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sinuate; racemes erect, compound, leafy; flowers crowded; fruit very 

 small. 



Waste places. Near Boston. Big. Aug. (X). Stem 2 feet high, often reddish. 

 Racemes very compound, intermixed with small leaves. Introduced from 

 Europe. Red Goosefoot. 



4. C. hybridum Linn. : leaves cordate, ovate, angularly toothed, acumi- 

 nate ; racemes much branched in a somewhat cymose manner, divaricate, 

 leafless. 



Waste places. Mass, to Virg. July, Aug. . Stem 2 3 feet high, slen- 

 der, with large and bright-green leaves. Flowers in compound clusters, remote 

 from the leaves. Introduced from Europe. Maple-leaved Goosefoot. 



5. C. album Linn. : leaves rhomboid-ovate, erose-dentate, entire at the 

 base ; upper ones oblong-lanceolate, entire ; racemes branched, somewhat 

 leafy ; seed very smooth. 



Waste grounds. Mass, to Virg. July, Aug. (I). Stem 3 5 feet high. 

 Leaves covered with a mealy substance. Racemes somewhat branched, con- 

 glomerate. When the leaves are greener and more entire, it constitutes the 

 C. viride of Linnseus. Introduced from Europe. LamUs-quarters. 



6. C. ambrosioides Linn. : leaves lanceolate, remotely toothed ; the upper 

 ones linear-lanceolate, entire ; racemes simple, axillary, leafy. Ambrina 

 ambrosioides Spach. 



Road sides. Mass, to Virg. Aug., Sept. . Stem 18 inches high, much 

 branched, somewhat pubescent. Leaves on short petioles. Flowers green, in 

 erect spikes. Sweet Pigweed. 



7. C. Dotrys Linn. : leaves oblong, pinnatifid-sinuate ; racemes axillary 

 and terminal, paniculate, leafless ; flowers distinct, on short pedicels. 

 Ambrina Botrys Spach. 



Waste places. N. S. July Sept. (Q.Stem 12 feet high, branched, 

 somewhat viscid. Flowers in numerous short axillary racemes covering the 

 ends of the branches. The whole plant has a strong smell. Introduced. 



Jerusalem Oak. 



8. C. anthelminticum Linn. : leaves oblong-lanceolate, nearly sessile, 

 coarsely toothed ; racemes axillary and terminal, spike-like, simple, elon- 

 gated, leafless. Ambrina anthelmintica Spach. 



Fields. N. S. Aug. %.Stem 1 2 feet high, much branched. Racemes 

 long and slender, axillary and terminal. Worm-seed. 



9. C. glaucum Linn. : leaves oblong, toothed and sinuate on the margin, 

 glaucous and mealy beneath ; spikes compound, axillary and terminal, 

 leafless. 



In N. Y. Muhl. (T).Stem diffuse, thick. Glaucous Goosefool. 



** Leaves linear, fleshy. 



10. C. marilimum Linn. : leaves linear, subulate, fleshy, semi-cylindric ; 

 flowers in sessile axillary clusters ; stamens shorter than the petals. Sal- 

 sola salsa Mich. Siteda maritima Tort. 



Salt meadows. Can. to Flor. Aug., Sept. .Stem 23 feet high, 

 branched, very leafy. Flowers in small axillary glomerules. According to 

 Macnab, the C. maritimum of American authors is the C. fruticosum of Lin- 

 naeus. Edin. New Phil. Jour. xix. 63. Seaside Goosefoot. 



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