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LXXXII. CHENOPODIACE^E. GOOSEFOOT FAMILY. 



505. MONOLEPIS, Schrad. 

 (1830.) M. chenopodioides, Moq. 



Blitum Nuttattianum, R. & S. Bourgeau, Palliser's Rep. 260. 



B. chenopodioides, Nutt. Hook. Fl. II., 126. 



A low annual on saline soil throughout the prairie region to the 

 Eocky Mountains. (Macoun.} Alkaline soil, Wood Mountain, 49th 

 parallel. (Dr. MUlman.} Abundant in numerous places on the Souris 

 Plain. (J. M. Macoun.} Caiiton House on the North Saskatchewan. 

 (Drummond.') 



5O6. CHENOPODIUM, Linn. (GOOSEFOOT.) 



(1831.) C. album, Linn. Lamb's Quarters. 



Very abundant as a weed in cultivated grounds, in waste places, and 

 around barns. Introduced in all the eastern provinces, but certainly 

 indigenous throughout the prairie region. On the line of the Canada 

 Pacific Railway, this species has already taken possession of the em- 

 bankments and even ditches and grows stout and tall, extending now 

 to the Pacific. It iu frequently used as a pot herb. Common at Vic- 

 toria, B.C. (Fletcher.} Fort Selkirk, Youcon River, Lat. 62 45' 

 (Schwatka.) Eastern arctic America. (Hook. Arct. PI.*) 



(1832.) C. leptophyllum, Nutt. 



C. album, var. leptophyllum, Moquin, Macoun'e Cat. No. 1477. 



Easily distinguished from C. album by its linear leaves and small 

 flowers. Generally amongst sand-hills from Long Lake westward to 

 the Rocky Mountains. (Macoun.} Gravelly soil, Wood End, Souris 

 River. (Burgess.} 



Yar. subglabrum, Watson. 



Abundant on sand hills at the source of the Qu'Appelle, N.W.T., 

 July llth, 1879. (Macoun.} 



(1833.) C. hybridum, Linn. Maple-leaved Goosefoot. 



C. urbicum ? Hook. FL II., 127. 

 Introduced in Quebec and Ontario, generally found around towns and 



