CHENOPODTUM. BETA. 301 



** Lateral Ji. 3 — irmerous with vertical seeds, term.fl. ^-merons 

 with horizontal seeds. 



t Stigmas short. 



8. C. ruhrum (L.) ; I. rhomhoidal irregularly toothed and sinu- 

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

 very minute smootli shining Uunt or slightly keeled at the edge. — 

 E. B. 1721.— St. erect and often 1—2 ft. high, lea^r to the top. 

 Pericarp very loose. Fl. generally incomplete. Cal. 4- rarely 

 6-cleft. Stam. 1 or 2. — A variety with much more triangular 

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

 The var. pseudo-boiryodes (Wats.) has a prostrate spreading st. 

 4 — 5 in. long, and a smEiU panicle. Sy. E. B. 1197. — Waste 

 places, particularly salt marshes. A. VIII. IX. E. S. I. 



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

 thick and fleshy, fl. in compound dense spikes nearly leafless at 

 the top, seeds very minute smooth shining keeled at tlie edge. — 

 E. B. 2247. — Succulently brittle when fresh, limp and flaccid 

 when dry. St. erect. Pericarp loose. — Moist sandy places 

 near the sea, on the south-east coast. A. IX. E. 



10. C. glauoim (L.) ; I. oblong sinuate-dentate mealy beneath, 

 fl. in erect nearly simple leafless spikes, seeds very minute 

 netted granular acutely keeled at the edge. — E. B. 1454. — St. 

 spreading, often prostrate. Seeds reddish. — Rich waste ground. 

 A. IX. E. 



tt Stigmas long. 



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

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

 1033. — St. a foot high. L. large, dark green, used instead of 

 Spinach. Stig. long. Fr. exceeding perianth. — Waste places 

 near villages. P. V.— VIII. Allgood. Mercury. E. S. I. 



4. Bb'ia Linn. Beet. 



1. B. marit'ima (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 — S-flowered 

 clusters, segments of the perianth with entire keels, stig. lanceo- 

 late.— E. B. 285. — Root thick, fleshy. St. 6—12 in._ long 

 prostrate below, spreading in a circle, the ends ascending. — 

 Sea-shores. P. VIL— IX. Sea-Beet. E. S. I. 



\_B. vulgaris (L.), st. solitary erect, stig. ovate, is the culti- 

 vated plant.] 



