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LXXV.— CHENOPODEiE, Sweet. Hort. Brit, p 338. 



THE GOOSE-FOOT TRIBE, Lind. Nat. Syst. p 167. 



BASELLA, Pentandria Trigynia. " Myal-ke-Bajee," Hindoo- 

 stanee. 



1. B Alba, Roxb. Fl. Ind. 2, p 104 ; B rubra (variety), Rheede 

 M al. 7, «. 24 ; B lucida and Cordifolia, Willd. sp. I , p 5 1 4 ; Ruinph. 

 Amb. 5, p 417, t. 154,/. 2; Pluk. Aim. t. 63, f. 1.— Twining, suc- 

 culent plants, with smooth fleshy leaves ; they grow very rapidly, 

 and are often cultivated as a Spinach. The purple juice of the red 

 variety, if it could be fixed, might form a choice dye. 



ATRIPLEX, Polygamia Monoecia. 



2. A HoiiTBNsis, bpr. syst. 3, p 916 ; Blackwell t. 99 and 625. — ■ 

 Garden Orache, occasionally cultivated as a Spinach. There are 

 several varieties tinged with red or purple. 



BETA, Pentandria Digynia. From the Cetic bet, red. Lam. 

 ^ 182 ; Gaert. t. 75.— " Paluk," Maratha ; "Chukunder," Hindoo- 

 stanee. Is now a common article of cultivation in European gardens, 

 the varieties being numerous, and all appear to succeed equally 

 well. The Mangel Wurzel also grows freely enough, but from 

 its size and coarseness is useless for the table, while as a sugar- 

 producing plant, it can never compete in India with the Cane. 



SPINACIA, Dioecia Pentandria. From spma, a prickle, in 

 allusion to the prickles on the seeds. Gaert. t. 126. 



3. S Oleracea, Spr. syst. 3, p 903. — Common Spinach 

 (Paluck) cultivated in gardens. It succeeds best when sown on 

 raised beds in June. 



CHENOPODIUM,Pentandria Didyma,Gaert. t. 75; Lam. M8 !. 



4. C Ambrosioides. — Native of bouth America and Algeria; 

 herbaceous, with serrate lanceolate leaves, and numerous spikes of 

 flowers, axillary and terminal. These, when bruised, exhale a 

 strong camphoraceous small. Botanical Garden Hewra, from seed 

 sent by Professor Savi, of Pisa. Is not this plant a native of 

 Southern India ? 



AMBRINA, Triandria Monogynia, Roubieva Moq. Tand. in 

 nov. Ann. Sc. Nat. 1, 293, t. 10,/. 6. — Chenopodiura Payco moli- 

 na. Chili 283 ; Chenop. multifidum, Linn. 



5. A BoTRYS. — Herbaceous plant, with deeply serrate lobate 

 leaves, and numerous axillary and terminal spikes of flowers. The 

 whole plai>t is very fragrant. It is a native of South America. 

 Our specimens were raised from seed from Pisa, Garden Hewra, 

 where it annually re-appears as a weed. 



BEGONIA, Sweet. Hort. Brit. 341.— Of this family, the only 

 one which appears to be really exotic is — 

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