274 WEEDS AND USEFUL PLANTS. 
Obs. Very generally cultivated an its fine esculent root—of which 
there are several varieties. at one called “ aguante "—with a 
pale, yellowish aia extensively sultivated: on the con E 
rope, for the purpose of making sugar,—and has been partially tried in 
this country: but while we have the A eaabtigaiah and Sugar-cane to 
sup “as us, it is not probable the Beet will , for that 
aa ea Al rooted variety of B. Cicla, L. (a nearly allied species), 
called Mangel Wurtzel, or Scarcity Root, is sometimes c 
stock,—and is probably entitled to more attention than it has yet 
received from our aaa ME eis are not generally partial to the culture 
of root crops. 
3. am TUM, Puen Bute. 
3 
Caylz 3—5-parted, either unchanged or (in the owe <a noticed) be- 
g berry-like in fruit, not appendaged. Stam —5; filaments 
filiform. ‘om 2 fs igmas, ~ thee Honea pec a “globular ; 
the embryo co a ring q und the albumen. Hersh 
petioled Saal " tibedieat i ant mostly side toothed leaves, 
1, B. capita’ L. Stem ascending, branching ; leaves triangular- 
tum, 
hastate, spas sinuately toothed ; flowers interruptedly spiked ; calyx 
pulpy and bright-red in fruit. 
CuustereD Brrrum. Strawberry Blite. . 
Stem about a foot long, diffusely branched. Flowers in dense roundish clusters 
Annual. 
which are ¢ sew tid a the summit of the b ranches. 
On recently turned grounds and dry p , especially westward. June. Also a native 
urope, 
Obs. We are not pein whether this is a troublesome w 
eed, but as 
is rather e places, and as it must, from the sary i 
appearance of its ston 2 fruit, attract the notice of the observin g farmer 
we give it a place. 
4. SPINA’CIA, Tournef. Sprvacu. ; 
[Latin, Spina,'a thorn ; the covering of the fruit being often prickly.] 
FLowers procs : Sram. Fi. Calyx 4—5-parted,—the lobes equal. 
TE ; toothed. 
D rm. 
calyx, which is often 2—3-horned on the back. Seed ab gc compress. 
ed ; embryo annular, surrounding the farinaceous albume’ Herbaceous 
flowers axillary, glomerate——the staminate ones in sinc 
clusters. 
1, 8. overa _ Miller. Leaves petiolate, hastate-lanceolate, — i 
Lat, or sagittate and entire. 
Por-ners Srrvacta. Spinach, or Spinage. 
