124 Chenopodiaceae. 



\\\.—CHENOPODIUM. 



Calyx 3- 4- or 5-partite persistent not growing together after flowering, 

 stamens 2 - 5, stigmas 2, flowers perfect small in axillary clusters or spikes. 



Leaves broadly triangular dark green, . . C. Bonus Henricus. 



Leaves more or less ovate greyish green, 486 



486 Leaves all entire, ..... C. polyspermum. 



486 Leaves some toothed, 487 

 487 Leaves ovate mealy beneath, ...... C. album. 



487 Lower leaves triangular green, 488 



488 Axillary spikes single, 489 

 488 Axillary spikes forked, . . . . . . C. murale. 



489 Calyx always 5-cleft, ....... C. urbicum. 



4.89 Calyx of lateral flowers 2— 4 cleft, .... C. rubrum. 



Chenopo'dium mura'le (40). 8 — 9. Nearly glabrous, stem 6 — 18 in., leaves 

 (1184) deltoid-ovate bright green i — 3 in. broad serrate, spikes short densely 

 panicled. [L. C. CI. 



Chenopo'dium ur'bicum (38). 9—10, Green but slightly mealy, stem 

 (1186) \ — 3 ft., leaves triangular i — 3 in. coarsely toothed, flowers numerous 

 in crowded axillary spikes, erect and hardly branched. [L. C. 



Chenopo'dium polysper'mum (48). 8 — 10. Glabrous, leaves ovate | — i^ 

 (i 179) in. entire, flowers in short axillary spikes, stems 6 — 18 in. many 

 usually procumbent. [Tb. F. C. CI. 



CHENOPO'DIUM AL'BUM (109). White Goose-foot. 7—9. Leaves 



(i 181 ) oblong irregularly toothed mealy beneath, upper leaves lanceolate entire, 



spikes leafy simple or branched, clusters distant. Waste places. 



CHENOPO'DIUM RU'BRUM (64). Red Goose-foot. 8—9. Leaves 

 (i 187-8) triangular irregularly toothed glabrous, spikes leafy panicled. Waste 

 places. 



CHENOPO'DIUM BO'NUS HENRI'CUS {97). Good King Henry. 



(1190) 6 — 8. Leaves triangular hastate acute, flowers in terminal leafless 

 compound spikes. Waste places. 



IV.— BETA. 



Be'ta marit'ima (35). Wild Beet. 6—10. Root fleshy, stems many i — 2 



(1191) ft., leaves fleshy, lower leaves broad, cauline leaves small lanceolate, 

 flowers perfect in long loose terminal spikes, ovary sunk in the fleshy 

 base (disk) of the perianth. [L. CI. 



