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br All-good. It flowers in April and May, The 
young Ihoots are excellent boil'd. 
ij. Bluum fruticojummantimum,, Vermicularis fru- 
tex di^um. Sedwn minus fruticcjum^ R. 156, C.284. 
Vermitularis jrutex minor ^ G . E . 5 2 3 . fruticc fa altera,, 
P. 731. Shrub Stone-crop, or rather Glafiwort. In 
places near the fea. 
18. Vermicularis frutex major,, ^*1579 Gr, E.524. 
arbor ejcens,, 73^* minus fruticofum alterum, 
C.284. Tree Stone-crop, or Giaiiwort. Near the 
fea. 
19. Chencpodium Beta folio,, R. 157. Blitum po- 
ly fpermon a jeminis copia.i, C.118, P.753. E^pright 
Elite, or Ail-feed. In wafte places. The root is 
reddilh : The ftalk is branched, a foot, or a foot 
and a half high : The leaves refemble thofe of the. 
Beet, but frnaiier : Out of their bofoms proceed fome 
clufters ot flowers, difpofed all along the ftalk, pret-^ 
ty fhort, but branched and extended on all fides. 
Blitum ruhrum minus, R.1575 C.118. The fmall, 
wild, red Elite. On dunghills. The ftalks are pro- 
cumbent, branched, about a foot long, and of a 
reddilh colour, refembiing thofe of Pelhtory, about 
two inches long, taking in the tail, which is very 
flender, and almofl: as long as the reft of the leaf. 
This leal is bright green, Idmetimes having purplilh 
edges ; out ol the bofom of each leaf fometimes 
proceed others, which are much fmaller : Thefe, 
bofoms are filled with nriany flowers, growing, one 
upon another, in round clufters. Each flower ufu- 
ally confifts of three very narrow-pointed, guttered 
leaves. The capfula is reddflli, compofed of two 
pieces, placed one upon the other, and opening tranft 
verfly. 
Beta, the Beet, has a thick fleihy root. The 
flower confifts of a great many chives, which 
are colledled into a globe : The empalement is 
divided into five fegments : The feeds are cover-- 
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