GOOSE FOOT FAMILY. Chenopodiaceae. 



GOOSEFOOT FAMILY. Chenopodiaceoe. 



Uninteresting herbs — ireeds, many of which are from 

 the old country ; with minute, green, perfect flowers 

 with a persisting calyx. The spinach and beet are mem- 

 bers of this family. 



Lanib's=quar= The family is divided into nine tribes, 

 ters, or Pig= chief among which is Chenopodiiim. Some 



^^^ of these are quite western, others are of 



Chenopodium ,, .-, ,, ,, , . , ,. 



^^jlj^^^^-^ the old world and have been mtroduced in 



Green the east. Lamb's-quarters is common east 



June-Septein= and west. Leaves mealy- white beneath, 



^^^ varying from rhombic-oval to lance-shaped 



or narrower, the lower ones coarse-toothed. Tiie green 



flower-clusters dense, and dull green. Var. viride, 



commoner eastward, is less mealy, and has a less dense 



flower-spike (Gray's Manual). 1-4 feet high. Waste 



places. The name from the Greek meaning goose and 



foot, in allusion to the shape of the leaves of some 



species. 



Jerusalem Oak, An annual species, from the old country, 



or Feather not mealy, but with an aromatic odor. 



eranium Leaves smaller, slender stemmed, and 



Botrys deeply subdivided. The flowers green m 



Green dense heads, the spike leafless, the calyx 



July-Septem= three-parted. 1-2 feet high. In autumn 



^^^ the leaves fall off and leave the stem and 



seed-spike naked. C ainbroHloides, or Mexican Tea, is a 



similar introduced species, with a densely flowered leafy 



spike ; the leaves lanceolate. Both are common in waste 



places. C. Botrys found in empty lots, Norfolk Ave., 



Roxbury, Mass. 



