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sinuate; racemes erect, compound, leafy; flowers crowded; fruit very 

 small. 



Waste places. Near Boston. £i^. Aug. (J). — -S^em 2 feet high, often reddish. 

 Racemes very compound, intermixed with small leaves. Introduced from 

 Europe. Red Goosefool. 



4. C. hybridum, Linn. : leaves cordate, ovate, angularly toothed, acumi- 

 nate ; racemes much branched in a somewhat cymose manner, divaricate, 

 leafless. 



Waste places. Mass. to Virg. July, Aug. (1). — Stem 2 — 3 feet high, slen- 

 der, with large and bright-green leaves. Flowers in compound clusters, remote 

 ' from the leaves. Introduced from Europe. Maple-leaved Goosefoot. 



5. C. album Linn. : leaves rhomboid-ovate, erese-dentate, entire at the 

 base ; upper ones oblong-lanceolate, entire ; racemes branched, somewhat 

 leafy ; seed very smooth. 



Waste grounds. Mass, to Virg. July, Aug. (1). — Stem 3 — 5 feet high. 

 Leaves covered with a mealy substance. Racemes somewhat branched, con- 

 glomerate. When the leaves are greener and more entire, it constitutes the 

 C. viride of Linnaeus. Introduced from Europe. Lamh's-quarters. 



6. C. ambrosioides Linn. : leaves lanceolate, remotely toothed ; the upper 

 ones linear-lanceolate, entire ; racemes simple, axillary, leafy. Ambrina 

 ambrosioides Spach. 



Road sides. Mass. to Virg. Aug., Sept. (!)• — Stem 18 inches high, much 

 branched, somewhat pubescent. Leaves on short petioles. Flowers green, in 

 erect spikes. Sweet Pigweed. 



7. C. Botrys Linn. : leaves oblong, pinnatifid-sinuate ; racemes axillary 

 and terminal, paniculate, leafless; flowers distinct, on short pedicels. 

 Ambrina Botrys Spach. 



Waste places. N. S. July — Sept. (1). — Stem I — 2 feet high, branched, 

 somewhat viscid. Flowers in numerous short axillary racemes covering the 

 ends of the branches. The whole plant has a strong smell. Introduced. 



Jerusalem Oak. 



8. C. anthelmtnticum Linn. : leaves oblong-lanceolate, nearly sessile, 

 coarsely toothed ; racemes axillary and terminal, spike-like, simple, elon- 

 gated, leafless. Avibrina anthelmintica Spach. 



Fields. N. S. Aug. %.—Stem 1|— 2 feet high, much branched. Racemes 

 long and slender, axillary and terminal. Worm-seed. 



9. C. glaucum Linn. : leaves oblong, toothed and sinuate on the margin, 

 glaucous and mealy beneath; spikes compound, axillary and terminal, 

 leafless. 



In N. Y. Muhl. (X).—Stem diffuse, thick. Glaucous Goosefoot. 



** Leaves linear, fleshy. 



10. C. mariiimum Linn. : leaves linear, subulate, fleshy, semi-cylindric ; 

 flowers in sessile axillary clusters ; stamens shorter than the petals. Sal- 

 sola salsa Blich. Sueda viaritima Torr. 



Salt meadows. Can. to Fior. Aug., Sept. ®. — Stem 2 — 3 feet high, 

 branched, very leafy. Flowers in small axillary glomerules. According to 

 Macnab, the C. maritimum of American authors is the C. fruticosum of Lin- 

 naeus. Edin. New Phil. Jour. xix. 63. Seaside Goosefoot. 



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