AUGUST FLOWERS. 165 



separate plants ; staminate flowers, perianth 3-cleft, 

 stamens 9 or more ; pistillate flowers with 2 styles ; stem 

 branched ; leaves sessile, shining, oval^ 2 in. ; waste 

 places; 6-18 in. (L.) 1072 



Minute. 



Maple-leaved Goosefoot. Diana, nearly J in. ; sepals 5 ; 

 stamens 5 ; leaves 4 in., long-pointed, with about 3 broad 

 lobes on each side, almost shining ; clusters of flowers 

 rather large ; waste places ; stem stout, 1-3 ft. (L.) 1000 



Upright Goosefoot. Diam. nearly J in. ; sepals 5 ; 

 stamens 5 ; leaves 1 J in., triangular, acute, deeply toothed ; 

 flower spike dense, erect, leafless ; waste places ; stem 

 stout, 6-30 in. (L.) 998 



Stinking Goosefoot. Diam. -^ in. or over ; sepals 5 ; 

 stamens 5 ; leaves triangular-ovate, | in., greasy to the 

 touch ; smell offensive ; flower spikes small, f in., dense ; 

 waste places ; 6-18 in. (L.) 996 



Many-seeded Goosefoot. Diam. ^ in. or over ; sepals 

 5 ; stamens 5 ; leaves ovate, J in. ; clusters axillary and 

 terminal, in. ; branches many, spreading, leafy ; waste 

 places ; 6-18 in. (o.) 997 



Nettle-leaved Goosefoot. Diam. -^ in. or over ; sepals 

 5 ; stamens 5 ; leaves larger, bright green, triangular- 

 ovate, pointed, with sharp teeth ; flower spikes f in. ; waste 

 places ; 6-18 in. (L.) 999 



Fig-leaved Goosefoot. Diam. ^ in. ; sepals 5 ; stamens 

 5 ; stem mealy ; leaves oblong-hastate, wavy-toothed, 

 with spreading base-lobes ; flower spike almost leafless ; 

 waste places ; 1-3 ft. (L.) 1002 



Red Goosefoot. Diam. ^ in. ; end flowers in each 

 cluster with 5 sepals and 5 stamens ; side flowers with 

 about 3 sepals and 3 stamens ; plant smooth, shining ; 

 leaves triangular-ovate, very variable ; flower spikes leafy, 

 very short ; waste places ; 1-3 ft. (o.) 1003 



Fleshy-leaved Red Goosefoot. Diam; -fa in. ; as pre- 

 ceding, but leaves nearly entire, fleshy, more triangular ; 

 flower spike dense, leafless above ; stem prostrate ; sandy 

 ihorea ; 4-5 in; (E.) 1004 



