CHENOPODIACKiE. S18 CHE^OPOU^UM. 



long, mostly procumbent, mealy, alternately branched. Leaves .stalked, entire 

 at base, covered with small, grayish scales. The perfect flowers in terminal, 

 sessile clusters, their ovaries about 5. Pistillate flowers axillary, 2 — 3 to- 

 gether. July. Ann. Frosted Sea Oruche. 



6 . B L I T U M . 

 Calyx S-cleft. stamen 1, styles 2; seed ], eontained in the 

 calyx which becoines a beiiy. 



Gr. pXr)rov, insipid; in allusion to the fair, but ill-flavored berries. 

 Annual, herbaceous weeds. Divisions of the cal. ovate, equal. Fil. longer 

 than the cal., erect, setaceous. Ova. ovoid, acuminate. 



1. B. CAPITA'TUM. 



Leaves triangular-hastate, toothed; keniis in a terminal, leafless spike; 

 /rM'< consisting oi'the reddened flowers, appearing like strawberries, full of a 

 purple juice, taste insipid. A weed-like plant about a foot iu hight, branch- 

 ing, growing in fields and sometimes cultivated for borders in the flower 

 garden. Heads of flowers sessile, near together, on the branches and summit 

 of the stem. June. Ann. Straichcrrij Elite. 



2. A. ruscoca'rpa. 



Leaves oval-lanceolate ; capsiiles obtusely angled, rugose. A tall, branchinjj 

 unsightly plant in similar situalinns with the last. Stem 6^8 leet high, 

 angular. Flowers greenish white, in terminal and axillary spikes. Jl. Ann. 



3. B. mari'timum. jVutt. 



Leaves lanceolate, attenuate at each extremity, inrisely dentate ; heads 

 axillary, sessile, spiked ; calyx membranaceous. A coarse unsightly plant, in 

 salt marshes, N. Y. Stem 1 — 2 feet high, very branching. Leaves fleshy, 

 with 2 or more large teeth each side. Flowers very numerous and minute, 

 not becoming red in fruit. Aug. 



7. CHEiNOPO'DIUM. 

 Calyx 5-p3rled, obtiiseiy oangled, free, pariially envelop- 

 ing the fiuii ; stamens 5; sl^ les 2 ; utricle membranaceous; 

 seed lenticular, veitically depressed. 



Gr. X^v, a goose, and ttoi/s, a foot ; the leaves of some of the species rusem- 

 ble the webbed feet of water-fowls. Mostly annual weeds with alternate leaves. 



1. C. ALBUiM. 



Leaves rhomboid-ovate, crowded, entire at base, the upper ones oblong, 

 very entire; ruccmes branched, leafy, smooth. A weed, common in cultivat- 

 ed grounds. Stem ti — :} feel high, furrowed, smooth, branching, leaves more 

 or less mealy as also the wh^le plant. Flowers numerous, small, green, in 

 irregular, terminal, erect racemes, July — Sept. IVh/te Goose-fi,ot. 



2. C. RUBRUM. 



Leaves rhomboid-triangnlar, deeply toothed and sinuate ; racnnes erect, 

 comjiound, leafy. A weed in waste grounds, rubbish, &c. Stem reddish, 

 H — 2 feet high, with short branches, very compoimd, and with compact 

 Clusters of small, reddish green flowers. Leaves dark green, the upper onea 

 small and intermi.xed wilh the flowers. July. Bed Guosc-foot. 



3. C. hy'bridum. 



Leaves cordate, angular-toothed, acuminate; racemes branched, subcyrnose, 

 divaricate, leafless. A weed in waste places, &c., rather taller than the 



