Note E197 — 39.
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"Bleets." The name of some pot-herb which Evelyn in Acetaria takes to be the "Good Henry," and remarks of it that, "'tis insipid enough." βλιτον [Greek: bliton] = insipid. In Lyte's Dodoens, p. 547, are given three kinds of Blitte or Bleet, and the French name is said to be Pourrée rouge. "Suæda maritima, or sea-blite, belongs to the goose-foot tribe; the good-king-Henry, or Chenopodium bonus-Henricus, is of the same tribe. See Flowers of the Field, by C. A. Johns."—Note by Rev. W. W. Skeat.
"Beets," although joined here with "bleets," no doubt refers to the common beetroot, Beta vulgaris, Linn. Gerard had the "White or Yellow Beete" in his garden.—Note by Mr. J. Britten, F.L.S.