^g C'lIENOPODIACKJ-:. Chenopodiavi. 



* * Flou-er-diisters all axillary : seeds vwsthj vertical, aniteli/ margined. 



7. C. carinatum, 11. Uniwn. JStems i)rosti;itt'- ur prociinilteiit, a lialf to ii foot 

 long or more, Icaly : leaves oblong-lanceolate, sinnately pinnatilid, an inch long or 

 ofte°n much less, on slemler petioles : flowers small, in rather loose clusters in all the 

 axils : sepals incurved, linear-oblong, somewliat thickened on the back : stamen 

 nsually solitary : seed a fourth of a line broad. — lienth. Fl. Austral, v. 102. JJli- 

 turn carinatum & B. (jlandulosum, ilocpiin, DC. Prodr. xiii". 81. 



An Australian species, found in yanls and lields in IMunias County {I.nnnvm, Mrs. Ainrs); 

 doubtless introduced. 



§ 3. Ferenuial, soiin-irhat vical//, not (jlainltthtr-puheticoit ■ frultliuj calyx dry : 

 seed larye, sal>(/lol>osc, vertical, exsertcd: embryo annular. — Acjatiiui-hyton. 

 (BlitHni § Aijatliojdiyton, Tklocjuin.) 



8. C. Californicum, Watson. Stout, erect, mostly simple, a foot or two high, 

 from a thick fusiinini root : leaves broailly triangular-hastate, 2 or 3 inches long, 

 acute or acuminate, truncate or sinused at base, shari)ly and unecpially sinuate-den- 

 tate : flowers in dense clusters in simple terminal spikes : perianth camjianulate, 

 more or less deeply 5-toothed, loosely enveloping the fruit : pericarp persistent : 

 seed somewhat compressed, | to 1 line broad. — C anihehniuticim, var. (?) ha.xtatinn, 

 ]\Ioqnin, 1. c. 74. Blituvi Bonus-Henricns, var. trosmn, IMocpiin, 1. c. 85. Blittim 

 Bonus-Henricus, Torrey, Pacif. K. Fvep. iv. 129. Blitttm Californicum, Watson, 

 Kev. Chenop. 101. 



From the Sacramento to Fort Tejon and San Diego ; known in the southern part of the State 

 as "Soap-plant," and used for cleansing purposes. It niueh resembles the Euroi)ean species, 

 C. BoHus-Hcnrkua, Linn., formerly often cultivated as a potherb. 



§ 4. Annual, glabrous calyx becoming more or less fleshy in fruit and often 

 colored: seed subglobose, mostly vertical, small : floa-ers in croicded clusters, 

 axillary or in sjjikes — Blitum. 



9. C. nibrum, Linn. Stout, erect, branching, 1 to 3 feet high : leaves triangu- 

 lar-hastate to lanceolate, 2 or 3 inches k)ng, acute, cuncale at base, sparingly sin- 

 uate-dentate, the upper narrowly lanceolate and entire : flower-clusters ileiisely 

 spicate upon the leafy branchlets : sepals 2 to 5, ol)tuse, rather fleshy : stamens 1 or 

 2, or 5 in the terminal flowers : perianth deciduous : seed occasionally horizontal, 

 the margin obtu.se or acutish, a third of a line broad. — Jltifum maritimwn, Nutt. ; 

 Gray, Manual, 408. B. j>nlymori>huni, C. A. Meyer; "Wat.son, Fut. King Exp. 288. 

 B. rubrum, Reichenb. ; Watson, Rev. Chenop. D'J. 



Var. humile. Smaller, prostrate or ascending : leaves ovate to lanceolate, often 

 hastate an inch long or less, rarely toothed : flowers in axillary or somewhat spicate 

 clusters. — 6'. humile, Hook. Fl. For.-Am. ii. 127. Blitum rubrum, vav. humdc, 

 ]\Ioquin, 1. c. 



In sjiline or alkaline soils through the interior and eastward, and in Ihitish America ; Klamatli 

 Lake (Xcu-lcrni) ; San Diego desert, Palmer. A variable species, common also m hurope and 

 Northern Asia; ambiguous between Chcnopodium proper and the typical lihtuui. 



10. C. capitatum. A similar species, with leaves usually more broadly trian- 

 gular, often somewhat hastate, more acutely sinuate-toothed : flower-clusters mostly 

 Farge, in interrupted termiiuil naked spikes and solitary in the axils of the upper 

 leaves: calyx becoming fleshy in fruit, and the clusters red and l)erry-like : seed 

 somewhat acutely margined, the jiericarp adherent. — Blitum aij'itatum, Linn. ; 

 Moquin, 1. c. 83; Watson, Rev. Chenop. 100. 



In the mountains from Washington Territory to the Saskatchewan and southwanl to Utali and 

 New Mexico, also east al.mg the Creat Lakes; Sierra V unuiy {Lanm^ni) ; apparently identical 

 with the i.lant of Central Kuro,.e aii.l Siberia. The i-u^.v bright red caly.x gives to th.' arge clus- 

 ters when ripe the api..ar..n.c of strawberries, whence the popular name "Strawberry i.lite. 



