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** Perianth not covering the fruit ; seed mostly vertical. 

 t Stigmas short. 



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

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

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

 — E. B. 1/21. — 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.) ; I. oblong sinuate-dentate, fl. in erect nearly 

 simple leafless spikes, seeds very minute reticulate-rugose acutely 

 keeled at the edge.— £. B. 1464 ? (C. botryoidesl) St. 75. 1.— 

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

 zontal. — Waste sandy soil. A. IX. 



tt Stigmas long. 



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

 compound leafless spikes, seeds smooth and shilling. — E. B. 

 103a. 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. 

 J3. 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. Salicorniem. 



5. Salicornia Linn} Glasswort. 

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

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



