CHENOPODIACEAE 465 . 
FOOT.)—Waste-grounds, various provinces, Fla. to Tex., Wis., Ont., and Que. 
Nat. of Eu.—The odor, very penetrating, may o carried long ae by 
the wind. 
C. amaranticolor Coste & Reyn. Plant 1-3 m. tall, the | stout branches 
ascending or erect from a spreading base, sharp-angled, ie sa de a 
with red, sparsely and finely farinose: leaf-blades br s mbie 
M 
ong, 0 nel oul 
sets nely farinose beneath when young: race Bombe ovate io oblon 
elliptic, pel toothed, bright red, at least when young: Mere rather 
dig th ers in small glomerules e ch are borne in dense spikes: sepals 
slightly keeled, copiously farinose and usually reddish. —Fielas an ~ 
places, Coastal "Plai in, N Fla. and Ga. Nat. of Eu.—(W. I.)—Spr 
. lanceolatum ant 0.5-1.5 m. tall, the slender branches ascend- 
iat a 
late, eliptic lanceolate or el 1 or rarely b er, 2-5 . long, obtus 
acutish and mueronulate, inu: r the lower ones with few broad teeth, sparsely 
and finely fa rius bene bracia rd if at all reduced, narro iy elliptic 
B A inflor Rise more or less diffuse, the flowers in small glo nde 
whieh are borne in usually p “interrupted spikes: sepals a, 
d idee green with whit argin eed 1-1.2 m ide, ining, 
obtuse-margined.—W aste places iu En grounds various provinces, Fla. 
kla., Wash., and Ont.—( Eurasia.) —Sum.-f 
C. paganum ed Plant 0.4—1.5 m. tall, the branches stout or heri 
or nearly so: le 
ascending, obtuse-angled, bright-green, striate, glabrou af- 
blades rhombic- ovate rho n or ovate-elliptie, 4—8 cm. long, obtuse, ee 
and irregula inuate, metimes shallowl y 3-lobed or entire, bri ght-green 
rly 
nad glabrous or ae sely and minutely Ei nore beneath: bracts ovate to lanceo- 
late, often cuspidate, usually. entire: inflorescence ie broad and lax, the 
owers in la lomerules which are borne in slender interrupted spikes: 
sepals sharp-keeled, sparsely farinose: seed 1.3-2 mm. wide, shining, obtuse- 
margined.—Fields and waste e various provinces, Fla. to Tex., Calif., 
and Ont. Nat. of Eu. | 
album L. Plant 0.3-2 m. tall, the branches slender or stout, ascending, 
obtuse -angled, pale-green, striate, mostly glabrous: leaf-blades rhombic-ovate, 
rarely ov or lanceolate, -g em. long, obt and apiculate, often shal- 
ing -lobed, irregularly sinuate or rarely nearly entire, finely an y 
ensely farino neath: bracts ic to lane ceolate, usually entire: inflores- 
cence gere narrow and compact, the flowers in large glomerules which are 
cada in den n spikes: sep sharply denda. farinose: seed 1.3-1.5 
wide, inin obtuse-margined.— —(La MB ’S-QU EE "Ss. ee 
Waste- cise nd cult. A eae various AQ Fla. to Tex., Calif., B. C., 
Ont., N. Na —(M #.)—Sum fall. ' "Plants cooked before they 
and S. t. 
have Hoc make Ee f i 
8. C. Berlandieri Moq. Plant 0.4—1.5 m. tall, the slender or stout piss 
ascending, pel E zn iate, glabrate: leaf- blades rhombic-ovate, oval, 
elliptic, 1.2-3 c ong or larger, acute or obtuse and mucronulate, sinuate b: 
entire, often den ae Pues se when young: bracts much redue ed, ovate to 
linear-lanceolate, often enti xu inflorescence-branches slender: sepals sharply- 
keeled, densely farinose: se mm. wide or less, shining, obtuse-margined.— 
Dry soil, Coastal Plain and occasionally other pro Fla. to Tex. and 
N.C.; also adv. N E.— —(Mex.)—Sum.—fall. 
5. BOTRYDIUM Spach. Low sweet-scented glandular-pubescent herbs, 
ours annual. Leaves alternate: blades pinnatifid or toothed. Flowers sessile 
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