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CHENOPODIACEAE. 



ii. Chenopodium rubrum L,. Red 

 Goosefoot. (Fig. 1369.) 



Chenopodium rubrum I,. Sp. PI. 218. 1753. 

 Bliluni rubrum Reichb. Fl. Germ. Exc. 582. 1830-32. 

 Annual, glabrous, somewhat fleshy, not mealy, 

 stem erect, leaf}', i-2^ tall, often much 

 branched, the branches strict or ascending. Leaves 

 thick, ity-af long, rhombic-ovate or rhombic-lan- 

 ceolate, petioled, acute acuminate or obtuse at the 

 apex, narrowed at the base, coarsely sinuate-den- 

 tate or the upper entire; flowers in erect compound 

 leafy-bracted axillary and terminal spikes often 

 exceeding the leaves; calyx 3~5-parted, its seg- 

 ments slightly fleshy, red, not keeled, obtuse, about 

 as long as the utricle; stamens i or 2; stigmas short; 

 seed horizontal, shining, rather sharp-edged, sepa- 

 rating from the pericarp; embryo annular. 



On the seacoast, Newfoundland to New Jersey, and 

 in saline soil in the interior across the continent, south 

 to central New York, Nebraska and British Columbia. 

 Also in Europe and Asia. July-Sept 



12. Chenopodium Bonus-Henricus L,. Good King Henry. Perennial 



Goosefoot. (Fig. 1370.) 



Chenopodium Bonus-Henricus L. Sp. PI. 218. 1753. 

 Blitum Bonus-Henricus Reichb. Fl. Germ. Exc. 582. 

 1830-32. 



Perennial by a thick rootstock, glabrous, dark 

 green, not mealy ; stem erect, usually stout, simple or 

 little branched, channeled, \-2% tall. Leaves 

 broadly triangular-hastate, palmately veined, entire 

 or undulate (rarely with i or 2 small teeth), the 

 apex and basal lobes usually acute, the lower long- 

 petioled (petiole often twice as long as the blade), 

 the upper much smaller and short-petioled; flowers 

 in terminal and axillary, simple or panicled, com- 

 monly dense spikes sometimes $'-&,' long; calyx 4- 

 5-parted, the segments not longer than the fruit; 

 stigmas elongated; seed vertical, or that of termi- 

 nal flowers horizontal, black, shining, blunt-edged; 

 embryo a complete ring. 



In waste places, Nova Scotia and Ontario to Massa- 

 chusetts and southern New York. Naturalized from 

 Europe. June-Sept. 



13. Chenopodium Botrys L. Feather 



Geranium. Jerusalem Oak. (Fig. 1371.) 

 Chenopodium Botrys L. Sp. PI. 219. 1753. 



Annual, green, glandular-pubescent and viscid, 

 strong-scented; stem slender, erect, simple or 

 branched, 8 / -2 tall. Leaves ovate or oblong, 

 deeply and usually irregularly pinnately lobed, 

 acute or obtuse at the apex, petioled, ^'-2' long, 

 or the uppermost much smaller, the lobes mostly 

 obtuse and dentate; flowers very small, in numer- 

 ous loose axillary cymose panicles mostly longer 

 than the leaves; calyx 3~5-parted, the segments 

 lanceolate, acute, thin, very pubescent, rather 

 longer then the utricle; seed horizontal or vertical, 

 firmly attached to the pericarp ; embryo an incom- 

 plete ring. 



In waste places, Nova Scotia to Minnesota and Ore- 

 gon, southeastern New York, Kentucky and Mexico. 

 Naturalized from Europe. Native also of Asia. The 

 leaves fall in autumn, leaving the panicles as narrow 

 naked wands. Also called Turnpike Geranium. July- 

 Sept. 



