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10. C hybridum, L. {maple-leaved Goose-fuot) ; leaves cor- 

 date angulato-dentate acuminate, spikes very much branched 

 subcymose divaricated leafless. E. Bot.t. 1919. 



Waste places and in cultivated fields, not common : about London, 

 Colchester, Dedliam, Ely, and Edinburgh. Fl. Auir. 0. — Sfeuts slen- 

 der. Leaves large, with very prominent teeth or angles, Spi/ies similar 

 to the last, but the branches are more remote and spreading. Seed hori- 

 zontal. Wils. 



11. C. album, L. (tv/iite Goose-fool); leaves ovate inclining 

 to rhomboid arose entire at the base, upper ones oblong per- 

 fectly entire, spikes branched somewhat leafy, fruit smooth. E. 

 Bot. t. 1723. — /3. leaves green more entire, spikes elongated 

 more branched. C. viride, L. 



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

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

 in the erosion, or blunt toothing, of the upper half of their margins. 

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



12. C fici folium, L. (Jig-leaved Goose-foot) ; leaves ovato- 

 oblong toothed and sinuated at the margin somewhat hastate, 

 upper ones oblong quite entire, fruit dotted. E. Bot. t. 1724. 



Dunghills and waste ground, about London and Yarmouth. Fl. Aug. 

 Sept. ©. aScsc/ horizontal. 



13. C. glaucum, L. (oak-leaved Goose-foot) ; leaves all ob- 

 long toothed and sinuated at the margin glaucous and mealy 

 beneath, spikes compound leiifless, seed very minutely dotted. 

 E. Bot. t. 1434. 



Waste ground, especially on a sandv soil about London. Fl. Aug. ©. 

 Seeds vertical. Cal. in 3 deep segments. Stam. \ — 3. Wils. 



87. Beta. Linn. Beet. 



1. B. maritima, L. (Sea-Beet) ; stems procumbent at the 

 base, flowers solitary or in pairs, calycine segments entire. 

 E. Bot. t. 285. 



Sea-shores, especially in a muddy soil, England; and the south, prin- 

 cipally, of Scotland. Fl. Aug. li. — Hoot large, thick and flesliy. Stem 

 tali, branched, angular. Root-leaves subovate, succulent, entire, waved. 

 Spikes o'i flowers numerous, leafy ; leaves small, at the base of each 

 flower or pair of flowers, which are greenish. — De Candolle says this is 

 biennial, and distinguishes it from the cultivated Beet, B. vulgaris, in 

 having one or two, instead of 3 — 4 flowers, in the axil of the upper 

 leaves. Smith observes that, according to Linnaeus, it diflers from B. 

 vulgaris in the keel of the calyx being entire. The present is esteemed 

 a wholesome food when boiled. Mr W. Wilson finds that there are 

 aUvays 3 styles, and that the germen is 3-seeded, that the flowers are 

 often 3 together, and that when the seed is ripe the germen becomes 

 purple and granulated. 



88. Salsola. Linn. Saltwort. 

 1. S. Kali, L. (prickly Saltwort ); stems herbaceous pros- 

 trate, leaves subulate spinous scabrous, segments of the perianth 

 margined scariose. E. Bot. t. 634. 



