466 CHENOPODIACEAE 
or pedieelled, in loosely dichotomous cymes. 
Sepals keeled. Ovary usually depressed. 
Seed adherent to the HA horizontal. 
—About 6 species of wide geographic dis- 
tribution.—The flowers are oro. 
1. B. Botrys (L.) Small. Stem 1-6 dm 
tall, the branches erect or Pin leaf- 
blades e to de 1-5 e ong, t 
lobes entire or hed: anis e 
cymose: Ea ‘partially enclosed: 
han 1 wide. [ 
Botrys L. J- GxusaLEM- -OAK, TURNPIKE- 
GERANIUM. beum ER-G ERANIUM.) mi icd 
sides and waste-places, oy province 
— Coastal Plain, Ga. to a f., and S Can. Nat. of Eu. (Mez., E. A.)— 
Sum.-fall.—The foliage i is Rom 
6. AMBRINA Spach. Erect or diffuse annual or perennial aromatic 
herbs, with yellow glands, and sometimes pubescent. Leaves alternate: blades 
eoarsely toothed or pinnatifid. Flowers ses- 
sile, spicate. Sepals rounded, not keeled. 
eeds horizontal or vertical.— Three or four 
species, natives of America.—The flowers are 
white or yellowish-green. 
A. ambrosioides (L.) Spach. Stem = 8 
A tall, the branches someti imes decum 
see i 
podium ambrosioides MEXI 
WORMSEED. NKWE places, 
cult. grounds, and shores, various provi j 
Fla. to Ex Calif., Ont., and Me. Nat. of trop. Am.—(W. I., Mex., C. A., S. A., 
op. Am.—( 
m.—fall.—The foliage and oil give off a disagreeable odor. 
7. SPINACIA L. Fleshy edible herbs. Leaves alternate: blades often 
hastate. Flowers dioecious or rarely perfect, in compact glomerules. Calyx 
ri 
develop spine-tips, or unappendaged. Utricle 
enclosed, achene-like.—AÀ bout 4 species, na- 
tives of the Orient. 
1. S. oleracea L. Annual or biennial: stem 
3-10 dm. tall: leaf-blades ovate to deltoid 
in outline, more pd bu astate, 0.5-2 dm 
long: fr uit 4-5 long, the spreading 
jan as long as the fruit- body or longer 
(SPINACH. SPINAGE.)—Cult. grounds and 
fields Son. Nat. of the O. ^W. and cult. 
