488 PLANT LIFE OF ALABAMA. 



Chenopodium berlandieri Moq. Chenop. Enum. 23. 1840. 



BERLANDIER'S GOOSEFOOT. 

 Coulter, Conor. Nat. Herb. 2 : 367. 



Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Southern Missouri to Texas and Florida. 

 ALABAMA: Littoral region. Damp gravelly beach. West Fowl River and outly- 

 ing islands. July. 3 to 4 feet high. Annual. 

 Type locality : "Circa Mexico. Berlandier 1906." 

 Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Chenopodium murale L. Sp. PI. 1 : 219. 1753. NETTLE-LEAVED GCOSEFOOT. 



Ell. Sk. 1 : 329. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 432. Chap. Fl. 376. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 

 2 : 367. Wats. Bot. Calif. 2 : 46. 



EUROPE, NORTH AFRICA, WEST INDIES, AND BRAZIL. 



Alleghenian to Louisianian area. Southern New England west to Michigan and 

 Missouri, south to Florida and Texas. 



ALABAMA: Coast plain. Waste places. Mobile, near the shipping and on ballast. 

 July to September; not rare. Annual. 



Type locality : " Hab. in Europae muris aggeribusque." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Chenopodium vulvaria L. Sp. PI. 1 :220. 1753. ILL-SCENTED GOOSEFOOT. 



SOUTHERN EUROPE. 



ALABAMA: Coast plain. Adventive on ballast. Mobile County. July, August. 

 Annual. 



Fetid annual weed ; observed in 1886, and each succeeding year. 



Type locality : " Hab. in Europae cultis oleraceis." 



Chenopodium aiithelminticum L. Sp. PI. 1 : 220. 1753. WORMSEED. 



Chenopodium ambrosioides var. anthelminticum Gray, Man. ed. 5, 408. 1867. 



Ell. Sk. 1 : 331. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 433. Chap. Fl. 377. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 

 2:368. 



WEST INDIA ISLANDS, MEXICO TO .ARGENTINA. 



Over the North American continent. 



ALABAMA: Over the State, excepting the higher mountain ranges. Roadsides, 

 waste places. July to September; a common weed. Annual. 



Economic uses: The seeds, "American wormseed," Chenopodium United States 

 Pharmacopoeia, are used medicinally. 



Type locality : " Hab. in Pensylvania, Bonaria." 

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[erb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Chenopodium ambrosioides L. Sp. PI. 1 : 219. 1753. MEXICAN TEA. 



Ell. Sk. 1 : 330. Gray, Man . ed. 6, 433. 



Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Probably introduced from tropical America 

 and naturalized in all warmer parts of the globe. 



ALABAMA: Coast plain. Mobile County, gardens, waste places. July, August. 

 Annual. 



Economic uses : The seeds are used like those of the above. 



Type locality: " Hab. in Mexico, Lusitania." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Chenopodium botrys L. Sp. PI. 1 : 219. 1753. JERUSALEM OAK. 



Ell. Sk. 1 : 330. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 433. Chap. Fl. 376. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 

 2 : 368. 



Introduced from southern Europe, all over temperate and warmer North America. 



ALABAMA : Over the State. Waste ground, near dwellings. Tuscaloosa County. 

 Mobile County, ballast. July, August. Annual. 



Type locality: " Hab. in Europae australis arenosis." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Chenopodium rubnim L. Sp. PI. 1 : 218. 1753. COAST BLITE. 



Blitum maritimum Nutt. Gen. Add. 1818. 



B. rubrum Reich. Fl. Germ. Exsic. 582. 1832. 



Gray, Man. ed. 6, 432. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2 : 367. 



Canadian zone to Louisianian area. Newfoundland, Ontario ; New England west to 

 British Columbia, California; New Jersey west to Kansas, Indian Territory, Colo- 

 rado, and California. 



