GOOSEFOOT FAMILY. 
8. Chenopodium trbicum L. Upright 
or City Goosefoot. (Fig. 1366.) 
Chenopodium urbicum 1. Sp. Pl. 218. 1753. 
Annual, green or but slightly mealy, stem com- 
monly stout, erect, branched or simple, channeled, 
1°-3° tall. Leaves hastate or triangular-ovate, 
acute at the apex, truncate subcordate or abruptly 
narrowed at the base, stout-petioled, coarsely and 
irregularly dentate or the uppermost entire, the 
larger 3/-5’ long; spikes in terminal and axillary 
narrow erect panicles, the upper longer than the 
leaves; calyx %’’ broad, its segments oblong, ob- 
tuse, herbaceous, not keeled and not entirely en- 
closing the fruit; seed horizontal, rather firmly 
attached to the pericarp, its margins rounded; 
embryo a complete ring. 
In waste places, especially in the cities, Nova Sco- 
tia and Ontario to southern New York. Adventive 
from Europe. Much less common than the following 
species. June-Sept. 
1o. Chenopodium hybridum L. Maple-leaved Goosefoot. 
Chenopodium hybridum I,. Sp. Pl. 219. 1753. 
Annual, bright green, not mealy, sometimes 
more or less scurfy; stem slender, erect, usually 
branched, 2°-434° tall. Leaves ovate or rhom- 
bic-ovate, long-acuminate at the apex, truncate 
rounded or subcordate at the base, thin, slen- 
der-petioled, sharply dentate with 1-4 large 
acute teeth on each side, or the upper lanceo- 
late and entire, the lower 4’-7’ long; flowers in 
large axillary and terminal panicles; calyx 
about 1’ broad, its segments oblong, rather ob- 
tuse, herbaceous, slightly keeled, incompletely 
covering the fruit; stamens 5; seed horizontal, 
sharp-edged, firmly attached to the pericarp; 
embryo a complete ring. 
In woods and thickets, sometimes in waste places, 
Quebec to the Northwest Territory and British 
Columbia, south to southeastern New York, Ken- 
tucky, Kansas, Utah and New Mexico. Also in 
Europe. July-Sept. 
summit. 
ized from Europe. 
civilized regions. 
g- Chenopodium murale lL. Nettle- 
leaved Goosefoot. Sowbane. (Fig. 1367.) 
Chenopodium murale I. Sp. Pl. 219. 
Annual, scarcely or not at all mealy, some- 
what scurfy above, stem erect or decumbent, 
usually branched, 1°-2!4° high, leafy to the 
Leaves rhombic-ovate, thin, bright 
green on both sides, acute or acuminate at the 
apex, sharply and coarsely sinuate-dentate, 
broadly cuneate or subtruncate at the base, 
slender-petioled, 2’-4’ long; flowers in loose ax- 
illary panicles shorter than the leaves, often not 
longer then the petioles; calyx-segments not en- 
tirely enclosing the utricle; seed sharp-edged, 
horizontal, firmly attached to the pericarp; em- 
bryo completely annular; stamens 5. 
In waste places, Maine to Michigan and British 
Columbia, south to Florida and Mexico. 
Widely distributed as a weed in 
Natural- 
(Fig. 1368.) 
