— 122 — 



teiise coccinea. Perianthia succulenta, interdum in raniis ejusdem plantae exsucca. Semen 

 acute marginatum, atrofuscum, subopacum, 1*5 — 1'7 mm latum. 



Incola est Europae australis et Orientis, in hortis saepe colitur et ex iis auffugit. 

 Floret mens. Julio — Sept. 



Tab. 254. Blittim capitatum L. 1. Pars plantae fuctiferae. 2 — 3. Flores hermaphroditici. 

 4. Flos 5. 5. Germen ejusdem sectum. 6. Glomerulus junior. 7. Fructus maturi. 8. Semen 

 longitudinaliter sectum. (2 — 8 +). 



5. Sectio: Pseudoblitum 



Blitum sect. Orthosporum C. A. Mey. in Ledeb., Fl. alt., I, 13 non R. Br. — Clienopodium 

 sect. Pseiidoblitum Benth. Hook., Gen. pl., III, 52 (sensu strict.); sect. Blitastrum Nym., Consp. 

 fi. Europ., 628 (nom. solum). • — Orthosporum sect. Orthosporum Peterm., Fl. Lips., 202 (1838). 

 — Syoctomm Bernh.in allg. thiir. Gartenzeit. (1847), nr. 1—2 ex Bot. Zeit. (1847), 286—287 

 p. p. — Plantae glabrae. Flores hermaphroditici et feminei. Periantliii segmenta 2 — 6, 

 in fructus tempore exsucca vel rarius succulenta. Stamina 2 — 5. Stigmata 2. Semina 

 normahter in fructu compresso perianthio 2— 5-partito cincto erecta, rarius (1 ad 400—500 

 erecta) in floribus perianthio 4 — 5-partito praeditis horizontalia. 



6. Blitum rubrum Reichenb., FI. Germ. exc, 582 (1882) ampl.; Koch, Syn. fl. Germ., 

 608 (1837); ed. 11, 698; Moqu. in DC, Prodr., XIII 2, 88. — Chenopodium rubrum L., Spec. 

 plant., 218 (1753); Mert. Koch, Fl. Deutschl., H, 298; Neilr., Fl. Wien, 188-; FI. Nied. Ost., 

 277; Gren. Godr., FI. franc, III, 22; Wohlf, Syn. fl. Deutschl., III, 2210; A^olkens in Nat. 

 Pflanzenfam., III 1 a, Fig. 27 F— H.; Asch. Graebn., FI. uordostd. Flachl., 281. — Atriplex 

 rubra Crantz, Inst., I, 206 (1766). — Chenopodium astracanicum Ledeb., Cat. hort. Dorp. 

 (1819) fide C. A. Mey. — Blitum pohjmorphum C. A. Mey. in Ledeb., FI. Alt., I, 13 (1829); 

 Beck, Fl. Nied. Ost., 333. — Ortliosporum rubrum Kostel., Med. pharm. Bot., IV, 1434 (1885) 

 = Patze Mey. Elk., FI. Preuss., 160 (1850). — Agathophytiim rubrum Kittel, Tasch. Fl. 

 Deutschl., 107 (1837); Reichenb., Fl. Sax., 321 (1842). — Orthosporum ruhrum Opiz, 

 Seznam, 70 (1852). — Annuum. Caulis angulatus et striatus, saepe rubrotinctus , simplex 

 V. ramosus, erectus vel procumbens, - — 90 cm altus. Folia petiolata, rhomboideo-deltoidea 

 vel ovato-rhombea, in basi trinervia cuneata, acuta vel acutiuscula rarius subobtusa, sinuata 

 vel ± sinuato-dentata, rarius profunde dentata vel integra, in basi saepe subhastata, crassius- 

 cula, nitida, laevia, viricUa saepe rubrotincta; superiora oblonga vel lineari - lanceolata, 

 saepius integra. Glomeruli spicati, rarius cymosi. Spicae simplices vel ramosae, erectae, saepius 

 infra foliatae, axiUares et terminales. Perianthii phylla ecarinata, rotundata, in fructu her- 

 bacea vel succulenta saepius purpurascentia vel sanguinea, fructum cingentia. Semen in 

 margine obtusum, nigro-fuscum, 1 mm latum. 



Variat: 



a) vulgare Moqu. in DC, Prodr., XIII 2, 88. — Chenopodium rubrum L., 1. c; Fl. Dan., 

 t. 1149; V. strictum Boeningsh. in Beckh., Fl. Westf., 756 (1893). — Blitum polymorphum 

 V. rubrum Beck, FI. Nied. Ost., 833 (1890). ^ Caulis erectus, simplex vel ramosus, ramis 

 ascendentibus vel decumbentibus {Ch. rubrum L.). FoUa inferiora e basi cuneata ovata, 

 obtusiuscula, media e basi cuneata subhastato-deltoidea, acuta vel acutiuscula, superiora 



