aa Ce capitatum (L.) Asch. Strawberry Blite. Plant 50-40 cm. tall or 
more, glabrous throughout, branching from the base, the stems Simple, often 
reddish; leaves 35-5 cm. long, triangular in outline, Subhastate at the base, 
acute, sinuately toothed along the margin, the teeth Several, &-4 mm, long, 
acute, petioles as long as the blade in the lower leaves, reduced above; 
flowers in dense axillary glomerules, cwowded at the apex of the branch, the 
perianth fles and bright red in fruit, the clusters Suggesting small 
Strawberries; utricle less than 1 mm. long, subglobose, black, flattened 
laterally. (Blitum capitatum L.). 
An infrequent weed in waste places; naturalized from Eurasia, 
now ——?7Near Pritchard, Epline and Houck 10174. 
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—— £&- hybridum L. Green Goosefoot. Erect, little branched anntia) 
~ 6Q-100 om. tall, glabrous throughout, or the inflorescence somewhat mealy; 
leaves commonly 8-12 cm. long, ovate in outline, acute at the apex, narrowly 
and lightly cordate at the base, the margin deeply Sinuate, the teeth 
commonly 5 on each side, acutely triangular, curving forward, 5-10 m. tall, 
both surfaces green and glabrous, petiole half the length of the blade; 
qd) flowers in small rather loose Clusters, the clusters in a terminal open 
panicle 50-40 cm. long, the lower branches subtended by leaves, perianth 
Segments 1 mm. long, ovate, scarious margined; the utricle vertically flattened, 
An infrequent weed of waste places; naturalized from Europe. iy 
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