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II. DIGYNIA. 



83. CHENOPODIUM. 



1 . Ch. Sonus Henricus, leaves triangular arrow-shaped, entire ; 

 spikes compound, terminal and axillary, erect, leafless. Mercury 

 Goosefoot- 



Hab. Waste grounds about villages. Aug. Ij. 



While young and tender, the leaves are used as a substitute 

 for spinage, for which purpose, CURTIS observes, it is cul- 

 tivated in Lincolnshire, in preference to the garden sort. 

 WITHERING observes, that the young shoots, peeled and 

 boiled, may be eaten as asparagus, which they resemble in 

 flavour. 



2. Ch. rubrum, leaves triangular, somewhat rhomboid, deeply 

 toothed and sinuated ; spikes erect, compound, leafy ; seed very 

 minute. Red Goosefoot. 



Hab. Waste grounds frequent. Aug. Sept. Q 



3. Ch. murale, leaves ovate, acute, many-toothed, shining ; 

 spikes aggregate, panicled, cymose, leafless. Nettle-leaved Goose- 

 foot. 



Hab. Waste ground. " Holy Island, between the town 

 and castle," Thomp. Aug. Sept. 



4. Ch. album, leaves rhomboid-ovate, jagged, mealy, entire to- 

 wards the base, upper ones oblong, entire ; seed quite smooth $ 

 spikes interrupted, partly leafy, not much branched. White 

 Goosefoot. 



Hab. Cultivated fields, common. Aug. 



o. Ch. maritimum, leaves entire, awl-shaped, semi-cylindrical, 

 fleshy ; flowers axillary, sessile. Sea Goosefoot. 



Hab Sea-shore. " Coast beyond Beal," Thomp. Holy 

 Island. July, Aug. 



