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ovate : in some plants the large leaves of the stem are nearly triangu- 

 lar, slightly attenuated at the base, resembling those of intermedium, 

 and in others they are almost tlu'ee-lobed. Stems angular, generally 

 erect, occasionally procumbent and with leaves not fully developed, 

 when the plant somewhat resembles C. botryodes. Spikes compound 

 very leafy, and the clusters much crowded. Seeds one fourth the size 

 of those of C. intermedium, rather rough and flattened. Calyx in 

 three deep segments, edges membranaceous. 

 Smell scarcely unpleasant. 



C. botryodes. Leaves triangular, inclined to hastate, shortly atten- 

 uate at the base, slightly toothed, the teeth acute, lower leaves very 

 blunt, almost rounded and etith-e ; small upper leaves, and those of 

 the spikes sometimes rhomboid : in luxuriant specimens, a few leaves 

 are sometimes deeply and acutely toothed, hastate and pointed : in 

 their general form they resemble those of C. Bonus-Henricus, with 

 the addition of the teeth, but in texture they are like those of C. ru- 

 brum and C. intermedium ; in the figure in Smith's 'English Botany,' 

 they are made too pointed and lengthened, the figure is otherwise cha- 

 racteristic : tinged with crimson, especially beneath. Stems weak, 

 procumbent, of a deep crimson colour. Spikes rather leafy, resem- 

 bling those of C. intermedium, the clusters even less crowded. Seeds 

 as small as those of C. rubrum, in a loose skin, vertical. Calyx 

 closed over the fruit so as to appear entire, and bursting in three short 

 segments. 



When fresh-gathered, the smell is like that of the pods of green peas. 



I omitted to examine the flowers when in season. On the end of 

 the spike of this species there is generally a central 5-cleft calyx. 



I have always found C. intermedium constant to the above charac- 

 ters ; and by its very rank smell, larger seeds, and the uniformity of 

 its leaves, it may be readily known from C. rubrum. 



C. botryodes, in general appearance and habit, is more distinct 

 from C. rubrum than the above. It is by no means a variable plant, 

 its lower leaves are always the same in form and texture. During the 

 last two years I have observed the growth of some hundreds of plants; 

 and I have now before me a score of good ones, besides dried speci- 

 mens ; and yet I have not, that I recollect, met with one about the 

 identity of which I have had the least doubt. It often grows side by 

 side with C. rubrum, although they do not usually inhabit the same 

 soil, and in this juxta-position each maintains its distinctiveness. The 



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