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herbaceous. Seeds all horizontal, rather small, sharply keeled all 

 round, ojmque, roughened with minute points. Stem and leaves 

 shining, nearly destitute of white meal ; calyx clothed with a little 

 white meal. 



In cultivated ground and waste places, on manure heaps, and mider 

 walls. Rather rare, but generally distributed in England. It is said to 

 have occurred in Forfarshire and near Glasgow, but it seems very 

 doubtful if it be indigenous in Scotland. Very local in Ireland, where 

 it has been found about Cork, Dublin, and once near Belfast. 



England, [Scotland?] Ireland. Annual. Late Summer, Autumn. 



Stem 6 inches to 2 feet high, often dividing into several nearly 

 equal branches at the base, which are commonly decumbent below, 

 but whether its main divisions be solitary or several, they are usually 

 branched above. Leaves somewhat fleshy, 1 to 3 inches long, the 

 petiole generally shorter than the lamina, which is unequally inciso- 

 serrate, with the teeth very sharp, and separated by a rounded sinus. 

 Spikes rather short, distichously and cymosely branched, arranged in a 

 panicle, the upper part of which is quite leafless. Calyx segments 

 less strongly keeled on the back than in the two preceding species, 

 and often permitting a portion of the fruit to be visible. Seed about 

 the size of that of C. album, dull black, and with a sharp hori- 

 zontal keel all round. Stem striped with green and red or white; 

 leaves deep green or bright green, with a greasy lustre, fleshy. 



Nettle-leaved Goosefoot. 



French, Anserine des murs. German, Mauer-Gdnsefuss. 



SPECIES VI.— CHENOPODIUM HYBRIDUM. Linn. 



Plate MCXCIH. 



C. angnlosum, Lam. Fl. Fr. Vol. III. p. 249. 



C. stramonii foKum, Cher. Fl. Par. Vol. II. p. 383. 



Stem erect, sparingly branched throughout; branches spreadmg. 

 Leaves ovate or roundish-ovate, subcordate, acuminate, with 2 to 4 

 angles or cuspidate teeth on each side, the sinus between the teeth 

 entu-e and rounded ; upper leaves narrower, and with much smaller 

 teeth; the uj^permost ones very minute, strapshaped. Flowers in 

 rather large glomerules, arranged in lax ascending leafless terminal 

 or lateral branched spikes or cymes; spikes or cymes combined into 

 a large lax pyramidal or blunt-topped terminal panicle, which is 

 leafless, or with only a very few leaves towards the base ; in stunted 

 plants with the panicle narrow and rather dense. Calyx segments 

 rough and bluntly keeled on the back, not nearly covering the fruit, 



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