PENTANDRIA— DIGYNIA. Chenopodium. 9 



2. H. hirsuta. Hairy Rupture-wort. 



Herbaceous. Leaves and calyx hairy. 



H. hirsuta. Linn. Sp. PI. 317. fVilld. v. 1. 1297. Fl. Br. 272. 

 Engl. Bot. V. 20. t. 1379. Dill, in Raii Syn. 161. Bauh. Hist. 

 v.3.379.f. 



H. n. 1553. Hall. Hist. v. 2. 256. 



Hoary Rupture-wort. Pet. H. Brit. t. 10./. 10. 



In sandy ground, rare. 



At Colney-hatch, near Barnet. Hudson. Preserved in Buddie's 

 herbarium. Dillenius. In Cornvi^all. Mr. Stackhouse. 



Perennial. July, August. 



Differs from the last in having the leaves fringed with strong pro- 

 minent hairSj as well as rough beneath, more or less, with simi- 

 lar, but shorter, hairs. The calyx also is hairy, and the stem al- 

 ways rough. Haller says Xhe Jiowers are fewer in each cluster, 

 and much larger in proportion to the leaf ; the bracteas very 

 white. Possibly he might comprehend, under his n. 1553j H.al- 

 pinaoi Villars and Willdenow, though the Swiss plant, from Mr. 

 Davall, is really H. hirsuta. The late Mr. Stackhouse, who stu- 

 died our two HerniaricE in Cornwall, was persuaded of their not 

 being specifically distinct. 



129. CHENOPODIUM. Goosefoot. 



Linn.Gen.\2\. Juss.85. Fl.Br.272. Br. Pr. 406. Tourn.t.2SS. 

 Lam. t. 181. Gcertn. t. 75. 



Nat. Ord. Holeracece. Linn. 12. Atriplices, Juss. 29. Che- 

 nopodecc. DeCand. 100. Br. Pr. 405. Two following 

 genera the same. 



Cal. inferior, of 1 leaf, concave, in 5 deep, ovate, concave, 

 permanent segments, membranous at the edges. Cor. 

 none. Filam. awl-shaped, opposite to the segments, and 

 about as long. Anth. of 2 round lobes. Germen orbicu- 

 lar, depressed. Styles short. Stigmas obtuse. Seed soli- 

 tary, lenticular, crustaceous, enveloped in a very thin, 

 membranous, close pellicle^ and covered by the perma- 

 nent, 5-angled calyx. 



Herbaceous, mostly annual. Pubescence mealy, friable, and 

 unctuous. • Leaves alternate, generally lobed. Stipidas 

 none. Fl. niimerous, small, green, clustered or panicled. 

 Seed mostly blackish. 



* Leaves cmgular. 

 1. Ch. Bonus Henricus. Mercury Goosefoot. 

 Leaves triangular-arrow-shaped, entire. Spikes terminal, 

 compound, leafless. 



