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v. racemiformes , modo cvmoso -bifurcatae ac corjmbiformi - composite, 

 demum divaricatae, 1— 3-pollicares. Pkhiuomi fructiferi '/, lin. lali laci- 

 uiae ellipticae obtusae. Stamina exserta. Buou atra, \ t lia. ad sum- 

 mum lata. 



Habitat in ruderatis , oleraceis Brasilia* orient. • Schuch, Setlo, 

 Lund coll. n. 315. Ex Europa immigratum, nunc in omni fere America a 

 Massachussets et Xoveboraco usque ad reipublicae aryentinae et chi- 

 lenae timites ausiraliores passim occurrens. Vidi specimina mexicana: 

 Berlandier n. 3t>4.; guatemalensia: Friedrichsthal ; chitena: Meyen, 

 Pbppig, Macrae. Occurrit porro in Asia fere tota , Africa litorali 

 omni ac in insults udjacentibus Canariis, from, riridis : Hrunner, 

 Darwin, Vogel, Schmidt; in Senegatia : Perrottet; in insula St . Helena ; 

 Siebold; Ascensiunis: Hess; Cap. b. sp.: Kraus , Drege , \\awra; in 

 insula Maurttii: Hot r in; Abyssinia: Schimptr n.9t5.: m India orien- 

 tali: Hamitt., \Y allien n. 6953.; Java: Miq.; X. Hollandia: Preiss 

 M. 1956.; in insula Norfolk: Hiigel. 



Obs. Affine Ch. urbicum L. iu Kuropa omni , Asia minor.- , IVr- 

 sia, totaque Sibiria meridiunali , Dec non in India orient a li (Malacca: 

 Griffith) et N. Zeelaodia obvium , hucusque in America sola horeali-orien- 

 tali (Muhlenberg, Schweinitz) est reperlum. 



Skctio II. BOTHYOlN. 



Botbvois Moq. Tand. in DC. Prodr. XIII. ». p. 7*. FeuU in Leigh. 

 Ft. ross. III. 8. p. 704. — Bothyoiurs C. A. Meyer in Lnlrb. Ft. alt. 

 I. 410. excl. Ch. aristato. — Gen. Bothvdiim et Ambri.var sp. Spat h 

 Suites a Buff'on V. *98. et 295. — Gen. Ambrina sect. Botryois et 

 Adenois Moq. Tand. Chenop. 36'. et 39. — Bothys Koch Syn. Ft. germ. 



ed. II. 697. 



Hebbae aromaticae, glanduloso-ptibescenles, nee farinoso lepi- 

 dotae. Flobes pohgami. Fmbkvo albumen imperfecta ad '/,— •/, 

 ambitus cingens. 



3. CHENOPODIUM AMBROSIOIDES L. annuum ; caule 

 erecto v. decumbenle sulcato glahro v. pube articulata rariore v. 

 enpiusiore hirsiito, nunc a basi pvramidnto rittMO, nunc diffuse 

 ramosissimo , ramis virgalis, ramulis elongaturis ()(<rigeris (enue 

 filiformibus valde foliolosis; foliis axis priniarii ac rautoruui cardi- 

 nalium majoribus oblongis, lanceolatis ac late sublincaribus acutis 

 obtusisve in petiolum brevein longe attenuatis, grosse sinua/o- v. 

 repando-dentalis, vara integerrimis, giabris v. subtus sparsim liir- 

 sutis resinoso-glandulosis, laete viridibiis: rc/iquis lanceulato-linea- 

 ribus, u(rinq;ic longe attenttatis, remote dentatis ac iiilegerriniis 

 unacum majoribus inchoante matur.talis pcriodo detiduis: fo/iotis 

 floralibus persistentibus parvulis linearibus v. lineari -lanceolatis 

 v. obverse lanceolatis acutis, integerrimis ; florum glomerulis 15 2- 

 floris, plerumqiie polvgamis, 1% — '/? lin. latis, bmgitudinc ramo- 

 rum ac ramulorum iugenti copia densius rariusve concalcnalo-spi- 

 catis , singulis foliolo full is; perigonio fructife.o glabro; scmine 

 '"\, i lin. lato, passim horizontal'! passim verticali, atro lucidis- 

 simo, margine obtuso, pericarpio tenuissimo facile rumpente el sece- 

 dente tccto. 



('Ik a op od unit aminos i aides Linn. Spec. 320. DC. Prodi. 

 XI 11. 2. p. 17. Fenziin Ledeb. Fl. ross. 111. 2. p. 704. A. Gray 

 Man. of Rot. 364. Hook, et Am. Hot. of Becchey 157. (Cali- 

 fornia). Secmann Rot. of Herald 190. (Panama). Griscb. Ft. 

 West-lnd. 1st. 60. H.B.K. Sor. Gen. J J. 191. (Columbia, 

 Peruvia). Miq. Fl. Nederl. Ind. I. 1. 1017. 



Ambrina ambrosioides Spach Suites a Buff on I. 297. 

 Benth. Bot. of Sulphur 159. (Guayaquil). CI. Gay Hist, de 

 Chile Bot. Y. 234. 



Alriplex ambrosioides Crantz Inst. I. 207. 



Var. a. dentata: fuliis caulinis ramorumque majoribus acute 

 obtuseve sinuato-dentatis. — Vulgatissima ac saepe praealta. 



Chenopodium ambrosioides Descourt. Antill. I. t 58. (ic. 

 pessima). Sturm 1). Fl. Fate. 76. P/,,,L 1c. med. 11. L 168. 

