126 CHENOPODE^. [C/ie7iopodium, 



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floribus squamula hypogyna auctisj caryopse glabra alato-marginata rostellata, Ledeb. FL 



Alt I. p. 10. PalLFLBoss, 2. p, 112. L 98./! A. Ph, Am, \, p. 4. — a. gracile, jS, robus- 

 tius, 5. rubricaule, . 



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Hab. «. Sandy banks of the Saskatchawan and Athabasca and Red Rivers. Di-ummond, Douglas, — 

 yS. Same situations on the Athabasca {Drummond), and on the Columbia {Douglas). — S. Great Slave Lake. 

 Dr Richardson — A very variable species, as is the European plant of the same name. Our var. a., which 

 is considerably hairy, would include the C. canesceiis of Kitaibel, and the C. pilosum^ Pull., is probably 

 scarcely different from it ; whilst var. ^, is the same as C. Redowskii Fisch. (in Herb. Hook.), and C. hysso- 

 pifolium, var., Requien (in Herb. Hook.) ; and var. y. is the C niiidum, Kit. (in Herb. Hook.). 



3. EUROTIA. Adans, 



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Fhres 



[nonoici ebracteati. Masc. CaL 4-sepalus, inappendiculatus. Cor. et squamulcB 

 hypogyncB nullae. Stam.^. receptaculo inserta. Fce.ai. CaL tubulosus semibifidus, villo 

 densissimo involutus, demum bicornis. Cor, et squamulce hypogyncE 0. Stigmata 2, basi 

 connata, Utriculus compressus, herbaceus. Semen verticale, integumentis tenuibus. 

 Radicula descendens. — Friiticulus erectus, pube stellata vestitus. Folia sparsa petiolata, 

 membraiiaceay oUonga, Flores glomerato-spicatiy^terminales et later ales. Ledeb. 



1. E. ceratoides. Ledeb. FL Alt. 4. p. 239.~Diotis. M/M— Ceratospermum papposum. 

 Pers.^Axyvis ceratoides. Z.— Axyris fruticosa, &c. GmeL Sib. 3. t 11./. 1.— Kras- 

 cheninnikovia ceratoides. GuildensL in. Nov. Com. Petrop. 16. t. 17. f. 1-6 et f. 13. 

 Diotis lanata, PL Am. 2. p. 602. 



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Hab. Plains of the Saskatchawan, Drummond. — Pursh distinguished this from the European E. ceratoides, 

 by its long woolly tomentum ; but in this particular there is really no difference. The leaves are generally 

 narrower in the American plant, but both these characters are variable. 



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4. BLITUM. i. 



1. B, capitatum. L. — Ph. Am, \, p. 4. 



Hab. Lake Huron and various parts of Canada, to Hudson's Bay and Great Slave Lake, Dr Richardson. 



2. B. chenopodioides (Nutt.); foliis hastatis subdentatis basi attenuatis, glomerulis 

 axillaribus bracteatis, seminibus punctatis non baccatis. Nutt. Gen. Am. I. p. 4. 



Hab. Carlton House upon the Saskatchawan. Drummond.— K curious and very distinct annual, with 

 small leaves and flowers, first detected by Nuttall on dry soils near the banks of the Missouri. Flowers in 

 small axillary glomeruli, each flower consisting of one stamen and one pistil, with a punctato-reticulated ovary ; 

 its deeply bipartite style is subtended by a membranaceous reticulated oblong bractca. Perianth 0. 



5. CHENOPODIUM. L. 



1. C. maritimimf L.—^E. BoL t. 633. Ph. Am. I. p. 198, 



Hab. Arctic sea-coast, Dr Richardson.— I am uncertain about this species. It is scarcely an inch long, 

 procumbent, very slender, with 4 to 6 or 8 leaves. Flowers axillary and clustered. 



2. C. calceoUforme ; annuum erectum alternalim ramosum glaberrimum, foliis lineari- 

 subulatis carnosis supra planis, floribus glomeratis in spicam foliosam seu bracteatam 



