CJienojpodium 



CIIENOPODIACE.E 



123 



CHENOPODIUM L. 



Herbs, with angled stem. Leaves entire, lobed or toothed. 

 Flowers minute, hermaphrodite or polygamous, in axillary 

 clusters in simple or branched sj^ikes. Perianth-segments 

 generally 5. Stamens ecjual in number to the perianth-segments. 

 Ovary free ; stigmas 2-3. Utricle membranous, included in the 

 perianth. Seed horizontal or vertical, testa crustaceous, endo- 

 sperm floury ; embryo more or less completely annular. 



Species about 60, mostly in temperate regions. 



Leaves deltoid-ovate 1. C.miirale. 



Leaves lanceolate-obloD" 2. C. ambrosioides. 



Fig. 35. Chenopodium ambrosioides L. 



A, Leaf and inflorescence. 



B, Portion of iuttoresceuce. 

 0, Male flower. 



D, Female flower. 



E, Hermaphrodite flower, perianth re- 

 moved. 



G, Seed cut lengthwise ; c, cotyledons ; 

 e, endosperm. 



1. C. murale L. Sp. PI. 219 (1753); leaves long-stalked, 

 deltoid-ovate, unequally and acutely toothed, not glandular ; 

 flowers hermaphrodite. 3Ioq. in DC. Prodr. xiii. pt. 2, 69 ; 

 Griseh. Fl. Br. W. Lid. 60; Urh. Symh. Aut. iv. 216. Blitum 

 pes anserinus &c. Sloane Cut. 49 &, Hist. i. 144. 



Spanish Town, S/oa?i<? Herb. ii. Ill ! McNab ! Piirdic ! March ! Pasmore 

 Town, Cavipbcll ! Fl. Jam. 6503. Bahamas, Cuba, Hispauiola, Porto 

 Ilico, St. Thomas, St. Cruz, St. Martin, Antigua, Guadeloupe, S. America. 

 Introduced from the Old World. 



Plant 1-2 ft. high. Leaves 5-8 cm. 1., 4-4-5 cm. br. ; petioles to 

 4 cm. 1. Perianth glandular; segments 1"3 mm. 1., each with prominent 



