GOOSE-FOOT FAMILY 



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spreading, often prostrate, smooth and shining species, with oblong, 

 sinuately-lobed leaves which are mealy beneath ; and flowers in 

 erect, simple, short, dense, leafless spikes. — Cultivated ground ; 

 rare. — Fl. August, September. Annual. 



b£ta marItima (Sea Beet). 



12. C. Bonus-Henricus (Good King Henry, All Good, Mercury). 

 — A dark green, succulent plant, 1 — 3 feet high, with large suc- 

 culent, triangular-hastate leaves and flowers in compound, leafless 

 spikes. — Waste places near villages; common. The leaves are 



