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leaves, and flowers in short, densely panicled spikes with spreading 

 branches. — Waste ground, near houses ; uncommon. — Fl. August, 

 September. Annual. 



7. C. hybridum (Maple-leaved Goose-foot). — A large, stout, 

 branched, nearly glabrous species with a heavy odour ; leaves 

 large, cordate, acuminate, with 2 — 4 large, broad teeth on each 



side ; -flowers in leafless, 

 axillary, corymbose 



clusters. — Waste places, 

 chiefly in southern Eng- 

 land; rare. — Fl. August, 

 September. Annual. 



8. C. urbicum (Up- 

 right Goose - foot). — 

 Another large, stout, 

 but little branched, 

 slightly mealy species, 

 with triangular, cuneate, 

 toothed leaves, and 

 flowers in small, distant, 

 crowded clusters on an 

 erect spike. — Waste 

 places in the south ; un- 

 common. — Fl. August 

 — October. Annual. 



"^"^^ Leaves mostly toothed: 

 terminal flower only 

 in each cluster y 

 merous. 



9. C. rubrum (Red 

 Goose-foot). — A^ tall, 

 erect, leafy, smooth and 

 shining species, with 

 triangular, irregularly 

 toothed leaves, and 



flowers in short spikes in leafy panicles. — Waste places and salt 

 marshes ; frequent.— Fl. August, September. Annual. 



10. C botryodes (Many-spiked Goose-foot).— A small, succulent, 

 brittle plant, 4 — 5 in. high, with triangular, scarcely toothed, 

 fleshy leaves, and flowers in dense panicles, leafy below. — Moist, 

 sandy sea-shores in the south-east ; rare. — Fl. August, September. 

 Annual. 



11. C. glaucum. (Oak-leaved Goose-foot). — A much-branched, 



CHEnop6dium bonus-henricus (Good King Henry). 



