440 THE GOOSEFOOT EAMILT. 



green, without the meahness of the volute Q. Lower leaves on long stalks, 

 broadly ovate, triangular or rhomboidal, almost always narrowed or wedge- 

 shaped at the base, coarsely and irregularly tootlied or lobed, 2 or 3 inches 

 long, the upper ones narrower and more pointed. Clusters of flowers small 

 and numerous, in crowded axillary spikes, usually erect and slightly branched, 

 more slender than in tlie white O. Perianth small and green, not com- 

 pletely covering the seed, which is always horizontal. 



Under walls, on roadsides, and in waste places, throughout Europe and 

 central and Russian Asia, except the extreme north. In Britain, chiefly 

 near habitations, in England, Ireland, and southern Scotland. Fl. summer 

 and autumn. 



7. Nettle-leaved Goosefoot. Cbenopodium murale, Linn. 

 (Eng. Bot. t. 1722.) 



An erect or decumbent and much-branched annual, a foot high or 

 rather more, either green like the upright G., or with a slight, whitish 

 meal. Leaves broadly ovate and coarsely toothed, as in the upright (?., and 

 the inflorescence is also cliiefly axillary, but the spikes are much branched, 

 forming spreading cymes. Calyx usually slightly mealy, ahnost closing 

 over the seeds, which are all horizontal. 



Under walls, on roadsides, and in waste places, in temperate Eurojie, as 

 far northward as southern Sweden, all across central and Russian Asia, and 

 in some other countries. Not uncommon near habitations, in some parts of 

 England and Ireland, but does not extend into Scotland. Fl. summer and 

 autumn. 



8. IMIaple-leaved Goosefoot. Chenopodium hybridum, Lum. 

 (Eng. Bot. t. 1919.) 



An erect, branching annual, 1 to 2 or 3 feet high, green and glabrous. 

 Leaves like those of Spinage, rather thick, stalked, ovate, coarsely toothed, 

 sinuate or with a few broad lobes, the larger ones 2 or 3 inches long 

 and broadly cordate at the base, the upper ones narrower. Clusters of 

 flowers in forked cymes, forming a loose terminal panicle, scarcely leafy at 

 the base. Periantli green, leaving a considerable part of the seed exposed." 



In cultivated and waste places, dipersed over Europe, central and Rus- 

 sian Asia, and North America. Scarce in Britain, and probably confined 

 to England, where it occurs occasionally as a weed of cidtivation. Fl. 

 summer and autumn. 



9. Perennial Goosefoot. Chenopodium Bonus-Henricus, Linn. 

 (Eng. Bot. t. 1033. Good King Henry.) 



Distinguished from all the preceding by its perennial stock, with a thick, 

 fleshy root, like that of a Dock. Stems about a foot high, scarcely branched. 

 Leaves like those of Spinage, stalked, broadly triangular, often above 3 

 inches long, sinuate or slightly toothed, rather thick, and of a dark green ; 

 the upper ones smaller, and nearly sessile. Flowers numerous, in clus- 

 tered spikes, forming a narrow terminal panicle, slightly leafy at the base. 

 Seeds vertical, not completely concealed by the perianth. 



On waste ground, near villages and sheepfolds, in the mountain districts 

 of Europe and Russian Asia, except the extreme north. In Britain, chiefly 

 on roadsides, near villages and dwellings, in England, Ireland, and southern 

 Scotland, but in many places introduced only, having been formerly much 

 cultivated as a potherb. Fl. spring and all summer. 