 Haync Arzn.-Gcu. XIII. t. 15. Sees ab Es. llSsseld. off. Pfl. 

 t. 122. Wagner Pharm. Bot. t. 130. Guimp. et Scklckt. Abbtld. 

 t. 269. IHght. h. pi. V. f. 1786. (bona). Berg et Schmidt 

 Off. Gew. I. f. 2. c. (Analysis optima). 



Chenopodium Sancta Maria Yell. Ft. Ft HI. 1. 104. Text. 

 126. DC. Prodr. 1. c. 77. (Specimina robusta macrophyl/a. ) 



Var. '. iMKtiKiFOMA Moq. Tand. foliis caulinis ramorum- 

 que majoribus cunclis v. longe plurimis. exceptis infimis, integer 

 rimis v. repando subdentatis. — Fraecedenli, ui videtur, rarior ac 

 gracilior. 



Clunopodiiim ambrosioides ,i. intcgrifblium Moq. land, in 

 DC. Prodr. I. c. 73. 



Cheuoi>odium spathulatum y. angusfifolium Moq. Tand. 

 I. c. 73. 



M Mm \ nltiludiiie summopere mrlx, paltnarln, t — S-pedall«, immo 



4 — A-pedalis, iu genere valde ctmferteque ramooa, ramoh proferen* utpluri- 



muin vlrgalM simpliciu«culoK , tola longiiudine ah ima jam hasi florum 



glomeruli remolis, foliolis floralihus pollicaribu* ac seinipollicarlbus fultia, 



ohsessos in speciminibus '/ r l-pedalibus; dum alliora specimina aul ba<>i 



decumheniia maximum ulomeruiorum copiam in ramulis aluol lertii nil. - 



riorumque ordinnm, qui ramuli sensim eloa^aluri tenelli tola sua longi- 



tudine foliolis parvis S •.' lin. lon^i. per»isleniibus sunt onu«li , unde 



habitus slirpis humilioris M procerioris , floridae ac friKlif.ro divertissi- 



mus. Mulatur insuper facies stirpium proved iore aelale lapsu foliwrum 



majorum, supersiilihus solum flor;ililiu> , eum in modum , ul fructiferam, 



neglecto examiii'' arror.niore, facile alienam speciem crederes. Foi.ia ma- 



jora, compulalo prijolo Kemipollicari ac breviore, & — ii-pollicaria, ad 



8 — % poll, lata, valde inaequaliler, rarius ftuhaequaliler siini miiuhIu- deniala, 



dentibus grossis lalisque, modo parcis modo pluribus, iu sola varielale t i. 



inlegerrima v. repanda ; utriusque (amen \arietalis superiora ac r.imo- 



rum in.ijora rrequeniissime inlegra, floralibus vcro semper inlegerrimis ncu- 



tis, licet saepius obverse sint lanceolala. Fi.onica rum cl. Wiumt frequen- 



lissime polvgamos vidi, central) semper perfeclo, reliquis passim femineis, 



passim masculis in eodem glomerulo, ac saepe 4 — 3-meros. Pkhigomum 



in genere ultra semiquinquendum , laciniis ovalibus ac ol>o\alo-»ubroluudis. 



.Stamina 5 — 4 hasi fere omnino libera, parum exserta. Stiomata elon- 



ii.ii .* in fl. hermaphroditis 2, in femineis subiode 3 4. Kmbrvo semioit 



albumen fere annulatim ciagens. 



In cultis, oleraceis, maritimis et incultis totius Brasitiae : Pohl, M., 

 St hitch. Com. a Raben in hb. Mart., Dollinger , Lund n. 1318.; rar.fl. 

 prope Hahiam: Hlanchet ii. 971., Vaulhier n. 573. — Herba Ame- 

 ricam totam a Xorehoraco usque ad I'alagoniam perragans. Sum 

 rero primitus Americae soli fuerit indigena ac nonnisi serins Euro- 

 par reliquisque terris tropicis et extratropicis totius orbis advecta, 

 quis fir miter hoc contendere auderet? Certissimum nunc saltern est, 

 earn occur rere in tota Europa media et australi , adev in Sued* 

 australi , nullibi tamen frequens nee magna congenerum in morem 

 copia ; longe frrqttetttior in Etitopn australi. Occurrit porro in Alge- 

 ria , ins. Aioricis, Canariis, Prom, viridis. Senegambia , ins. St. He- 

 lenae, in Capite bonae spei, ins. Madagascar et Mauritii , Persia au- 

 strali: Kotschy; India orirntali omni, immo in Himalaya: Hiigel; K. 

 Hollandia et X. Zeelandia boreali : Colensn aliique ; Japonia: Zol- 

 linger. — Inter authetminthica efficaciora laudalur cum Chenopodio ao- 

 itwl mi nihil o ab incolis Americae tropicae , quibus in Guatemala audit 

 Apasotc testante Friedrichsthal, in Columbia Pacote: Humb., Mo- 

 ritz, Chile nis Paico; Humb.. Gay. Brasilientibus : Krva de Santa 

 Maria. 



4. CHENOPODIUM SPATHULATUM Sieb. annuum, demum 

 glabrescens; caule suberecto v. decumbente, diffuse ramosissimo, 

 ramis foliosissimis tirga/is tota sua longitudinc g/omerutiflorts, 

 superne ramulos florigeros copiosos spiciformes (enuissimos, folio 

 suffulcicnte sublongiores brevioresre, apice foliolatos, reliqua parte 

 aphyllos eel interrupfe foliolatos erectos alentibus; foliis nunc 



