CHENOPODE.E. [ Chcnopodium. 



numerous sessile, alternate, narrow, thick, juicy, smooth leaves, about 

 half an inch long, salt to the taste, of a light bright green. Flowers 

 several together, sessile, each with a pair of small acute, close bracteas. 

 Seed orbicular, black, minutely striated. The alkaline salt of this 

 herb renders it serviceable in making glass, though supposed inferior 

 to some kinds of Salsols, found in the south of Europe. 



* * Leaves plane, undivided; bracteas under each flower none. 



2. C. olidum, Curt. Stinking Goose-foot. Leaves ovato- 

 rhomboid, entire ; flowers in dense clustered spikes ; stem dif- 

 fuse. Br. Fl. \.p. 137. E. Fl. v. ii. p. 14. E. Bot. t. 1034. 



Waste places and under walls, especially near the sea. Found spa- 

 ringly near Sandymount, and between the Custom-house and Annesly- 

 bridge, several years ago. FL Aug. Q. Leaves small, petiolate, 

 greasy to the touch, and covered with a pulverulent substance, which, 

 when bruised yields a detestable odour, resembling that of putrid fish. 



# H* >jj Leaves plane, toothed, angled or lobed ; bracteas none. 



3. C. Bonus ffenricus, Linn. Mercury Goose-foot, or good 

 King Henry. Leaves triangular, arrow-shaped, entire ; spike* 

 compound, terminal and solitary, erect, leafless. Br. FL 1, p. 

 137. E. Fl. v. ii. p. 10. E. Bot. t. 1033. 



Waste places and way-sides, frequent. FL Aug. % . 



4. C. urbicum, Linn. Upright Goose-foot. Leaves trian- 

 gular, toothed ; spikes long, erect, approaching the stem, almost 

 leafless; flowers scattered on the spikes. Br. Fl. I. p. 137. 

 E. FL v. ii. p. 10. E. Bot. t. 717. 



Waste places under walls, particularly about towns and villages. In 

 the College-park and other places near Dublin. Fl. Aug. . Stem 

 erect, angular. Leaves large, truncate, or subcuneate at the base, of a 

 lisjht or subglaucous green, their margins deeply and irregularly toothed. 

 Flowers on the spikes, in rather small, but remote clusters ; spikes 

 very long and erect. Seeds (or fruits) large in comparison with those 

 of the following species, " almost as large as rape-seed." f Curtis. ) 



5. C. rubrum, Linn. Red Goose-foot. Leaves triangular, 

 somewhat rhomboid, toothed and serrated ; spikes erect, com- 

 pound, leafy ; flowers crowded on the spikes ; fruit very minute. 

 Br. FL 1. p. 137. E. Fl. v. ii. p. 11. E. Bot. t. 1721. 



Dung-hills and under walls. Near Dublin, Cork, and Belfast. Fl. 

 Aug. Sept. 0. Of a darker green than the last. Stems frequently 

 reddish. Leaves always more or less attenuated at the base, by no 

 means truncate. Spikes very compound, thick. The salt (or alkali) 

 contained in the juice of this plant, crystallises upon the surface of the 

 stem. (Mr. W. Wilson.) Hooker. 



6. C. murale, Linn. Nettle-leaved Goose-foot. Leaves ovate, 

 approaching to rhomboid, acute, toothed, shining; spikes much 

 branched, cymose, leafless. Br. Fl. 1. p. 138. E. FL v. ii. . 

 11. E. Bot. t. 1722. 



