14 PENTANDRIA— DIGYNIA. Chenopodium. 



/3. Chenopodium erectum, Chrysanthemi segetum folio. Dill, in 

 Raii Syn. 155. This I have not seen, nor is any description 

 given, nor any figure quoted. 



In waste ground, and on dunghills, especially about London. 



In several places about London. Buddie. Curtis. Near Yarmouth. 



Mr. D. Turner. 

 Annual. August, September. 

 Of a greener hue than the preceding, with a purple stain at the 



base of the footstalks. Lower leaves hastate, narrower than in 



Ch. album, from which however it is best distinguished, as Mr. 



Curtis first ascertained, by the dotted, or reticulated, seeds, an 



all-sufficient difference. 



9. Ch. glaucum. Oak-leaved Goosefoot. 



Leaves all oblong ; deeply waved at the margin ; glaucous 

 and mealy beneath. Spikes compound, leafless, lobed. 

 Seed very minutely dotted. 



Ch. glaucum. Li7tn. Sp. PL 320. Willd. v. I. \305. Fl.Br.277. 



Engl. Bot.v. 21. t. 1454. 

 Ch. n. 1584. Hall. Hist. v. 2. 268. 



Ch. angustifolium laciniatum minus. Dill, in Raii Syn. 155. 

 Atriplex angustifolia laciniata minor. Bauh. Hist. v. 2. 972./. 973. 

 Rand's Oak Elite. Pet. H. Brit. t. 8./. 1. 



In waste ground, especially on a sandy soil. 



About London. Dillenius, and Mr. Pitchford. 



Annual. August. 



Stems from 2 inches to 2 feet long, stout, furrowed, branched, 

 spreading, often prostrate. Leaves numerous, nearly uniform ; 

 smooth, green, somewhat glaucous and purplish above ; mealy 

 and white beneath. Spikes interrupted, with a small leaf or two 

 at the base only. Cal. obtuse, smooth. Seed purplish-black, 

 very minutely dotted. 



** Leaves undivided, entire. 



10. Ch. olidum. Stinking Goosefoot. 



Leaves ovate, somewhat rhomboid, entire. Spikes dense, 

 crowded, leafless. 



Ch. olidum. Curt. Land. fasc. 5. t. 20. With. 273. Fl. Br. 277. 



Engl. Bat. v. 15. t. 1034. Hook. Scot. 83. Purton v. 3. 23. 

 Ch. Vulvaria. Linn. Sp. PI. 321 . Huds. 107. Woodv. Med. Bot^ 



M45. Bull.Fr. it. 323. 

 Ch. n. 1577. Hall. Hist. v. 2. 266. 

 Blitum foetidum, Vulvaria dictum. Raii Syn. 156. 

 Atriplex olida. Ger. Em. 327./ 

 A. foetida. Bauh. Hist. v. 2. 974. f. 975. Moris, v. 2. 605. ^ect. 5. 



t.3l.f.6. 



