FLOWERS OF WASTE PLACES, ETC. 



vated fields ihrounlKnit the coiinlry, cxliihilinij;- numerous forms and 

 inlermediates which are an interestintj l>ul tlifficult puzzle to the 



bet^inner. 



The stems are erect, 

 from a woody base, much 

 branched, witli spreading" 

 branches, whichare smooth 

 or with rounded hairs, 

 veined, and anqular. The 

 leaves are llat, egg- 

 shaped, or rhomboitlal or 

 triangular at the base, 

 with i'cw, blunt teeth, the 

 upper ones entire, narrow ; 

 and the name Goosefoot 

 refers generally (as a 

 translation of the first 

 Greek name) to the shape 

 (if the leaves, the second 

 name referring to the 

 general mealy, wliitish 

 colour of some forms of 

 it. There are alternate 

 bands of colour. At night 

 the young leaves become 

 erect. 



The flowers are green- 

 ish -\ellow, in compound 

 branched racemes, with 

 or without leaves, 5- 

 merous, apetalous, with- 

 out a corolla. The fruits 

 are smooth, nearly kidney- 

 shaped, larger than the 

 caly.x, and enclosed by 

 the segments. 

 This plant is 2-4 ft. high. The llowers are in bloom between 

 July and September. It is an annual and propagated by seeds. The 

 stigma ripens first, and there is honey. The flowers are anemo- 

 philous, pollen being transferred by the wind, the plant growing in 

 colonies making this effective. It is also visited by pollen -eating 



Photo. B. Ilanley 



.\l.L-GOOD (Clienopociium album, L.) 



