring 

 months, and is often cultivated at Cork and other places on the coast 

 on that account. Dr. Hooker states, that Mr. Wm. Wilson finds that 

 there are always three styles in this species, and that the germen is 

 3-seeded, that the flowers are often three together, and that, when the 

 seed is ripe, the germen becomes purple and granulated. 



5. ATRIPLEX. Linn. Orache. 



Sterile fl. and united fl. (which too are mostly barren.) Pe- 

 rianth single, 5-parted, inferior. Stamens live, Style 2-parted. 

 Pistilliferous fl. Perianth single, of two, persistent, en- 



