162 THE SPINACH FAMILY. 



HABITATS AND LOCALITIES. 



1. Pekennial GoosE-FOor — [Chenopddium Bonus- Henricus.) 



Banks and waste places, but not very common. Plentiful near 

 Ashton-upon-Mersey Church, and in a farm-yard below Mellor Church. 

 Clayton Vale, Chorlton, Withington. Fl. August. 

 Curtis, i. 162; E. B.xv. 1033. 



2. White Goose-foot — {Chenopddium album.) 

 Abundant on waste and cultivated land, and especially on the 

 borders of potatoe and turnip fields. Fl. August. Annual. 

 Curtis, i. 87 ; E. B. xxiv. 1723. 

 A variety with greener and less serrate leaves, called C. viride by Linnaeus and 

 Curtis (i. 88), is also pretty common. 



3. Red Goose-foot — {Chenopodium rubrum.) 



Botany Bay Wood, below Worsley (J. E.), and frequent in waste 

 places about Bowdon. Fl. August, September. Annual. 

 Curtis, ii. 385 ; E. B. xxiv. 1721. 

 The seeds are not larger than sea-sand. 



4. Shakp-leaved Goose-foot — {^Chenopodium polyspermum, 

 variety /3, acutifolium.) 



" Common as a weed in gardens at Cheetham Hill." (B. G.) FL 

 August, September, Annual. 



Curtis, i. 118; E. B. xxxi. 1481 (as C. acutifolium). 



5. Foetid Goose-foot — {Chenopodium dlidum.) 



As a weed in gardens at Back Levenshulme (1858), and occasionally 

 in cultivated fields. Fl. August. Annual. 



Curtis, ii. 312 ; E. B. xv. 1034. 



6. Common Orache — (Atriplex pdtula.) 



Waste and cultivated ground, a common and disagreeable weed, 

 Fl. July. Annual. 



Curtis, i. 139 (as A. hastata) ; E. B. xiii. 030 ; Baxter, v, 356, 



