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5 ; stigmas 2 ; leaves flat. (Name in Greek having the same mean- 

 ing as the Enghsh name.) 



2. Su^DA (Sea Elite). — Perianth deeply 5-cleft, often fleshy; 

 stamens 5 ; stigmas 2-3 ; leaves semi-cylindrical. (Name from 

 sucBd, soda, in which the plants abound.) 



3. Atriplex (Orache). — Stamens and pistils for the most part 

 in separate flowers, someliines united ; barren flower, perianth 

 deeply 5-clcft ; stamens 5 ; fertile flower, perianth of 2 valves ; 

 stigmas 2 ; fruit i-seeded, covered by the enlarged perianth ; 

 leaves flat. (Name from the Greek, a, not, and trephein, to nourish.) 



4. Beta (Beet). — Perianth deeply 5-cleft ; stamens 5 ; stigmas 

 2 ; fruit i-seeded, adhering to the tube of the fleshy perianth ; 

 leaves flat, (Name, the Latin name of the plant.) 



5. Salsola (Saltwort). — Perianth deeply 5-cleft ; stamens 5 ; 

 stigmas 2 ; fruit i-seeded, crowned by the shrivelled lobes of the 

 perianth ; leaves cylindrical. (Name from the Latin, sal, salt, 

 from the soda in which it abounds.) 



6. Salicornia (Gla.sswort). — Perianth top-shaped, fleshy, un- 

 divided ; stamens 1-2 ; style very short ; stigma 2-cIeft ; fruit 

 enclosed in the dry perianth ; stem jointed ; leaves none. (Name 

 from the Latin, sal, salt, and cornu, a horn, from the soda in which 

 it abounds, and the horn-shaped branches.) 



I. Chenopodium [Goose-foot) 

 Leaves undivided 



1. C. olidum (Stinking Goose-foot). — Stem spreading ; leaves 

 egg-shaped, with a triangular base, fleshy, mealy ; flowers in dense 

 clustered spikes. Distinguished by its fi.sliy smell, which is dis- 

 gusting in the extreme. Waste places, especially near the sea ; 

 not common. — Fl. August, September. Annual. 



2. C. polyspermum (Many-seeded Goose-grass). — Stem spreading, 

 branched ; leaves egg-shaped, sessile ; flowers in branched, some- 

 what leafy, slender spikes ; seeds flattened horizontally, shining, 

 minutely dotted. Varying in size from 4-12 inches in height ; 

 the stems and leaves usually have a red tinge, and the plant, 

 when in flower, has a not inelegant appearance from the number 

 of shining, brown fruits, which are not concealed by the perianth. 

 Waste ground ; not common. — Fl. August =to October. Annual. 



Leaves toothed, angled, or lohed 



3. C. Bonus Henricus (Good King Henry). — Leaves triangular, 

 arrow-shaped ; flowers in compound, leafless spikes. A dark green, 

 succulent plant, about a foot high, with large, thickish leaves, 

 which are used as Spinach. Waste places near villages ; common. 

 — Fl. May to August. Perennial. 



