OOOSEFOOT FAMILY. Chenopodiuctst. 



Lamb's-quar- 

 ters, or Pig- 

 weed 



Chenopodium 

 album 

 Green 



June-Septem- 

 ber 



or narrower, 



GOOSEFOOT FAMILY. Chenopodiacece. 



Uninteresting herbs — weeds, many of which are from 

 the old country ; with minute, green, perfect flowers 

 with a persisting calyx. The spinach and beet are mem- 

 bers of this family. 



The family is divided into nine tribes, 

 chief among which is Chenopodium . Some 

 of these are quite western, others are of 

 the old world and have been introduced in 

 the east. Lamb's-quarters is common east 

 and west. Leaves mealy- white beneath, 

 varying from rhombic-oval to lance-shaped 

 the lower ones coarse-toothed. The green 

 flower-clusters dense, and dull green. Var. viride, 

 commoner eastward, is less mealy, and has a less dense 

 flower-spike (Gray's Manual). 1-4 feet high. Waste 

 places. The name from the Greek meaning goose and 

 foot, in allusion to the shape of the leaves of some 

 species. 



An annual species, from the old country, 

 not mealy, but with an aromatic odor. 

 Leaves smaller, slender stemmed, and 

 deeply subdivided. The flowers green in 

 dense heads, the spike leafless, the calyx 

 three-parted. 1-2 feet high. In autumn 

 the leaves fall off and leave the stem and 

 seed-spike naked. C. ambrosioides, or Mexican Tea, is a 

 similar introduced species, with a densely flowered leafy 

 spike ; the leaves lanceolate. Both are common in waste 

 places. C. Botrys found in empty lots, Norfolk Ave., 

 Roxbury, Mass. 



Jerusalem Oak 

 or Feather 

 Geranium 



Chenopodium 

 Botrys 

 Green 



July-Septem- 

 ber 



IIO 



