726 The American Naturalist. [August, 
Spanachum. Cam. Epit., 1586, 245, cum ic. 
Lapathum hortense alterum, seu spinacia semine spinoso. Bauh. 
Phytopin., 1596, 183. 
Spinachia mas. J. Bauhin, 1651, II., 964, cum ic. 
Spinacia oleracea L. var. A. Lin. Sp., 2d ed., 1456. 
Epinard d’Angleterre. Vilm., 1883, 203. 
Large Prickly or Winter Spinage. Vil., 1885, 533. 
Spinacia inermis Moench. 
Spinachia nobilis, Tragus, 1552, 324. 
Lapathum hortense alterum spinacia, semine non spinoso. Bauh. 
Phytopin., 1596, 184. 
Spinacia II. Ger., 1597, 260. 
Spinachia femina. J. Bauh., 1651, II., 964. 
Spinachia semine non pungente, folio majore rotundiore. Ray, 
1686, 162; Chabr., 1677, 303 cum ic. 
Spinacia glabra. Mill. Dict., 1733. 
Spinacia oleracea, L. var. B. Lin. Sp., 1762, 1456. 
Epinards a graine ronde. Vil., 1883, 204. 
Round-Seeded Spinage. Vil., 1885, 534. i 
Spinage was in American gardens in 1806.? There is but one 
variety of the prickly-seeded described by Vilmorin,® and five of 
the smooth-seeded form. 
Spinage is called in France, epfinard; in Germany, spinat; in 
Flanders and Holland, spinazie; in Denmark, spinat; in Italy, 
spinaccio ; in Spain, espinacia; in Portugal, espinafre ;* in Nor- 
way, spina® —— 
In Arab, sebanakh,® tektera,* ispanaj,® isfanadsch,® esbanach ; 
in China, po-ling, fo-ts ai, po-ssv-ts'ao ; " in Hindustani, sag-paluk ; 
in Persia, zspanaj.™ 
room Am. Gard. Kal., 1806. 
