ciiENopoDiACEi*:. (<;()osi:ko()t family.) 433 



clusters simple {lanje), interruptedl // s})ikcd, the upper leaHcss ; stamens 1-5; 

 calijx berru-like in fruit ; seed ovoid, tiattish, siiiootli, with a very narrow 

 marf^in. (Blitum capitatum, L.) — Dry rich ground, aloii^ the (ireat Lakes, 

 northward and westward. Tiie calyx becomes pulpy and bright red in fruit, 

 when the large clusters look like strawberries. (Ku.) 



§4. Annual, not meal !j, but more or less (jlandular-puhesrent, aromnttr ; cahjx 

 2-3partcd, dry in fruit ; seed often vertical ; embri/o not a complete rimj. 



C. B6TUVS, L. (Jerl;salp:m Oak. Feather Gekamim.) (Jlandular- 

 pul)csceiit and viscid; leaves slender-netioled, oblong, obtuse, siuuate-piiniat- 

 itid ; racemes ci/mose-direnfinf/, loose, leafcss ; fruit not perfectly enclosed. — 

 W'idely introduced. (Nat. from Eu.) 



C. AMHKOsioiDKS, L. ( M KXicAN Tea.) Smootliish ; Icarcs sli(jhdy juli- 

 olcd, o])loug or lance(jlate, rcpaiid-toothed or nearly entire, the ujiper tapering 

 to both ends; spikes denseli/ foivered, leaf /, or intermix«'(l witli leaves; fruit 

 perfectly enclosed in the calyx. — Waste places, common throughout our 

 range, especially southward. (Nat. from Trop. Amer.) 



Var. ANTHELMfxTicuM, (Jrav. ( VVoi{.MSEi:i>.) Leaves more strongly 

 toothed, the lower sometimes almost laciniate-pinnatifil ; spikes more elon- 

 gated, mostli/ leafess. — From Long Island and southward, west to Wise, and 

 Tex. (Nat. from Trop. Anier.) 



ROUBIEVA, Moquin. 



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Flowers minute, perfect or pistillate, solitary or 2-3 together in the axils. 

 Calyx urceolate, 3-5-tootlie(l, becoming enlarged and saccate, contracted at 

 the apex and enclosing the fruit. iStamens 5, included; styles 3, exserted. 

 Fruit membranaceous, compressed, glandular-dotted. Seed vertical. Embryo 

 annular. — Perennial glandular herb, with alternate pinnatifid leaves. 



R. :\rrLTfFiDA, Moq. Prostrate or ascending, branching and leafy; leaves 

 lanceolate to linear (|- H' long), deeply ]»innatilid with narrow lobes ; fruiting 

 calyx obovate. (Chenopodium inultitidum, A.) — Sparingly introduced in the 

 Atlantic States. (Adv. from S. Amer.) 



5. ATRIPLEX, Tourn. Orache. 



Flowers monoecious or dioecious; the staminate like the flowers of Cheno- 

 podium, but sterile by the abortion of the pistil; the fertile consisting simjdy 

 of a naked pistil enclosed between a pair of appressed foliaceous bracts, which 

 are enlarged in fruit, and sometimes united. Seed vertical. Embryo coiled 

 into a ring around the albumen. In one section, including the Garden Orache, 

 there are some fertile flowers with a calyx, like the staminate, but without 

 stamens, and with horizontal seeds. — Herbs (ours annuals) usually mealy or 

 scurfy with bran-like scales, with spiked-clustered flowers; in summer and 

 .'\utumn. (The ancient Latin name, a corruption of tlie Greek, aTpd<pa^is.) 



A. r6sel:m, L. Hoary-mealy; leaves short-petioled or the upper sessile, 

 rhombic-ovate or oblong with a wedge-sha])ed base, coarsely sinnate-tor>thed ; 

 fertile flowers mostly clustered in the axils; fruiting bracts broad, often cut- 

 toothed and warty. — Sj)aringly introduced at the cjvst. (.\dv. from Eu.) 



1. A. patulum, L. Erect or prostrate (1-4° high), dark green and 

 glabrous or s(»me\viiat scurfy ; leaves narrowly lanceolate-hastate (1 -4' h>ng), 

 tiie lower sometimes opjjosite, entire or sparingly sinuate-<U'ntatc. petioled, 

 the upper lanceolate to linear; flowers clustered in rather slender spikes, the 

 two kinds together or separate; fruiting bracts ovate triangular or rliombic- 

 haatate, entire or toothed, often muricate on the back, united to near the 



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