488 PLANT LIFE OF ALABAMA. 



Chenopodhim berlandieri Moq. Cbenop. Enum. 23. 1840. 



Hkrlandikk's Goosefoot. 



Coulter, f'oniT. Nat. Herb. 2 : 3»)7. 



Carolinian and Lonisianian areas. fcjontlKTn Missouri to Texas and Florida. 



Alabama: Littoral ref^iou. Damp gravelly beach. West Fowl River and outly- 

 ing islands. .Inly. 3 to 1 IV-et high. Annual. 



Typo lofality : " Circa Mexico. Berlaudier 1906." 



Herb. (Jcol. Sur\ . llorb. Mohr. 



Chenopodium murale I.. 8p. Tl. 1 : 219. 1753. Nettle-leaved Gco.sefoot. 



Ell. Sk. l:3l.';t. (Jray, Man. od. t), 432. Chap. Fl. 37G. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 

 2 : 3()7. Wats. Bot. CaJif. 2 : 4li. 



El KiiPK. NuiMii Ai RUA, West Indies, and Brazil. 



AlUgbeniaii to LoHisianian area. Southern New England west to Michigan and 

 Missouri, south to Florida and Texas. 



Alabama : Coast plain. Waste places. Mobile, near the shipping and on ballast. 

 July to Sei)teniber; not rare. Annual. 



Type locality: '• Hab. in Europae luuris aggeribnsque." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Chenopodium vulvaria L. Sp. PI. 1 : 220. 1753. Ill-scented Goosefoot. 



SOl'THERN ElKOriC. 



Alabama: Coast plain. Adventive on ballast. Mobile County. .July, August. 

 Annual. 



Fetid annual weed; observed in 188(5, and each succeeding year. 

 Type locality: " Hab. in Eurojiae cultis oleraceis." 



Chenopodium anthelminticum L. Sp. PI. 1 : 220. 1753. Wormseed. 



Chenopodium ambrosioides var. anOirlviinticum Cray, Man. ed. 5, 408. 1867. 



Ell. Sic. 1:331. Gray, Man. ed. G, 433. Chap. Fl. 377. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 

 2 : 368. 



West India Islands. Mexico to Argentina. 



Over the North American continent. 



Alabama: Over the State, excepting the higher mountain ranges. Koadsides. 

 waste jilaces. .July to September; a common weed. Annual. 



Kcuiiomic uses: The seeds, "American wormseed," Chenopodium United States 

 Pharmacopii-ia, are used medicinally. 



Type locality: "Hab. in Pensylvania, Bonaria." 



Herb. Cieol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Chenopodium ambrosioides L. Sp. PI. 1 : 219. 17.53. Mexican Tea. 



Ell. Sk. 1 : 330. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 433. 



Carolinian and Louisiauian areas. Probably introduced from tropical .Vmerica 

 and naturalized in all warmer parts of the globe. 



Alabama: Coast plain. Mobile County, gardens, waste i)lace8. .Inly, August. 

 Annual. 



Economic uses: The seeds are used like those of the above. 



Type locality: "Hab. in Mexico, Lusitania." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Chenopodium botrys L. Sp. PI. 1 : 219. 1753. Jerusalem Oak. 



Ell. Sk. 1:330. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 433. Chap. Fl. 376. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 

 2 : 368. 



Introduced from southern Europe, all over temperate and warmer North America. 



Alabama: Over the State. Waste ground, near dwellings. Tuscaloosa County. 

 Mobile Cfiuiity, ballast. July, August. Annual. 



Type locality: " Hab. in Europae australis arenosis." 



Herb. Geo). Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Chenopodium rubrum L. Sp. PI. 1 : 218. 1753. Coast Elite. 



Blitum Hia/ i<ini«ni Nutt. Gen. Add. 1818. 



B. rubrum Reich. Fl. Germ. Exsic. 582. 1832. 



Gray, Man. ed. 6, 432. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2 : .367. 



Canadian zone to Louisianian area. Newfoundland, < )ntario ; New England west to 

 British Columbia, California; New Jersey west to Kansas, Indian Territory, Colo- 

 rado, and California. 



