CL. V.] PKNTANDRIA DIGYNIA. 137 



gust and September: grows on dunghills and waste places: common. 

 Eng. But. vol. x. pi. 717. C. urbicum. Eng. Fl. vol. ii. p. 10. 385. 



3. Ch. rubrum. Leaves triangular, somewhat diamond-shaped, deeply 

 toothed, and sinuate ; racemes erect, compound, leafy ; seed very mi- 

 nute. Of a darker green than the last species : stems reddish : from 



one to two feet high. Annual : flowers in August and September : 

 grows on dunghills and waste ground : common. Eng. Bot. vol. xxiv. 

 pi. 1721. Eng. Fl. vol. ii. p. 11. 386. 



4. Ch.botryodes. Muny-clustered Goose-foot. Leaves triangular, some- 

 what toothed, the upper ones bluntish ; clusters erect, compound, leafy. 

 Stems spreading or prostrate : leaves fleshy, frequently red. An- 

 nual : flowers in August and September : grows in sandy places near 

 Yarmouth and at Lowestoft. Eng. Bot. vol. xxxii. pi. 2247. Eng. Fl. 

 vol.ii. p. 11. 387. 



5. Ch. murdle. Nettle-leaved Goose-foot. Leaves egg-shaped, acute, 



toothed, shining ; clusters panicled, cymose, leafless. Stems erect, 



much branched : the whole plant of a darkish-green and fetid. Annual : 

 flowers in August and September: grows in waste ground, about old 

 walls : common. Eng. Bot. vol. xxiv. pi. 1722. Eng. Fl. vol. ii. p. 12. 



388. 



6. Ch. hy'bridiim. Maple-leaved Goose-foot. Leaves heart-shaped, 

 pointed, with broad angular teeth ; clusters panicled, cymose, divari- 

 cate, leafless. Stem rather slender, branched : the whole plant bright- 

 green and fetid. Annual: flowers in August: grows in waste places : 

 not common. Eng. Bot. vol. xxvii. pi. 1919. Eng. Fl. vol. ii. p. 12. 



389. 



7. Ch. Album. White Goose-foot. Leaves mealy, egg-shaped, in- 

 clining to diamond-shaped, jagged, entire at the base, the upper ones ob- 

 long, entire ; clusters branched, somewhat leafy ; seed smooth. Stem 



branched, furrowed : the wliole plant mealy. Annual : flowers in July 

 and August : grows in waste and cultivated ground. Eng. Bot. vol. xxiv. 

 pi. 1723. Eng. Fl. vol. ii. p. 13. 390. 



8. Ch.faifolium. Fig-leaved Goose-foot. Leaves sinuated, jagged, 

 somewhat halbert-shaped, entire at the base, the upper ones oblong, 



entire; seed dotted Greener than the last, and with narrower leaves. 



Annual: flowers in August and September: grows in waste ground, 

 about London and Yarmouth. Eng. Bot. vol. xxiv. pi. 1724. Eng. Fl. 

 vol. ii. p. 13. 391. 



9. Ch. glaucum. Oak-leaved Goose-foot. Leaves all oblong, deeply 

 waved at the edges, glaucous and mealy beneath ; clusters compound, 



leafless. Stems branched, spreading or prostrate. Annual : flowers 



in August: grows in waste ground, about London. Eng. Bot. vol. xxi. 

 pi. 1454. Eng. Fl. vol. ii. p. 14. 392. 



** Leaves undivided and entire at the margin. 



10. Ch. olidum. Stinking Goose-foot. Leaves egg-shaped, inclined to 



diamond-shaped, entire ; spikes dense, leafless. Stems branched, 



spreading or prostrate : the whole plant greyish-green, mealy, greasy, 

 and exhaling a detestable odour, like that of putrid fish. Annual : 

 flowers in August: grows in waste ground and sand, near the sea: 

 not unfrequent. Eng. Bot. vol. xxi. pi. 1480. Eng. Fl. vol. ii. p. 15. 



393. 



