CHENOPODIACEX, 19 
Var. a, genuinum. 
Chenopodium urbicum, Mert. & Koch, Deutsch. Fl. Vol. II. p.296. Reich. Fl. Germ. 
Excurs. p. 580. 
C. melanospermum, Waillr. Sched. Crit. p. 112. 
C. chryso-melanospermum, “ Balb.” (Koch.) 
C. deltoideum, Lam. Fl. Fr. Vol. IT. p. 249. 
C. intermedium, var. melanospermum, Schwr, Enum. Pl. Transsylv. p. 572. 
Leaves deltoid or deltoid-triangular, subtruncate at the base, the 
teeth usually rather short or sometimes absent. Spikes longer than 
most of the leaves, erect; the upper part of the panicle quite leafless. 
Var. 8, intermedium. Koch. 
Prats MCXCIV. 
C. intermedium, Mert. & Koch, Deutschl. Fl. Vol. IT. p. 297. 
C. urbicum, Sim. Engl. Bot. No. 717. 
C. rhombifolium, Miihlenb. in Willd. Enum. Hort. Berol. Vol. I. p. 288. Reich. Fl. 
Germ. Excurs. p. 579. 
Leaves triangular or rhombic-triangular, usually wedgeshaped at 
the base, sinuate-dentate, with long irregular teeth. Spikes shorter 
than most of the leaves, ascending-erect; panicle leafy nearly to the 
apex. 
On manure heaps and rich cultivated ground and waste places, 
particularly farmyards. Rare. Var. « I have seen from Somerset- 
shire, and from near Chobham and Woking, Surrey. Var. 6 is ap- 
parently more abundant than the other. I have seen it from Horton, 
near Epsom; near Yarmouth, Suffolk; and it is abundant in the Isle of 
Wight. One or other of the forms is recorded from Devon, Somerset, 
Sussex, Kent, Essex, Norfolk, Cambridge, Oxford, Shropshire, and 
Yorkshire. In Scotland it has been noticed only as an accidentally 
introduced plant. In Ireland it is very rare, and occurs principally 
near Dublin. 
England, [Scotland,] Ireland. Annual. Late Summer, Autumn. 
Stem bluntly angular, erect, 6 inches to 3 feet high, stout, usually 
simple or with several large branches from the base. Leaves con- 
spicuously stalked, the largest 1 to 3 inches long, exclusive of the 
petiole (which is scarcely half the length of the lamina, and winged at 
the apex), with a lateral rib given off at each side of the midrib at a 
large angle, and running parallel to the entire basal margin on 
either side ; the lower ones generally with the margins scalloped 
so as to leave acuminate teeth, which vary considerably in length. 
Panicle usually commencing below the middle of the stem; spikes 
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