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in stirpibus quarum axis in juventute sauciatus v. venti impetu 

 basi erat declinatus; omnes erecto-patuli, pjramidem angustam in- 

 ferne rarissime spithamam latam, longe prudtictam efformantes ac 

 ditissimam racemulorum florigerorum copiam apice proferentes, de- 

 munique apice nutantes. Foliorum majorcm petioli 8—20 lin. longi 

 lenelli; laminae 1— 2-pollicares, in vivo potius carnosulae quam 

 membranaceae , inter ioborum apices 15 — 10 lin. latae, ab hinc 

 repentine ad 10—4 lin. latitudine sua coarctatae, Ioborum ac den- 

 tium sinubus eximie rotundatis. Fi.ores omnino, exceptis paucis- 

 simis, sessiles, glomerulorum spicis nonnisi basi foliolo bracteali 

 4—1 lin. longo angustissime lineari fultis, ceterum aphvllis. Peri- 

 gonium semiquinquefidum, fructiferum obtuse pentagonum ,0 */,? 

 lin. latum. Stamina ima solum basi in annulum anguslissimum 

 connata. Semima pericaipio scrobiculato punctato adhaerente griseo 

 tecU, *"*/<» l" n - ,ata < lenticularia, faciebus margineque obtuso ad 

 lentem fortiorem punctulato-striata ideoque rugulosa ac minus nitida. 



Jure prioritnlis later .Schraderum el Tenore ambiguo (rectius pari) 

 nomeo Schraderiitnuin, utpote notissimum , servav!. 



Habitat in incuttis Brasilia*: Schrad., Com. a Raben in herb. 

 Mart.; in agru bonariensi ; Bonpl., a quo semina accepit Tenore. — 

 Vidi vivam cult am, e if minibus a.ScHHAnKRo et Tkxorko horto Vin- 

 dobonensi missis enatam. 



iihv I. dpecies a Ckenopodio jicifolio Sm. vix distincta ac me 

 opinaote nil nisi hujus varietas procerior ramis magis cuarctatis , floribus 

 ac seminibus majoribus, foliisque crassiorihus insignis; pro tempore tamen, 

 si respicias habitum looge stricliorem glomerulorum, spicas inullo compactio- 

 res , florendi tempus serotinum, herbam senescentem flavescentem nee pur- 

 purascentem et odorem gravem ingracissinium spirantem , tamquatn a no- 

 stra, Europae indigena, specie nbludens servanda. 



Ckenopodium album Bunbury (in Annal. et Mag. of Nat. Hist. 

 II. Ser. XII. 465.) , de quo narrat , id cum Soncko oleraceo, Xan- 

 thio spinoso , Tri folio repenti et Medicagine denticulata per fossarum 

 margines et inculta circa Bonariae urbein grassari , fortasse ad nostraui 

 stirpem referendum erit. 



Obs. II. Ckenopodium petiolare II. B. K. in regno Quitensi ac 

 Cliil.no obvium (a me in Ledebourii Fl. ross. III. 3. 700. in obs. ad Ck. bona- 

 riense Ten. I. e. Ch. hircinum Sckrad. perperam relatum) examinatis nunc 

 speciminibus chilenis, a Bridgesio lectis, ac cum alio a Moquinio examinato 

 ad amussim congruent! bus, Ck. albi varietateui a. integrifuliam esse ac 

 ejus lusum 4. (Lcdeb. I. c. 698.) spectare certissimus sum. Nescio tamen 

 an botanicorum peregrinantium quisquam unam alteram ve lit. albi varie- 

 tatem intra imperii brasiliensis fines reperierit? Exulare e Brasilia pro- 

 fecto mirarer, quum constet hanc speciem inquieto hominum commercio 

 terris tropicis et extratropicis fere omnibus longis abhinc annis fuisse 

 advectam. 



Obs. III. E grege Chenopodii specierum, quae Americam australem 

 cum sequentibus inhabitant ac Ch. kircino affinitate naturali nuptae sunt, 

 in Brasilia tamen in praesentia desiderantur, sequentes enumerare juvabit: 



1. Chbnopodium papulosum Moq. Tand. in DC. Prodr. XIII. 8. p. 61. 

 CI. Gay Hist, tie Chile Bot, V. 889. In republ. ckilen. Corditl. de 

 Santiago prope La Guardia: Gillies. 



2. Chknopodium Twkkihi Moq. Tand. 1. c. 63. — In repub. ar- 

 gentina ad S. Isidro: Tweedie. — Fortasse nil nisi Ch. albi var. in- 

 tegrifolia. 



3. Chbnopodium Vulvaria L. Moq. Tand. 1. c. 64. — In Boli- 

 via? D'Orbigny. 



4. Chbnopodium paniculatum Hook. Moq. Tand. I. c. 65. l n 



Peruvia prope Lima: Dombey. 



5. Chbnopodium hi ik.ii.hm Sm. Moq. Tand. I. c. 65. CI. Gay 

 Hist, de Chile Bot. V. 831. — In California: Lty et Collie; in regno 

 Chile nsi, Valdivia, Chiloe etc.: Gay. — Fortasse idem cum nostra Ch. 

 hircino Schrad. 



