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single, long, straight, fleshy, sweet root, grateful when eaten, and 
Ruellius,’ in France, appropriates the same description in 1536, 
as does also Fuchsius? in 1542; and the latter figures the root 
as described by Barbarus, having several branches and small 
fibres. In 1558, Matthiolus3 says the white and black chards 
are common in Italian gardens, but that in Germany they have 
a red beet with a swollen turnip-like root which is eaten. In 
1570, Pena and Lobel* speak of the same, but apparently as then 
rare, and in 1576, Lobel5 figures this beet, and this figure shows 
the first indication of an improved form, the root portion being 
swollen in excess over the portion by the collar. This beet may 
be considered the prototype of the long red varieties. In 1586, 
Camerarius® figures a shorter and thicker form, the prototype 
of our half-long blood beets. This same type is figured by Dale- 
champius? in 1587, and also a new type, the Beta Romana, which 
is said in Lyte’s “ Dodoens,” 1586,’ to be a recent acquisition. 
It may be considered as the prototype of our turnip or globular 
beets. 
Rep Beets. 
L 
Beta rubra. Lob., 1576, 124; ic., 1591, i. 248; Matth., 1598, 
371. 
B. rubra Romana. Dod. 1616, 620. 
Common Long Red. Mawe, 1778. 
Betterave rouge grosse. Vilm., 1883, 38. 
Long Blood. Thorb., 1828, 1886. 
II. 
Beta rubra, Cam. Epit., 1586, 256; Lugd., 1587, 533; Pancov., 
1673, n. 607. 
Betiola rossa. Cast. Dur., 1617, 71. 
Betterave rouge naine. Vilm., 1883, 37. 
h e beet. 
HI. 
- Beta erythorrhizos Dodo., Lugd., 1587, 533. 
* Ruellius, De Natura Stirpium, 1536, 481. 
* Fuchsius, I. c. 3 Matthiolus, Comment., 1558, 249- 
Pena and Lobel, Adv., 1570, 93. 5 Lobel, Obs., 1576, 124. : 
€ Camerarius, Epitome, 1586, 255. 7 Hist. Gen. Lugd., 1587, 532. 
