PLex.mon. 16. CHENOPODE^. 44. Chenopod. 283 



seed orbicular, horizontal ; spermodermis double, the outer 

 crustaceous; corculum annular; radicle horizontal, fcentri- 

 fugal. — Herb succulent, mostly powdery; Jiowers glomerate, 

 panicled. 



a. Leaves ovate or rhomboidal; often toothed or loled; 

 Jioiuers not hracteaied. 



1. Chenopodium spinac'ifolmm. Spinage-leaved goosefoot. 

 Leaves triangular, sagittate, not cut; spike compound, 



terminal, erect, leafless. 



Blitum sylvestre, q, Blitum perenne Bonus Henricus dictum, Jtaii Syn, 

 156, 45. 



Bonus Henricus, Ger. em. 329, 1. 



Lapathum unctuosum, sive Bonus Henricus, Park. 1225. 



Ciienopodium Bonus Henricus, Lin. S. P. 318. 



^U good. Good King Harry, Cambridgeshire. English Mercury. 



Ruins and waysides, also cultivated ; perennial ; May to 

 August. 



Root much bi'anched ; stem unctuous, powdery; leaves 

 petioled, powdery underneath ; Jlowers crowded, powdery, 

 many only feiiiale; perigo?iium dilated, erose; styles pu- 

 bescent. — Herb laxative, eaten as a potherb ; young shoots 

 peeled and boiled eat like asparagus. 



2. Chenopodium urhicum. Town goosefoot^ 

 Leaves triangular, rather toothed ; racemes crowded, very 



long, stiff, approaching the stem, nearly leafless. 



Blitum sylvestre, q. Chenopodium erectum foliis triangularibus dentatis, 

 spicis e foltorum alis plurimis longis, erectis, tenuibus, Dillen in Raii Syn. 

 155,11. 



Chenopodium urbicum, Lin. S. P. 318. 



Broad-pointed Mite. 



Dunghills ; annual ; August and September. 

 Stem angular ; racemes axillary ; seeds much larger than 

 those of chenopodium rubrum. 



3. Chenopodrum rulrum. Red goosefoot. 

 Leaves rhomboidal, triangular, sinuate, toothed ; racemes 



erect, compound, rather leafy, shorter than the stem. 



Blitum sylvestre, q. Blitum Pes anserinus dictum, Haii Syn. 154,2. 

 Atriplex sylvestris latifolia, sive pes anserinus, Ger. em. 328, 1 ; Park. 

 749. 



Chenopodium rubrum, Lin. S. P. 318. 

 Goosefoot. Sowbane. Wild orach. 



Dunghills and ruins ; annual ; August. 

 Leaves thick, shining, deeply toothed; racemes rather 

 spreading, reddish; see-c^ very minute. 



