Tas. 5231. 
CHENOPODIUM purpurascENs. 
Purple Goosefoot. 
Nat. Ord. CHENOPODIACEZ.—PENTANDRIA DiGynIa. 
Gen. Char. Flores hermaphroditi, raro abortu foeminei, ebracteati. Calya 5- 
fidus vel 5-partitus (interdum abortu 4- aut 3-partitus); aciniis concavis, seepius 
longitrorsum carinatis, vel subcristato-carinatis, nunquam appendiculatis. Stamina 
5, rarissime pauciora, imo calyce inserta. Filamenta filiformia. Anthere ovate. 
Staminodia et nectarium nulla. Ovarium depresso-globosum. Styli 2 rarius 
3 inferne coaliti, interdum liberi, subulati. Stigmata superficies interna stylo- 
rum. Fructus (utriculus) depressus, calyce clauso subgloboso aut subpentagono 
involutus ; pericarpio distincto (raro semini adhzrente), membranaceo, tenuissimo. 
Semen horizontale, lenticulare ; testa crustacea, fragili. Albumen centrale, copio- 
sum, farinaceum. Embryo perfecte aut imperfecte annularis, periphericus ; radicula 
subcentrifuga.—Herbe, rarissime suffrutices, in temperatis utriusque hemispherit 
indigene, pulvere farinoso consperse vel pubescenti-glandulose. Folia alterna, 
petiolata, raro sessilia, subtriangulari-rhomboidea, rarius ovata v. hastata, inte- 
gerrima, dentata, aut pinnatifido-sinuata. Flores minuti, glomerulati, spicatim 
paniculati ; spicis axillaribus et terminalibus ; glomerulis raro axillaribus, haud 
spicatis. Mog. in De Cand. . 
_CHENOPODIUM purpurascens ; caule herbaceo erecto angulato ramoso, foliis 
tenuiter longeque petiolatis subpatulis rhombeo-ovatis obtusissimis mucro- 
nulatis tenuibus subpulverulentis obscure viridibus, demum purpureis, infe- 
rioribus auriculatis sinuato-dentatis, superioribus lanceolatis integerrimis, 
racemis compactis aphyllis, calyce fructifero perfecte clauso carinato-costu- 
lato, semine margine obtusissimo levi haud nitido (albo). Moguin. 
CHENOPODIUM purpurascens. Jacg. Hort. Vind. v. 3. p. 43. t. 80 (non Hamilt.). 
Moquin in De Cand. Prodr. v. 13. pars 2. p. 66. : 
CHENopopivm Atriplicis. Linn. fil. Suppl. p. 171. 
B. lanceolatum ; pauce farinosum, foliis omnibus sublanceolatis, Moguin, 1. c. 
y. punctulatum ; valde farinosum albo-punctatum, foliis rhombeo-ovatis vel lan- 
ceolatis. Moguin, /. e. 
CuENnopopiuM punctulatum. Scop. Del. Insubr. v. 1. p. 25. t. 11. 
_~~ CHENOPODIUM leucospermum. Schrad. Ind. Sem. Hort. Get. 1834, p. 2. 
The several species of Chenopodium, or Goosefoot, are reckoned 
among the most weedy of plants, inhabiting roadsides and dung- 
hills, with little to recommend them to notice by their beauty 
or economical usefulness, and few indeed are thought worthy of 
FEBRUARY Ist, 1861. 
