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9. C. botryoides (Sm.) ; I. triangular somewhat toothed, fl. in 
compound dense leafy spikes, seeds very minute smooth shining 
acutely keeled at the edge. — E. B. 2247- — St. prostrate, spreading, 
4 — 5 in. long. Pericarp loose. Seeds vertical. — Moist sandy 
places near the sea. Cornw., Suff., Northumb. A. IX. 
10. C. glaucum (L.) ; I. oblong sinuate-dentate, fl. in erect nearly 
simple leafless spikes, seeds very minute reticulate-rugose acutely 
keeled at the margin. — E. B. 1454. St. 75. 1. — St. spreading, 
often prostrate. Seeds reddish, vertical or horizontal. — Waste 
ground, particularly on a sandy soil. A. IX. 
ft Stigmas elongated. 
11. C. Bonus- Henricus (L.) ; I. triangular-hastate entire, fl. in 
compound leafless spikes, seeds vertical smooth and shining. — 
E. B. 1033. St. 74. 13.— St. a foot high. L. large, dark green, 
used instead of Spinage. — Waste places near villages, common. 
P. VIII. 
4. Beta Linn. 
1. B. maritima (L.) ; st. prostrate, 1. cuneate-ovate, spikes 
elongate simple leafy, bracts lanceolate longer than the 2 -flowered 
clusters, segments of the perianth with entire keels. — E. B. 285. 
Root thick, fleshy. St. 6 — 12 in. long, prostrate below, after- 
wards ascending. — Sea-shore. P. VII. — IX. Sea-Beet. 
Tribe III. Salicornece. 
5. Salicornia Linn. 
1. S. herbacea (L.) ; herbaceous, divisions of the st. compressed 
rather thickened upwards notched, spikes cylindrical tapering. — 
E. B. 415. — St. usually erect, branched, 3—12 in. high. Fl. 3 
to each division, placed in a triangle. Stam. 1 or 2. — /3. pro- 
cumbens ; st. procumbent. E. B. 2475. — Muddy sea-shores. A. 
VIII. IX. Jointed Glasswort. 
2. S. radicans (Sm.) ; divisions of the st. compressed deeply 
notched scarcely thickened, spikes oblong obtuse. — E. B. 1691. 
S. fruticosa Sm. (not L.) E. B. 2467. — St. procumbent or as- 
cending, rooting. Are the fl. in a triangle ? Muddy sea-shores. 
P. VIII. IX. Creeping Glasswort. E. I. 
Tribe IV. Atriplicem. 
6. Atriplex Linn. 
1. A. littoralis (L.) ; st. erect, I. linear -lanceolate entire or 
rarely toothed, perigone of the fr. ovate-rhomboid acute toothed 
tubercled on the back spreading. — E. B. 708. St. 79. 12. — Distin- 
