CHENOPODIACEiE. 19 



Var. ot, genuinum. 



Clicnopodium urbicum, Mert. & Kocli, Deutschl. Fl. Vol. II. p. 29G. Eeicli. Fl. Germ. 



Excurs. p. 580. 

 C. rnelanospcrmum, Wallr. Sclied. Grit. p. 112. 

 G. chryso-molanospermum, " Balb." (Koch.') 

 G. deltoicleum, Lam. Fl. Fr. Vol. II. p. 249. 

 G. intermedium, var. melanospermum, Schur, Enum. PL Transsylv. p. 572. 



Leaves deltoid or deltoid- triangular, subtruncate at the base, the 

 teeth usually rather short or sometimes absent. Spikes longer than 

 most of the leaves, erect ; the upper part of the panicle quite leafless. 



Var. 3, intermedium. Koch. 



Plate MGXGIX. 



G. intermedium, MeH. & Koch, Deutschl. Fl. Vol. II. p. 297. 

 G. urbicum, Sin. Engl. Bot. No. 717. 



G. rhombifolium, Milhlcnh. ia Willd. Enum, Hort. Berol. Vol. I. p. 288. Eeich. Fl, 

 Germ. Excurs. p. 579. 



Leaves triangular or rhombic-triangular, usually wedgeshaped at 

 the base, sinuate-dentate, with long irregular teeth. Spikes shorter 

 than most of the leaves, ascending-erect ; panicle leafy nearly to the 

 apex. 



On manure heaps and rich cultivated ground and waste places, 

 particularly farmyards. Rare. Var. a I have seen from Somerset- 

 shire, and from near Chobham and Woking, Surrey. Var. 3 is ap- 

 parently more abundant than the other. I have seen it from Horton, 

 near Epsom ; near Yarmouth, Suffolk ; and it is abundant in the Isle of 

 Wight, One or other of the forms is recorded from Devon, Somerset, 

 Sussex, Kent, Essex, Norfolk, Cambridge, Oxford, Shropshire, and 

 Yorkshire. In Scotland it has been noticed only as an accidentally 

 introduced plant. In Ireland it is very rare, and occurs principally 

 near Dublin. 



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



Stem bluntly angular, erect, 6 inches to 3 feet high, stout, usually 

 simple or with several large branches from the base. Leaves con- 

 spicuously stalked, the largest 1 to 3 inches long, exclusive of the 

 petiole (which is scarcely half the length of the lamina, and winged at 

 the apex), with a lateral rib given ofl" at each side of the midrib at a 

 large angle, and running parallel to the entire basal margin on 

 either side ; the lower ones generally with the margins scalloped 

 so as to leave acuminate teeth, which vary considerably in length. 

 Panicle usually commencing below the middle of the stem; spikes 



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