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In corn fields and gardens very common. O. VII. 



The fpikes grow erect, with thick, oval, fcfTile 

 farinaceous clufters of flowers : the leaves wither 

 away early in the Autumn, the ftalk and ipilies 

 remaining. In Ifla I obferv'd the people boU'd 

 and eat it as greens. 



C. folils rhomboideis dentato-fmuatis, racemis ra- 

 mofis fubfoliatis, Sp. pi. 319. (Vail. Paris, t. 7. 

 /. I. Pet. herb.t. 8./. 4.J 



Green Elite. Anglis. 



It grows as a common weed in almoft every gar- 

 den. O. VII. 



The ftalk is green, and much branched, with red 

 angles at the bale of the ramifications : the up- 

 per leaves are nearly entire, or at moft have not 

 above one or two dents. This is eaten as well 

 as the preceding. 



CHENOPODIUM foliis cordatis angulato acumi- 

 natis, racemis ramofis nudis. Sp. pL 319. (Vail. 

 Paris, t. 7./. 2. Pet, herb. t. 8./. 7.; 



Maple-leav'd Elite. Anglis. 



In gardens and wafte places, but not common. O. 

 VIII. 



** Foliis integris. 



C. foliis integerrimis rhomboideo-ovatis, floribus 

 conglomeratis axillaribus. Sp. pi. 321. {Ger. Em. 

 327. Pet. herb^ t. 7./. 11. Motis.hijl.f. 5. /, 31. 

 /.6.) 



Stinking Elite. Anglis. 



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