138 PENTAKDKIA DIGYNIA. [d. V. 



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



obtuse, 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. Eng.Fl. vol. ii. p. 15. Ch. acutifolium, 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, ta- 

 pering; flowers axillar, sessile. Stems erect, branched : leaves 



alternate, sessile. Annual : flowers in July and August : grows on 

 the sea-shore : abundantly. Eng. Bot. vol. ix. pi. 633. Eng. Fl. vol. 

 ii. p. 18. 395. 



13. Ch.fruticosa. SJirubby Saltwort. Shrubby, erect ; leaves semi- 

 cylindrical, 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. Salsola fruticosa. Eng. Fl. vol. ii. 

 p. 18. 396. 



44. BE'TA. BEET. 



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

 segments, fleshy at the base, permanent, Corolla none. Fila- 

 ments 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. Bot. 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 

 globular. 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 sal, salt. ' 130. 



1. S. Kali. Prickly Saltwort. Herbaceous, decumbent ; leaves 

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

 Stem very bushy, with stiff, channelled leaves : flowers soli- 

 tary, 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. 398. 



46. U'LMTJS. ELM. 



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

 the limb divided into five, sometimes four or six, erect segments, 



