4 The Subject 



LillaceJe, Lily Family. 



Asparagus, Asparagus officinalis. 



Chive, chives. Allium Schcenoprasum. 

 Iridacefe, Iris Family. 



Saffron, Crocus sativus. 

 MoracefE, Mulberry Family. 



Hop (young shoots), Humulus Lupulus. 

 I'olygonacese, Buckwheat Family. 



Ehuharb, pie-plant, Rheum, Rhaponticum. 



Spinach dock, herb patience, Rumex Patientia. 



Spinach dock (of Chinese), Rumex dentatus. 



Sorrel, Rumex Acetosa. 



French sorrel, Rumex scutatus. 

 Chenopodiacete, Goosefoot Family. 



Spinach, ISpinacia oleracea. 



Orach, Atriplex hortensis. 



Mercury, Good King Henry,. Chenopodium Bonus-Henricus. 



Elite, Chenopodium capitatum. 



Lamb's quarters, goosefoot, pigweed, Chenopodium album 

 (taken in the fields, scarcely cultivated). 



Beet, beet-root, Beta vulgaris (see also Group II). 



Chard, Beta vulgaris var. Cicla. 



QvLinoa., *Chenopodium Quinoa (see also Group III). 

 Amaranthacete, Amaranth Family. 



Amaranth, Amaranthus gangeticus, and A. BUtum (A. ole- 

 raceus). Other species are collected for greens. 

 Phytolaccaeese, Pokeweed Family. 



Scoke, Phytolacca americana, P. esculenta. 

 Aizoacese, Carpetweed Family. 



New Zealand spinach, Tetragonia expansa. 



Ice-plant, Mesemdryanthemum crystallinum. 

 Portulacacere, Purslane Family. 



Purslane, Portulaca oleracea. 



Winter purslane, Montia perfoUata. 

 Basellaceoe, Madeira-vine Family. 



Basella, Malabar nightshade, Basella rubra and B. alba. 



Madeira-vine, Boussingaultia baselloides. 



