BETA. SALirOKNIA. 
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** Perianth not covering the fruit, seed vertical. 
t Stigmas short. 
8. C. ruhrim (L.) ; 1. rhomboid irregularly toothed and simi- 
ated entire below, 11. in ereet eoin|)oun(l dense leafy spikes, seeds 
very minute smooth shining obtuse and sliylilly keeled at the edge. 
— E. B. 1/21. — St. ereet, often a foot high. I’eriearp very loose. 
Seed vertieal or horizontal in the terminal 11. FI. generally in- 
eomplete. Cal. 4- rarely .'j-eleft. Stam. 1 or 2. Mr. Leighton 
has sent me a variety with mueh more triangular 1., shorter 
s])ikes and larger seeds, grovMi in his garden from seed obtained 
near London. — Waste places, particularly salt marshes. A. 
VIII. IX. 
!). C. botryoides (Sm.) ; 1. triangular somewhat toothed, 11. in 
compound dense leafy s])ikes, .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 tlie sea. Cornw., SulF., Northumb. A. IX. 
10. C. glaucum {1 j.) ; 1. oblong sinuate-dentate,^, in erect nea.v\y 
simj)le 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. 
tt Stigmas elongated. 
11. C. Bonus- Henricus (L.); 1. triangular-hastate entire, 11. in 
compound leafless spikes, seeds vertical smooth and shining. — 
E. B. 105,3. 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 simjfle 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. Salicornees. 
5. Salicornia Linn. 
1. S. herbacea(\j.); herbaceous, divisions of the st. compressed 
rather thickened upwards notched, spikes cyhnch-ical tapering. — 
E.B. 4\5 . — St. usually erect, branched, 3 — 12 in. high. FI. 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. 
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