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spike is compound and leafless ; the flowers are green. My 

 specimen grew near Healaugh, in Swaledale. 



The "Upright Goosefoot (C. urbicum), is equally common, and 

 very much resembles the Mercury Goosefoot, but has larger 

 seeds and a more upright stem. 



The Bed Goosefoot (C. rubrum), has its leases more elon- 

 gated, and they have a mealiness about them. I have gathered 

 it on waste ground in many counties. 



The Sharp-leaved Goosefoot (C, acutifolium), I found near 

 Norwood ; its distinctive feature is its oval-pointed leaves. 



The Many-spiked species (C. botryodes), is peculiar to the 

 seashore, and has fleshy leaves ; and the Nettle-leaved Goose- 

 foot (C. muralis), has powdery flowers and a fetid smell. 



The White Goosefoot (C. album), is a common weed. It has 

 white powdery leaves, and is found in gardens and on dunghills. 



Fanny found the Maple-leaved Goosefoot (C. hybridum), near 

 Clevedon. It has a strong and disagreeable smell, and its leaves 

 are notched like those of a Maple, or still more in the Oak 

 style. It is a slender plant, and of a light green colour. 



The Sea Goosefoot (C. maritimum), is the neatest of the 

 group. It is small, and has awl-shaped glaucous leaves, which 

 mingle in the spike. It grows in the salt marsh near Clevedon. 



The Round-leaved Goosefoot (C. polyspermum), Fanny found 

 also near that place ; and the Stinking Goosefoot (C. olidum), 

 lurks in waste places near seaside towns. 



Then there are a Fig-leaved and an Oak-leaved species, both 

 of which Sir J. E. Smith describes as growing near London. 



The useful garden Spinach is a near ally of the Goosefoots. 



The second family of the tribe, the Oraches, have little more 

 to recommend them. They have five stamens and one stigma, 

 and differ from the Goosefoots in having some flowers with 

 stamens only, some with the styles only, and some with the 

 two united, all on the same spike. 



On the banks of the Looe Eiver I discovered a large patch of 

 glaucous foliage ; the ovate leaves being very thick, I tasted 



