361 CHENOFODIAJEuE. (COOSEFOOT FAMILY.) 



sparingly or slightly toothed ; racemes spiked-paniclcd, mostly deuse , seed 

 sharp-edged. Varies exceedingly in different situations, more or less white- 

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

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

 * * * * Leaves sinuate- or, pinnatijid-toothed, wliite-mcnly underneath : calyx-lobes 



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



commonly vertical. 



7. C. GLAticuM, L. (OAK-LKAVED 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. Bromjield. Lancaster, Penn., Porter. Roxbury, Mass., D 

 Murray. (Illinois and Wisconsin.) (Adv. from Eu.) 



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

 more or less viscid-glandular ar.d pleasant-aromatic : seed sometimes vertical when 

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



8. C. B6TRY8, L. (JERUSALEM OAK. FEATHER GERANIUM.) Glan- 

 dular-pubescent and viscid ; leaves slender-petiolcd, oblong, obtuse, sinuato- 

 pinnatih'd ; racemes cymose-diverging, loose, leafless; fruit not perfectly enclosed; 

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



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

 petiolcd, 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 laciniatc-pinnatifid ; spikes mostly 

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

 (Nat. from Trop. Amer.) 



3. ROUBIEVA, Moquin. ROUBIEVA. 



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

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

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

 pinnatin'd leaves, and axillary clustered flowers. (Named for G. J. Roubieu, a 

 French botanical writer.) 



1. K. Mui/rfFiDA, Moquin. (Chenopodium multifidum, L.) Waste 

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



4. IS E. ITU HI, Tourn. ELITE. 



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

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

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

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

 or halberd-shaped and mostly sinuate-toothed leaves. (The ancient Gretk and 

 Latin name of some insipid pot-herb.) 