6. Chbnopodium Qvinoa IVilld. Moq. Tand. I. c. 68. 

 America austro-occidentali tropica. 



In omni 



7. Chbnopodium purpurascens Jacq. Moq. Tand. 1. c. 66. Fenzl 

 in Ledeb. Fl. ross. HI. 8. 704. — In regno peruviana ac chilensi, no- 

 mine Quinoae amarae notissimum, seminibus ad debellandas febres in- 

 termittentes usitatis, miki narrante carissimo Tschudio. 



8. Chbnopodium album L. Moq. Tand. 1. c. 70. CI. Gay 1. c. 

 838. — In regni chilensis prov. septentrion. ac central., nee non in 

 Cor dill, de Santiago: Gay. 



9. Chbnopodium glaucum //. Moq. Tand. 1. c. 78. CI. Gay I. c. 

 833. Hook. Fl. Autarct. II. 341. — In regno chilensi, in freto magel- 

 lanico et Archipel. Chonos: Darwin. 



Ckenopodium Uoscianum, Berlandieri et carnosulum Moq. Tand., 

 opulifolium Schrad., hybridum L., urbicum L. ac mexicanum Moq. 

 Tand. in America septentrional! boreali, subtropica ac tropica partim in- 

 digena, partim introducta ac efferata occurrunt. — Ch. macrospermum 

 Hook. ins. Maclovianas inhabitat. 



2. CHEN0P0D1UM MURALE L. annuum, caule erecto v. 

 bumifuso, a basi diffuse ramoso, ramis infimis omnium longissimis, 

 rarius simplici; foliis majoribus longe petiolatis ovato-rhombeis v. 

 rhombeo-oblongis acutis, raro obtusis, inaequaliter copiose acute- 

 que sinuato-dentatis, rarissime subdentalis, saturate viridibus niti- 

 dis v. subfarinosis glaucescentibus; foliis superioribus ramorumque 

 multo minoribus Mis homomorphis , rarius angustioribus oblongo- 

 lanceolatis ; Qorum glomerulis in racemis cymosis v. corymbose 

 ramosis densis laxisvc divaricatis aphyllis dispositis ; perigonio 

 fructifero subangulato; semine punetato-rugoso, margine acutissimo. 



Ckenopodium murale Linn. Sp. 318. Moq. Tand. Chenop. 

 32., ej. in DC. Prodr. XIII. 2. p. 69. A. Gray Man. of Bot. 

 363. Hooh. et Am. Rot. of Reechey 137. (e California). Griseb. 

 Fl. Rrit. W. lnd. Isl. 60. H. R. R. Nov. Gen. II. 191. {Peruvia, 

 LoxaJ. Benlh. Sulphur 159. (Guayaquil). CI. Gay. Hist, de 

 Chile Bot. V. 231. (Chile). 



Var. a. latikolium: foliis omnibus v. longe plurimis homo- 

 morphis, ovato-rhombeis, basi cuneata reliqua laminae parte 2 — 8* 

 plo ac ultra breviore. 



Ckenopodium murale Curt. Fl. Lond. VI. I. 20. Engl. 

 Bot. 1. 1722. Sturm. 1). Fl. Fasc. 75. Fl. Dan. t. 2048. Dietr. 

 Fl. Boruss. XI. t. 780. Moq. Tand. in DC. Prodr. I. c. cum 

 var. /3. albescente (forma valde farinosa) et j. Gandhi urn (for- 

 ma glabrata racemis abbreviatis). 



Ckenopodium guyanense Jacq. Coll. 11. 346., ej. 1c. rar. 

 t. 345. (forma glabrata caule simpliciusculo). Rom. et Sckult. 

 Syst. VI. 255. 



Var. j3. angustatum : foliis majoribus ovato - rhombeis basi 

 longe cunealis, superioribus rhombeo-oblongis ac lanceolatis. 



Ckenopodium murale 5. biforme Moq. Tand. I. c. 69. 



Ckenopodium biforme N. ab E. in Lehm. PI. Preiss. I. 636. 

 (forma foliis majoribus inciso-sinualo-dentatisj. 



Ckenopodium murale t. carthaginense Moq. Tand. I. c. 



Ckenopodium Carthaginense Zuccagni Obs. bot. Cent. J. 52. 

 Bom. et Schull. Syst. VI. 254. (forma foliis angustioribus bene 

 multis parce dentalis ac subinlegris). 



Caums palmaris, '/ 2 — ^8-pedaIis, ramis basilaribus patentissimis v. 

 humifusis adscendentibus, valde foliosis, rarius subsimplex , superne cum 

 foliis ac floribus plus minusve dense farinosus v. glabratus. Folia majora 

 pro varia stirpis magnitudine, incluso petiolo •/, — 8-pollicari, 1 — 6-pol- 

 licaria, supra basin cuneatam integerrimam '/, - 2 l / t poll, lata, deutibus 

 modo valde inaequalibus , inodo subaequalibus antrorsis, numero in sin- 

 gulo margine summopere variis a 5-80. Inflobbscbntiab axillares ternii- 

 nalesque sessiles ac tcduaculatae, aphyllae, modo siinpKces interrupte spici- 



