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To heaven removed, where first it grew, there grows 
And flowers aloft, shading the fount of life. 
And where the river of bliss, through midst of heaven, 
Rolls o'er Elysian flowers her amber stream ; 
With these that never fade, the spirits elect 
Bind their resplendent locks enwreathed with beams; 
Now in loose garlands thick thrown off, the bright 
Pavement, that like a sea of jasper shone, 
Impurpled with celestial roses smiled." 
In the chiiTches on the Continent, the Globe Amaranth is generally used, as a symbol of eternity, to deck the 
ghrines on fete days ; and it is sold in Paris with the Gnaphalium, the Helichrysum, and the Xeranthemum, 
woven into wreaths, to hang on the tombs in the cemetery of Pere la Chaise. 
CHAPTER XXXII. 
Essential Character. — Perianth deeply divided, persistent, witli 
an imbricate fcstivation. Stamens inserted in the bottom of tlie 
periantli ; equal in number to its segments, and opposite to them, 
seldom fewer. Ovarium usually free, one-seeded. Ovulum fixed to 
CHENOPODIACEiE. 
the bottom of the cell. Style usually cleft. Pericarp valveless. 
Albumen mealy. Embryo curved or spiral. Herbs, or undershrnbs. 
Leaves alternate, rarely opposite. Flowers insignificant, often unisexual. 
—{G.Don.) 
Description, &c. — This order comprises several of our commonest and most worthless weeds, with several 
valuable spinach plants. The flowers are greenish, and inconspicuous ; and the only ornamental plants belonging 
to the order owe their sole beauty to their fruit. 
GENUS I. 
BLITUM, Lin. THE ELITE. 
Lin. Syst. MONANDRIA DIGYNIA. 
Generic CHARiCTER. — Calyx 3-cleft. Petals none. Fruit a berry.— (Lin.) 
1.— BLITUM CAPITATUM, Lin. THE BERRY-HEADED STRAWBERRY BLITE, OR STRAWBERRY 
SPINACH. 
Specific Character. — Heads spiked, terminal. — (Lira.) 
Description, &c. — The plant grows generally two or three feet high, and spreads proportionately where it 
is allowed room. The leaves resemble those of spinach. The flowers appear in small heads at every joint, and at 
the termination of the twig ; and, after they have dropped the bracts, swell like those of the pine-apple, and form 
a berry -like fruit, which when ripe has somewhat the appearance of a wood strawberry, or rather of a red mulberry. 
The seed is black when ripe. The plant is a native of Central Europe, and was grown by Parkinson in 1633. 
2.— BLITUM VIRGATUM, Lin. THE COMMON, OR SLENDER-BRANCHED STRAWBERRY BLITE. 
Engravings. — Bot. Mag. t. 276. 
SpEanc Character. — Heads scattered, lateral.— (Lin.) 
Description, &c.— Differing very slightly from the preceding species, but not having any terminal heads. 
It is a native of the south of Europe, and was introduced in 1759. Both species were formerly favourites in 
