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CHENOPODIAOE^E. (GOOSEFOOT FA.MILY.) 



sparingly or slightly toothed; racemes^ spikcd-paniclcd, mostly dense; seed 

 tkarp-tdgtd. Varies exceedingly in different situations, more or less white- 

 mealy : a narrow and green-leaved variety, with slender racemes, is C. viride, 

 L. Very common. (Nat. from Eu. ) 



* * * * Leaves sinuate- or pinnatijid-toothed, white-mealy underneath : calyx-lobe* 

 not keeled, not perfectly enclosing the fruit, sometimes only 4-2, and then the seed 

 commonly vertical. 



7. C. GLATJCUM, L. (OAK-LEAVED GOOSEFOOT.) Stems ascending or 

 prostrate, much branched (6' -12' high); leaves oblong, obtuse, smooth and 

 pale green above; racemes spiked and simple, dense; seed sharp-edged. 

 Philadelphia, Dr. Hromfleld. Lancaster, Penn., Porter. Koxbury, Mass., D. 

 Murray. (I have seen no specimens.) (Adv. from Eu.) 



$2. BOTRYOIS, Moquin. (AMBRINA, Moquin, in part.) Not mealy, but 

 more or less viscid-glandular and pleasant-aromatic : seed sometimes vertical when 

 the calyx is only 2-3-cleft; embryo forming only or f of a ring. 



8. C. B6TRYS, L. (JERUSALEM OAK. FEATHER GERANIUM.) Glan- 

 dular-pubescent and viscid ; leaves slender-petioled, oblong, obtuse, sinuate 

 pinnatifid; racemes cymose-diverging , loose, leafless ; fruit not perfectly enclosed; 

 seed obtusely margined. Escaped from gardens. (Adv. from Eu.) 



9. C. AMBROSIOIDES, L. (MEXICAN TEA.) Smoothish ; leaves slightly 

 petioled, oblong or lanceolate, repand-toothed or nearly entire, the upper taper- 

 ing to both ends ; spikes densely flowered, leafy, or intermixed with leaves ; fruit 

 perfectly enclosed in the calyx ; seeds obtuse on the margin. Waste places ; 

 common, especially southward. (Nat. from Trop. Amer.) Passes into 



Var. ANTHELMfNTicuM. (WoRMSEED.) Root perennial (?) ; leaves more 

 strongly toothed, the lower sometimes almost laciniate-pinnatifid ; spikes mostly 

 leafless. (C. anthelminticum, L.} Common in waste places southward. 

 (Nat. from Trop. Amer.) 



3. KOUBIEVA, Moquin. ROUBIEVA. 



Calyx oblong-urn-shaped, 5-toothed, in fruit enclosing the glandular-clotted 

 utricle like a small pod. Filaments short and flat. Seed vertical. Otherwise 

 like Chenopodium, 2. A diffusely much-branched perennial, with small 1-2- 

 pinnatifid leaves, and axillary clustered flowers. (Named for G. J. Roubieu, a 

 French botanical writer.) 



1. R* MULTfriDA, Moquin. (Chenopodium multifidum, L.) Waste 

 places, New York, in and around the city, J. Carey. (Adv. from Trop. Amer.) 



4. BL,ITUM, Tourn. ELITE. 



Flowers perfect, bractless. Calyx 3 - 5-parted, either unchanged or becom- 

 ing juicy and berry-like in fruit, not appendaged. Stamens 1-5: filaments 

 filiform. Styles or stigmas 2. Seed vertical, compressed-globular; the embryo 

 coiled into a ring quite around the albumen. Herbs, with uctiolcd triangular 

 or halberd-shaped and mostb sinuate-toothed leaves. (The ar.cient Grctk and 

 T <.<Uin name of some ii>iii:d pnt-herb.) 



