17S PENTANDR1A DIGYNIA 



132. BETA. L. Gen, PL 436. 

 [Celtic, Bttti red: or from Its fruit resembling the Greek letter H {Beta) j 



Calyx 5 parted, persistent, adhering to the base of the fruit. CoroH* 

 iK Styles very short, distinct, erect; stigma* acute. Seed 1, subrcni- 

 fonn-cochleate, imbedded in the capsular base of the calyx. 



Herbaceous: stem sulcate<w< 1- d; leaves nlu mate ; ii wi re glomerate, inajMkeg, 

 «>r paniculate rac roes. A r at Ori. 153. Unit. Ousncpodi 



1. I), vulgaris, L. /,o-. ot fecv*« ovate ; Jlwers in dense senile 

 axillary clusters. Willd. Sp. I. p. 1308. 

 Common Beta. Vulgd— Beet. Garden Beet. 

 GMki—Bette-rave. Germ.— Qemeincr Mangold. Hisp.— -Actlga, 



II >jt biennial* fleshy* I arte (sometimes 3or 4 inches indiametcr, and more them 

 rr foot long)> terete, tape, in ■ - tcnuar s t deip purple, cryelLtcish. Sttm2 fo^/cel 

 high, euleate-angledt smooth, somewhat panto/lately ban King. Lower or i ( . 

 citl leaves 6 or 8 inches long) and 4 /oo i« hss wi c ova e, oMuse gften s«i 

 *J tow?, undulate en the margin, vena!, smooUush, greenish purple; pcil. 

 clesi to* inches long, sweculent^purple^hannelled onlhi uj per side : euro leaves 

 fonce-eeafs, acttte f gradually smaller as they ascend, peticlctc* 1 1 v. rein iVim'. 

 nalpaniculate interrupted Loj : , spikes ; clusters capitate* sessile in the axils tf the 

 email lanceolate leaves. Calyj purplish braum* fleshy at base, finally somewhat 

 i uberose : segmems *e< tec/, in* urce I and subsa i <;.'<: a/ ap«D. Sc ed < < c', cot/*. 



leate-orbicular, with a beak like pro n one side % loosely J i io« ue, envetcped 



in a purple membrane, and lodged in a bony cell at the base of thi all *• 

 dab. Hardens, and Lois: common. Fl 7tl/y. Tu Sept. 



Obs. IVry generally cultivate its fine twnl&U r • :. of u>JuJt ihne art 



m ci\d varieties* /< fe capable of yisl /■•,/ o /orfe portion if bugar,— and ... i • 

 tehmvely cultivated for that purpose, on the continent of Ex rope: i ut whtlt wt 

 have the Sugar Cum j,oncJ tfn Sugar Maple, fa ow .• v. ft ittVi /•■ 



attention, i I f&o* n raj* /• » large-rooted tori* ty </ B. ( i< la, « anp I V» wi- 

 se! , or Scarcity root, teas brought intonoti eerfewye tiraLle crip 

 for feeding Stock : but it di not take, with ear Pymer9y—an / w s on etyenhtle '• 

 to b? enumerated among our cultivate ' plants* There are none n the 

 r. States. 



133. ULMU9/Z. JVttf*. G*n. 28"/. * 

 [Aji niiMh at Latin name ; « t ul scure » :\ dm i 



Cta/jpr small, campartulate, F> to 8-cleft. Corolla 0. Stamen* 6 to 8. 

 Sjmara i-Colled, l-secded, flat; margin broad, membranaceous, 



T.ees, or shrubs: with alternate simple d< « ,1 luoua loaves and s:i; ulesj dowers 

 fasciculate. Aof. Oni. 7U. Lindl. L'j.mac: .«. 



1. U. Americana, L. Lc:ivcr smooth above, very unequal at bast, 

 serratures uncinatcly acuminate ; flowers con^picttoufely pedicellate, in 

 loose fascicles ; samara oval, densely villoso-ciliate on the margin. Beck, 

 Hot. p. 333. Icon, Mx\f. Sylva. 3. tab. 126, Not of Marshall. 

 ('. moilifoiia. *}farsh. .trbust. /\ 1 3C. 



American Ulmts. Vnlgt) — White Eln>. Weeping Blm. 



Stem 40 to CO or 80 feet high, and sometimes % to 3 fe$t In diameter; branch* 



cs long an.i rather )>endulouS. Leaves 3 to 3 inches in length, and 2 t<> .'> inches 

 wide, ovatf, acuminate, somewhat daubly scna'?. remarkaxfy unequal at base, 



