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6. C. murdle (L.) ; I. rhomboidal-ovate ^XDBrm!>}ly and sljai'ply 

 toothed entire below, fl. in divaricately-branched leafless cymes, 

 seeds minutely granular opaque acute and keeled at the edge. — St. 

 75. 5. — Waste gronnd near towns and \-iUages. A. VIII. 

 Sowbane. E. I. 



7. C. hyVridum (L.) ; I. subcordate anffidate-dentate acuminate, 

 teeth large distant, fl. in panicled leafless cymes, seeds mvnutely 

 pitted opaque blunt and not keeled at the edge. — St. 75. 2. — Seeds 

 very large. L. with 2 — 4 large teeth on each side. — Waste 

 places, rare. A. VIII. E. 



** Perianth not covering the fruit; seed mq^tly vertical. 

 t Stigmas short. 



8. C rubrum (L.) ; I. rAqmioiWaMrregularly toothed and sinu- 

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

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

 — St. erect and often 1 — 2 ft. high ; or prostrate and sometimes 

 not 2 inches long. Pericarp very loose. Seed vertical, or hori- 

 zontal in the terminal fl. El. generally inijomplete. Cal." 4- 

 rarely 5-cleft. Stam. 1 or 2. A variety with much more trian- 

 gular 1., shorter spikes and larger seeds, was found near London. 

 — Waste places,' particidarly salt marshes. A, VIII. IX. E. S. I. 



9. U. botryddes (Sm.) ; I. nearly triangular slightly toothed, 

 thick and fleshy, fl. in compound dense lenfy spikes, seeds very 

 minute smooth shining acMtely keeled at the edge. — Succulently 

 brittle when fresh, limp and flaccid when dry. St. prostrate, 

 spreading, 4 — 5 in. long. Pericarp loose. Seeds vertical. — 

 Moist sandy places near the sea, in Kent, Stiff., and Norf. A. 

 IX. E. 



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

 simple leafless spikes, seeds very minute netted granular acutely 

 keeled at the ., edge. — St. 75. 1, — St. spreading,, often prostrate. 

 See^ reddish, vertical or horizonal. — Waste sandy soil. A. IX. 



->■'■"' E. 



tt Stigmas long. 



f II. C. Borms-Henricus (L.) ; I. triangular-hastate entire, fl. in 

 compound leafless spikes, seeds smooth and shining.— >Sf. 74. 13. 

 ^St. a foot high. L. large, dark green, used iiistead of Spinach. 

 Stig. long. Fr. exceeding perianth. — ^ Waste places near villages. 

 P. \^--VIII. AUgood. . E. S. I. 



4. Bb'ta lAnn. Beet. ' 

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



