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5. A. retroflexus Linn. : branches pubescent ; leaves ovate, undulate; 

 racemes erect, much compounded ; flowers pentandrous. 



HAB. Among rubbish, &c. Penn..to Virg. Aug. . Pursh. 



6, A. pumilus Nutt. : stem diffuse, smooth ; leaves ovate, obtuse, 

 smooth and fleshy, often retuse ; flowers pentandrous, in axillary clus- 

 ters. 



HAB. Sandy beach. N. Y. Aug. &.Stem a foot high, some- 

 what decumbent. Flowers green. 



ORDER XCVI1I. CHENOPODELE. De Cand. Lind. 



Perianth deeply divided, sometimes tubular at the base, 

 persistent. Stamens inserted into the base of the caljx, op- 

 posite its segments and equal to them in number or fewer. 

 Ovary single, superior, or occasionally adhering to the tube 

 of the calyx. Style 4-divided, rarely simple; stigmas 

 simple. Fruit membranous, not valvular, sometimes berried. 

 Seed erect; embryo curved round farinaceous albumen, or 

 spiral, or doubled together without albumen 5 radicle next the 

 hilum ; plwnula inconspicuous. 



Herbs or under shrubs. Leaves alternate, without stipules, 

 occasionally opposite. Flowers small, sometimes polyga^ 

 mous. 



1, CHENOPODIUM. Linn. 



Flowers perfect. Perianth 5-cleft, closing upon but not 

 wholly enveloping the fruit. Stamens 5. Styles 2. 



Pentandria. Digynia. 



* Leaves ovate or rhomboid, often toothed or lobed. 



1. C. bonus henricus Linn. : leaves triangular, sagittate, very entire; 

 spikes compound, peduncled, crowded, terminal and axillary, erect, 

 leafless. 



HAB. N. Y. Mufil. June. 2.Stcm a foot high, striate. 

 Leaves large, dark green. Flowers green. Good King Henry. 



2. C. rhombifolium Muhl. : leaves triangular-rhombic, acute, repand- 

 ly toothed ; upper ones lanceolate, toothed, cuneate at base ; racemes 

 axillary, erect, leafless. 



HAB. Penn. Muhl. June. 0. Flowers in short simple racemes. 



3. C. rubrum Linn. : leaves rhomboid-triangular, deeply toothed and 

 sinuate ; racemes erect, compound, leafy. 



HAB. Waste places. N. S. Aug. .-~Stem 2 feet high, red- 

 dish. Racemes very compound^ intermixed with small leave** 

 Introduced. 



