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Var. i3, viride. 



Plate MCLXXXIX. 



C. viride, Linn. Herb. (!). Beicl. Fl. Germ. Excurs, p. 579. 



C. album, var. vii-ido. Moq.-Tand. in D.C. Prod. Vol. XIII. Part II. p. 71. 



Stem paniculately branched ; branches ascending. Leaves sub- 

 rhomboidal-ovate ; the lower ones entire or faintly serrate ; the upper 

 ones narrower, entire ; all of them green on both sides, or sometimes 

 sparingly sprinkled with meal beneath. Glomerules collected into 

 clono-ated lax axillary and terminal slightly drooping usually compound 

 cymose lax and interrupted spikes, the axillary ones longer than the 

 leaves from which they spring ; spikes or cymes combined into a lax 

 subcorymbose panicle. Calyx very sparingly sprinkled with white 

 meal. Seeds rather smaller than in var. a. 



Var. 7, paganum. 

 Plate MCXC. 



C. paganum, Ecich. Fl. Germ. Excurs, p. 579. 



C. album, var. vmdescens, Moq.-Tand. in B.C. Prod. Vol. XIII. Part II. p. 71. 



Stem paniculately branched ; branches ascending. Leaves sub- 

 rhomboidal-ovate ; the lower ones irregularly sinuate serrate ; upper 

 ones narrower, often entire ; all of them green on both sides, or some- 

 times sparingly sprinkled with meal beneath. Glomerules collected 

 into elonn-ated lax axillary and terminal erect usually compound lax 

 and interrupted spikes, the axillary ones longer than the leaves from 

 which they spring ; spikes combined into a lax pyramidal panicle. 

 Calyx very sparingly sprinkled with white meal. Seeds rather smaller 



than in var. a. 



In cultivated ground, waste places, and by roadsides. Common, and 

 generally distributed. Var. a less common than var. 3 ; var. y most 

 abundant. 



En"-land, Scotland, Ireland. Annual. Late Summer, Autumn. 



Var. a with the stem 6 inches to 3 feet high, often unbranched or 

 branched merely towards the base ; more rarely much branched. 

 Leaves conspicuously stalked, the largest ones f to 2 mches long, 

 irrc<Tularly toothed, especially towards the base, or sometimes with 

 one or two large teeth near the base, in which case they bear some 

 resemblance to those of Atriplex. Glomerules contiguous or nearly 

 so, the spikes scarcely above -^- or f inch long. Seeds rather larger 

 than those of C. Vulvaria, similar in shape, shining, appearing 

 minutely punctured when examined under a high magnifying power. 

 Plant pale green, the under side of the leaves and calyces almost white 



