296 DICOTYLEDONOUS PLANTS. 



4. C. hybridum Linn. : leaves cordate, angularly toothed, acuminate; 

 racemes much branched in a somewhat cymose manner, divaricate, 

 leafless. 



HAB. Waste places. N. S. July, Aug. .Slem 23 'feet 

 high, slender, with large and bright green leaves, flowers iu 

 compound clusters, remote from the leaves. Introduced. 



5. C. album Linn. : leaves ovate, inclining to rhomboid, jagged, en- 

 tire at the base ; upper ones perfectly entire ; racemes branched, some- 

 what leafy ; seed very smooth. 



b. viride Pursh : leaves greener and more entire ; racemes more 

 branched, a little leafy. C. viride Linn. 



HAB. Waste grounds. N. S. July, Aug. .Stcm 2 feet high. 

 Leaves covered with a mealy substance. Racemes somewhat 

 branched, conglomerate. Lamb's-yuarters. 



6. C. ambrosioides Linn. : leaves lanceolate, remotely toothed ; ra- 

 cemes simple, axillary, leafy. 



HAB. Road sides. N. S. Aug., Sept. .Stem 18 inches 

 high, much branched, somewhat pubescent. Leaves on short 

 petioles. Flowers green, in erect spikes. Sweet Pigweed. 



7. C. botrys Linn. : leaves oblong, pinnaliful-sinuate ; racemes naked, 

 many-cleft, very large ; flowers distinct, on short pedicels. 



HAB. Waste places. N. S. July Sept. . Stem short, branch- 

 ing, somewhat viscid. Flowers in numerous short axillary ra- 

 cemes covering the ends of the branches. Whole plant has a 

 strong smell. Jerusalem Oak. 



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

 coarsely toothed ; spikes long, interrupted, leafless, axillary and termi- 

 nal ; style 3-cleft. 



HAB. Fields. N. S. Aug. 1C. Stem 1 1-2-2 feet high, much 

 branched. Racemes long and slender, axillary and terminal. 



. Worm-seed. 



9. C. glaucum Linn. : leaves oblong, rcpand, smooth, glaucous be- 

 neath ; spikes simple, naked, glomerate, terminal and axillary,. 



HAB. In N. Y. Muhl. .Stem diffuse, thick. Racemes short, 

 leafless. 



** Leaves linear, fleshy. 



10. C. maritimum Linn. : leaves linear, subulate, fleshy, semi-cylin- 

 drical ; flowers in sessile axillary clusters ; stamens shorter than the 

 petals. Salsola salsa Mich. Pursh. S. linearis EU. 



HAB. Salt meadows. Can. to Car. Aug., Sept. 0. Stem 

 1 1-2 2 feet high, branched, very leafy. Flowers in small axil- 

 lary glomerules. 



2. ATRIPLEX. Linn. 

 Flowers polygamous. Perianth single, 5-parted. Sta- 



