34 CATALOGUE OF PLANTS. 



Division III. APETALOUS EXOGENS. 



Order 62. ILLECEBRACEJE. Knotwort Family. 

 (Formerly included in CARYOPHYLLACEyE.) 



Anychia, Michx. Forked Chickweed. 



A. capillacea, DC. (A. dichotoma, var. capillacea, Torr.) Dry woods. 

 Geological Sii7'Z'ey of N'. H. 



Scleranthus, L. Knawel. 



S. ANNUUS, L. Waste places ; from Europe. 



Order 63. AMARANTACE-SJ. Amaranth Family. 



AmarantUS, Tourn. Amaranth. 



A. hypochondriacus, L. (Red Amaranth.) Escaped from gardens. 



A. PANICULATUS, L. A weed in gardens. 



A. retroflexus, L. (Hogweed. Pigweed.) Cultivated ground. 



A. chlorostachys, Wind. (A. retroflexus, var. chlorostachys, Gray.) 



Cultivated ground. 



var. HYBRIDUS, Watson. (A. retroflexus, var. hybridus, Gray.) All 

 the above from tropical America. 

 A. albus, L. (Tumble Weed.) A coarse weed. 



[Cultivated species of this Order : — Celosia cristata (Common Cocks- 

 comb), and Gomphrena globosa (Globe Amaranth); both from India.] 



Order 64. CHENOPODIACE-ffi. Goosefoot Family. 



Chenopodiura, Tourn. Pigweed. Goosefoot. 



C. polyspermum, L. Claremont, Dr. Barrows. European. 



C. ALBUM, L. (Lamb's Quarters. Pigweed.) Very common. European. 



C. URBiciJM, L. Claremont, Dr. Barrows. European. 



C. hybridum, L. (Maple-leaved Goosefoot.) Introduced from New York. 



C. GLAUCUM, L. (Oak-leaved Goosefoot.) European. 



C. Bonus-Henricus, L. (Blitum Bonus-Henricus, Reich.) — (Good King 



Henry.) European. 

 C. capitatum, Watson. (Blitum capitatum, L.) — (Strawberry Blite.) 



Around dwellings ; infrequent. 

 C. BOTRYS, L. (Jerusalem Oak.) Claremont, Dr. Barrows ; Hanover, 



etc. ; European. 

 C. AMBROSioiDES, L. (Mexican Tea.) Claremont, Dr. Barrows ; from 



tropical America. 



Roubieva, Moquin. 



R. MULTIFIDA, Moq. (Chenopodium multifidum, L.) Claremont, Dr. 



Barrows. All the above plants of this Order are weeds in the vicinity 



of cultivated grounds or dwellings. 



[Cultivated species of this Order include: — Beta vulgaris (Common 

 Beet), and Spinachia oleracea (Common Spinach), both from Europe.] 



