574 CHENOPODIACEAE. 
11. Chenopodium rubrum LL. Red 
Goosefoot. (Fig. 1369.) 
Chenopodium rubrum 1,. Sp. Pl. 218. 1753. 
Blitum rubrum Reichb. Fl. Germ. Exc. 582. 1830-32. 
Annual, glabrous, somewhat fleshy, not mealy, 
stem erect, leafy, 1°-2%° tall, often much 
branched, the branches strict or ascending. Leaves 
thick, 1%/’-4’ long, rhombic-ovate or rhombic-lan- 
ceolate, petioled, acute acuminate or obtuse at the 
apex, narrowed at the base, coarsely sinuate-den- 
tate or the upper entire; flowers in erect compound 
leafy-bracted axillary and terminal spikes often 
exceeding the leaves; calyx 3-5-parted, its seg- 
mentsslightly fleshy, red, not keeled, obtuse, about 
as long as the utricle; stamens I or 2; stigmas short; 
seed horizontal, shining, rather sharp-edged, sepa- 
rating from the pericarp; embryo annular. 
On the seacoast, Newfoundland to New Jersey, and 
in saline soil in the interior across the continent, south 
tocentral New York, Nebraska and British Columbia. 
Also in Europe and Asia. July—Sept. 
12. Chenopodium Bonus-Henricus I. Good King Henry. Perennial 
Goosefoot. (Fig. 1370.) 
Chenopodium Bonus-Henricus 1. Sp. Pl. 218. 1753. 
Blitum Bonus-Henricus Reichb. Fl. Germ, Exc. 582. 
1830-32. 
Perennial by a thick rootstock, glabrous, dark 
green, not mealy;stem erect, usually stout, simple or 
little branched, channeled, 1°-2%4° tall. Leaves 
broadly triangular-hastate, palmately veined, entire 
or undulate (rarely with 1 or 2 small teeth), the 
apex and basal lobes usually acute, the lower long- 
petioled (petiole often twice as long as the blade), 
the upper much smaller and short-petioled; flowers 
in terminal and axillary, simple or panicled, com- 
monly dense spikes sometimes 3/-4’ long; calyx 4- 
5-parted, the segments not longer than the fruit; 
stigmas elongated; seed vertical, or that of termi- 
nal flowers horizontal, black, shining, blunt-edged; 
embryo a complete ring. 
In waste places, Nova Scotia and Ontario to Massa- 
chusetts and southern New York. Naturalized from 
Europe. June-Sept. 
13. Chenopodium Botrys L. Feather 
Geranium. Jerusalem Oak. (Fig. 1371.) 
Chenopodium Botrys \,. Sp. Pl. 219. 1753. 
Annual, green, glandular-pubescent and viscid, 
strong-scented; stem slender, erect, simple or 
branched, 8’—2° tall. Leaves ovate or oblong, 
deeply and usually irregularly pinnately lobed, 
acute or obtuse at the apex, petioled, 14’-2’ long, 
or the uppermost much smaller, the lobes mostly 
obtuse and dentate; flowers very small, in numer- 
ous loose axillary cymose panicles mostly longer 
than the leaves; calyx 3-5-parted, the segments 
lanceolate, acute, thin, very pubescent, rather 
longer then the utricle; seed horizontal or vertical, 
firmly attached to the pericarp; embryo an incom- 
plete ring. 
In waste places, Nova Scotia to Minnesota and Ore- 
gon, southeastern New York, Kentucky and Mexico. 
Naturalized from Europe. Native also of Asia. The 
leaves fall in autumn, leaving the panicles as narrow 
naked wands, Also called Turnpike Geranium. July- 
Sept. 
