Pop ts WEEDS AND USEFUL PLANTS. 
Gardens, yards, and waste places : introduced. Nativeof Europe. Fi. July-August. 
Fr. Oct. 
Obs. This coarse and rather homely weed has become very extensively 
oo aga Gasaghout the United tees and is quite troublesome in 
gardens. The young plant is sometimes used as Scania but would 
be gladly dispensed with by all neat sandarioet ania farm 
*%** More or less viscid glandular, with a strong eng odor, not mealy ; 
embryo not forming a complete ring. 
3. C. ambrosioi’des, L. Leaves oblong, acute at each end, remotely 
dentate ; racemes interrupted, lea lea 
Dkdcecksaee CHENOPODIUM. Menicien Tea. 
Annual. Stem 1-2 feet high, much branched, angular. Leaves 1-2 inches long,— 
those on the stem narrowed toa ‘petio ole, those on the branches and tie lance-linear, 
wy Pecan subsessile. Flowers in interrupted sessile clusters, on slender axillary 
lea =~: dig 
pee , Gray. Perennial (?). Leaves mate aed toothed, the lower 
haan weak a lainiate roe Spikes mostly leafies 
Naturalized from tropical Am 
Obs. Most authors consider C. ambrosior’des and C. eather: —_ 
as _. page ae follow Gray i 8 ag et latter as a 
of the fe orms are com te places. as, expocally 
see lhe ‘they ind both a mt ats which i is most powerful = 
di able in’ the var. anthelmin’ ticum, which is popularly known 
‘elmer The whole plant contains a vo saiile oil to enge the oder 
This is most abundant in the seed, or rather e utricle 
whieh ofacsd it. The seeds themselves, a the . which, they yield 
are well-known and effective worm-destroying m 
There are dover other apecieh of this genus to Se ee with, especially 
near the coast, but they are not sufficiently common to be admi itted 
. 
2. BR’TA, Tournef. Bret. 
(Celtic, Bett, red ; or from its fruit resembling the Greek letter B (Beta).] 
tas ie 5-cleft, finally indurated at base—the lobes remaining 
ary depressed ; stigmas 2, Utricle monde in the base 
of of the calyx snd ——— by thé lobes. Seed horizon 
with a large fleshy roo — - concentric zones. Flowers elome- 
nary in spikes or ee race 
1. B. vorea’ris, L. Sm oothish ; ste nish purple; lower leaves ovate- 
oblong, wavy; upper ones lance-ovate ; flowers in dense sessile axillary 
clusters, interruptedly spicate. 
Coumon Bera. Beet. Garden-beet. Sugar. 
Fr. Betterave. Germ. Gemeiner Ming er Acélga. 
nena ae festa 6 ie (often 3-4 ae in diameter and more than a foot ong) 
pac ——s which on to have posi relation to the number and aio est 
