Acroglochin.] cxvit cHENoPoDIacEa. (J. D. Hooker.) 3 
Amarantus persicarioides, Poir. Dict. Suppl. i. 311. A. cauliflorus, Link 
Enum. Hort. Berol. ii. 889. A. diandrus, Spreng. Neue Entd. iii. 20. A. 
persicarioides and A. acroglochin, Spreng. Syst. i. 927. Lecanocarpus cauli- 
orus Nees Pl. Hort. Bonn. 4, t. 2. L. nepalensis, Fisch. mss. Blitanthus 
nepalensis, Reichb. Cat. Hort. Dresd. 1894. 
WESTERN HIMALAYA; from Kashmir, alt. 8-5000 ft., to Kumaon and ? Nepal. 
KHASIA Mrs., alt. 5-6000 ft., J. D. H. & T. T.—DisTBIB. Yunan. 
Stem 1-2 ft. ; branches 0 or short, erecto-patent, strict. Leaves 1-24 in., obtuse 
9r acute, lobulate and erose; petiole 3-1 in. Cymes shorter than the leaves, } in. long 
and broad, branches rigid spreading. Flowers about j; in. diam., green. 
2. CHENOPODIUM, Linz. 
Erect or prostrate herbs. Stem angled. Leaves alternate, entire lobed 
or toothed. Flowers minute, 2-sexual, in axillary clusters or cymes. Sepals 
3-5. Stamens 1-5. Disk 0. Ovary free, depressed or compressed; styles 
2-3. Utricle membranous, included in the perianth. Seed horizontal or 
vertical, testa crustaceous, albumen floury; embryo annular.—Species 
about 50, all climates. 
* Scentless or fetid herbs, Sepals 5, herbaceous (not succulent in fruit). 
mbryo perfectly annular. 
l. C. album, Linn. Sp. Pi. 219; erect or ascending, mealy or green, 
leaves rhombic deltoid or lanceolate acute or obtuse, entire toothed or 
‘regularly lobulate, upper narrower more entire, sepals keeled covering the 
utricle, seed smooth keeled. Mog. in DC. Prodr. xii. 2. 70; Boiss. Fl. 
Orient. iv. 901; Wall. Cat. 6952 (excl. most of C. (= Amarantus viridis). 
C. giganteum, Don Prodr. 74; Mog.l.c. C. nepalense, Hort. Monsp. 
- album, Linn. C. viride, Linn., and C. laciniatum, Linn.; Roxb. FT. 
Tnd. ii. 58, 59. Q. purpurascens, Ham., in Wall, Cat. 6955. ? C. vulpinum, 
Vall. Cat, 6954 A. 
TROPICAL and TEMPERATE HIMALAYA; from Kashmir to Sikkim, ascending to 
12,000 ft. (wild and cultivated), and in WrsTERN Tree to 14,000 ft. Plains of 
BENGAL, the GANGETIC VALLEY and the PANJAB, KHaslA Mrs. cult. DECCAN 
PENINSULA. DISTRIB. Ubiquitous. 1 
Stem 1-10 ft., rarely slender or decumbent, angled, often striped green, red or 
Purple. Leaves extremely variable, in the cult. forms 4-6 in. long, with the petiole 
cuj] times as long orlonger. Clusters in compact or lax panicled spikes, which in 
ise forms become thyrsoid. Seeds rarely vertical.—The cultivated forms vary from 
een to red, 
2. c. opulifolium, Schrad. in DC. Fl. Franc. v. 372; erect or 
ascending, mealy, leaves broadly rhombic obtuse or acute sinuate-lobed 
ber similar, cymes axillary lax-fld. usually shorter than the leaves, epa? 
met partially covering the utricle, seed punctulate margin rounded. 
°9. in DC. Prodr. xiii. 2. 67 ; Boiss. Fl. Orient. iv. 901. 
CENTRAL and WzsrERN HIMALAYA; Nepal, Wallich; Garwhal ?, Edgeworth ; 
Kashmir and Lahore, alt. 6-8000 ft, Clarke. WESTERN TIBET, alt. 10-14,000 ft., 
"t.50.—DisTRIB. Europe, N. and W. Asia. 
ery near C. album, and not easily distinguished in the small acute-leaved om 
i et by the seed. In the ordinary state with broad openly sinuate obtuse leaves i 
18 distinct enough, j 
3. C. hybridum Linn. Sp. Pl. 219; erect, nearly glabrous, leaves 
. large broadly triangular orale long acuminate with 2-4 broad acute lobes 
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