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** Perianth not covering the fruit seed mostly vertical. 

 t Stigmas short. 



8. ' . rubrum (L.) ; L rhomboid irregularly toothed and sinu- 

 ate . .itire below, fl. in erect compound dense leafy spikes, seeds 

 very minute smooth shining blunt and slightly keeled at the edge. 

 E. B. 1721. St. erect, often a foot high. Pericarp very loose. 

 Seed vertical, or horizontal in the terminal fl. Fl. generally in- 

 complete. Cal. 4- rarely 5-cleft. Stam. 1 or 2. Mr. Leighton 

 has sent a variety with much more triangular 1., shorter spikes 

 and larger seeds, grown from seed obtained near London. 

 Waste places, particularly salt marshes. A. VIII. IX. 



9. C. botryoides (Sm.); I- triangular somewhat toothed, fl. in 

 compound dense leafy spikes, seeds very minute smooth shining 

 acutely keeled at the edge. E.B. 2247. St. prostrate, spreading, 

 4 5 in. long. Pericarp loose. Seeds vertical. Moist sandy 

 places near the sea. Cornw., Suff., Northumb. A. IX. 



10. C. glaucum (L.); 1. oblong sinuate-dentate, fl. in erect nearly 

 simple leafless spikes, seeds very minute reticulate-rugose acutely 

 keeled at the edge. E. B. 1454? (C. botryoidesl} St. 75. 1. 

 St. spreading, often prostrate. Seeds reddish, vertical or hori- 

 zontal. Waste sandy soil. A. IX. 



ft Stigmas long. 



11. C. Bonus-Henricus (L.) ; /. triangular-hastate entire, fl. in 

 compound leafless spikes, seeds smooth and shining. E. B. 

 1033. St. 74. 13. St. a foot high. L. large, dark green, used 

 instead of Spinage. Waste places near villages. P. V. VIII. 



4. BETA Linn. Beet. 



1. B. maritima (L.) ; st. many from the crown of the root pro- 

 strate, 1. triangular- ovate narrowed into a petiole, spikes long 

 simple leafy, bracts lanceolate exceeding the 2 3-flowered clus- 

 ters, segments of the perianth with entire keels. E. B. 285. 

 B. vulgaris (H. and A.), but the weight of evidence is against 

 their identity. Root thick, fleshy. St. 6 12 in. long, prostrate 

 below, spreading in a circle, afterwards ascending. Sea-shore. 

 P. VII.-IX. 



Tribe III. Salicorniea. 



5. SALICORNIA Linn. 1 Glasswort. ^ 



1. S. herbacea (L.); herbaceous, joints of st. compressed 

 1 See a paper on this genus by Mr. Woods in Proc. Linn. Soc. iii. 111. 



