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fruit; stamens 5; styles Q: utricle membranaceous ; seed lenticular, 
vertically depressed.— Mostly @ weeds with alternate leaves. Fils. 
glomerate, paniculate. 
1. C. arsum (and C. viride. Linn.) White Goose-foot. Hogweed. 
Iws. rhomboid-ovate, crowded, entire at base, the upper ones oblong, very 
entire; vac. branched, leafy, smooth—@ A weed, common in cultivated 
grounds, Can. and N. States. Stem 2—3f high, furrowed; smooth, branching; 
leaves more or less mealy as also the whole plant. Flowers numerous, small, 
green; in irregular, terminal, erect racemes. July—Sept. 
2. C. rusruM. Red Goose-foot. 
Lws. rhomboid-triangular, deeply toothed and sinuate; rac. erect, com- 
pound, leafy—@ A weed in waste grounds, rubbish, &c., N. Eng. and Brit. 
Am: Stem reddish, 14—2f high, with short branches, very compound, and with 
compact clusters of small, reddish-green flowers. Leaves dark green, the upper 
ones small, and intermixed with the flowers. July. 
» 3. C. HypripumM. Tall Goose-foot. 
Las. cordate, angular-toothed, acuminate; rac. branched, subcymose, divari- 
cate, leafless—A. weed in waste places, &c., N. Eng.! to Ky.! rather taller than 
the foregoing. Stem slender, 2—3f high, bearing a loose, branching cluster of 
unsightly and ill-scented flowers, remote from the leaves. Leaves bright green, 
with large, remote teeth and a tapering point. July. § : 
4, C. nHomBIFOLIUM. Muhl. 
Iws. rhombic-triangular, acute, sinuate-dentate, wpper ones lariceolate, 
cuneate at base; rac. axillary, erect, mostly leafless; bracts minute, inflexed.— 
Penn. and Ohio. Plant yellowish-green, 2—3f high. Stem branching, angular 
with stripes of a deeper green. Leaves 2—3/ by 1—14’, widest near the base, 
with a few acute dentures, petioles nearly half as long. Flowering branches 
shorter than the leaves, axillary, nearly leafless, with several roundish, dense 
clusters of green flowers. 
5. C. AMBROSIOIDES. Ambrosia Goose-foot. . 
Lvs. lanceolate, remotely dentate; rac. simple, axillary, leafy —Fields and 
roadsides, N. Eng. to Ill. Plant rather fragrant. Stem 1—2f high, much 
branched, angular, slightly pubescent. Leaves acute at each end Che upper 
ones nearly linear), about 4 times as long as wide, the petioles 0—} long. 
Flowers green, in sessile clusters on short, erect, slender, leafy branches. Sta- 
mens exsert. Aug. Sept. 
6. C. Botrys. Oak-of-Jerusalem. 
Iws. oblong, sinuate ; rac: much divided.—Sandy fields, &c., N. Eng: to 
fil. ‘This plant is sometimes cultivated both on account of its fragrance, and 
the remarkable appearance of its compound clusters of innumerable flowers: 
Plant 1—3f high, viscid-pubescent. Leaves petiolate, the sinuses deep, giving 
them some resemblance to oak leaves. The branches put forth numerous leaves 
and short, axillary clusters on every side, forming long, leafy, cylindric, green, 
compound racemes, of which the central one is much the tallest. June. + 
7 ©. ANTHELMINTicUM. Worm-seed. 
Ins. oblong-lanceolate, toothed ; spize simple, slender, interrupted, leafless. 
—Maine! to Ill. A strong-scented species, said to be a good vermifuge, as 
both its specific and common name would imply. Stem 14—2f high, its branches 
ending in long spikes of green, inconspicuous flowers. Aug. 
8. C. cuaucum. Sea-green Goose-foot. 
Lvs. oblong. and ovate-oblong, repand-sinuate on the margin, glaucous be- 
neath ; spikes simple, leafless, glomerate, axillary and terminal.—N. Y. Mul. 
9. C. MARITIMUM. Vas 
Lvs. linear, subulate, fleshy, semi-cylindrical; fs. in sessile, axillary clus- 
ters; sta. shorter than the sepals.—A fleshy plant growing in salt meadows, 
Can. to Flor. Stem 14—2f high, branching. Leaves numerous, very acute, 
4—1/ long. Flowers in axillary glomerules, green. Utricle thin and semi- 
transparent, containing a black and shining seed. Aug. Sept. 
