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COMMON WEEDS 



annual i to 3 feet or more high (Fig. 34). The 

 leaves vary from i to 3 inches in length, and are 

 somewhat pointed, toothed, and narrow, with long 

 slender stalks. The very small greenish flowers appear 

 between July and September, and are borne in spiked 



FlG. 34. Goosefoot, Fat Hen (Chenopodium album L. ), showing young 

 plant (left), and flowering stem (right). Both x \. 



clusters at the end of the branches and in the axils of 

 the leaves. The black and glossy seeds have been 

 likened by Percival to a flattened bun. It should be 

 observed that the whole plant is rather light green or 

 whitish in colour, having the appearance of being 

 powdered with a white or pinkish meal, due to small 



