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687. CHENOPODIUM. 



inch in diameter, with minute dots, not readily 

 separating fi-om the tunic, a. 8, 9. Uich. 



11. album. L. deltoideo-ovate, eroso-den- 

 tate, acute or apiculate. Upper L. lanceolato- 

 oblong, acute, entire. Clusters in sessile 

 spikes (nearly leafless, Koch). Seeds large, 

 shining, smooth, a. 7-9. Rich. 



/8. viride, Linn. L. dentato-sinuate. Spikes 

 cymose, somewhat leafy. 



7. lanceolatum. L. ovato-lanceolate, entire. 



12. pedunculare. " L. ohlongo-lanceo- 

 late, nearly entii'c, acute ; upper acuminate. 

 Spikes cymose, on long stalks. Seeds large, 

 shining, smooth, a. 6-9. JJncult, Sarzana. 

 Fossa. Claudia." — Beet. This form is per- 

 haps not uncommon in England. 



13. opulifolium. L. suhrotundo-rhom- 

 boid, very obtuse, eroso-dentate ; upper ellip- 

 tico-lanceolate. Cymes nearly leafless. (Cal. of 

 Fr. acutely keeled, Beut.) Seeds large, shining, 

 smooth, a. 6-9. Rich. m. Eur. In all 

 the specimens which I possess as the C. opuli- 

 folium of Buhy, or the C. viride of Ooss. and 

 Ger., most of the leaves terminate in a com- 

 plete angle, generally about a right angle, or 

 in an acute tooth. A few only of the lower 

 leaves are really obtuse. The froportiou of 

 entire upper leaves is much smaller than in C. 

 album. 



14. ficifolium. L. unequally 3-lobed, on 

 a wedge-shaped base ; upper oblong, acute, 

 entire. , Cymes nearly leafless. Seeds dotted. 

 a. 7, 8. iiich. Not in It. 



15. murale. L. deltoideo-ovate, attenuate, 

 shining. Teeth acute. Clusters in cymose, 

 terminal, and axUlary panicles. Seeds dull, 

 with a marginal keel. a. 7-9. Rich. 



16. hybriduna. L. not mealy, broadly 

 cordate, angular. Angles acuminate. Cymes 

 panicled. Seeds shagreened. a. 8, 9. Un- 

 cult. 



C L. and branches covered with hairs or 

 glands. 



17. ambrosioides. Erect. L. lanceolate, 

 remotely dentate. Spikes nearly simple, leafy, 

 axillary. Seeds minute, smooth, shining, a. 

 p. 6-9. TJncult. Aust. Rous. Nantes. It. 



18. Botrys. Viscid, erect. Branches 

 straight. L. sinuato-pinnatifid. Div. angu- 

 loso-dentate, obtuse. Spikes naked, numerous, 

 in cymes. Seeds somewhat granular, a. 7- 

 9. TJncult. s. Fr. s. G. It. According to 

 Moqtdn-Tandon, the Stamens in this and the 



preceding species are fixed on the receptacle ; 

 in the others, on the base of the calyx. 



19. multifidum. Prostrate. L. pinnatifid. 

 Segm. linear and lanceolate, unequal. Those 

 of the floral L. pectinate. Fl. axillary, sessile, 

 solitary or clustered, p. sometimes xv. 7-9. 

 Belgioioso near Pavia. Palermo. 



Not well known. 



20. sepiuiu. " Stem herbaceous, erect, 

 somewhat angular, green, branched. L. stalked, 

 ovate, deeply and unequally sinuate, bright 

 green. Rao. simple, leafy. Fil. very long. 

 Stigma feathery. a. Walls and hedges. 

 Bohemia." — Moq. 



688. BETA. 



1. Cicla. Root thick, fusiform. Stem erect. 

 Lower L. subcordate. Spikes long, interrupted ; 

 the terminal one much branched. Bracts li- 

 near, about equalling flowers. Fl. about 3 

 together, b. Summer. Olive-grounds and 

 uncult. Sarzana. MUan. Novara. Sic. 



2. vulgaris. Root fleshy. Stem erect. Root- 

 L. somewhat cordate. Spikes at first dense. 

 Bracts lanceolate, far exceeding flowers. Fl. 

 3 or 4 togethei". a. and b. (Adriatic. Heili- 

 genhaven in Ger. occ, Koch.) 



3. maritima. Stem decumbent. L. ovate, 

 cuneate at base. Splices long, simple. Bracts 

 lanceolate, exceeding clusters. Fl. generally 

 in pairs. Segm. of Cal. quite entire on the 

 keel. p. Summer. Shores. Not in G. 



689. CAMPHOROSMA. 



1. monspeliaca. Hirsute. L. and Bracts 



subulate. Clusters in axillary, nearly sessUe 

 spikes, w. Sandy uncult. s. Fr. Vegha. It. occ. 

 C. glabra, Linn., supposed to grow in Switz- 

 erland, is at present unknown. 



TRIBE IIL 

 690. POLYCNEMUM. 



1. arvense. Stem diffuse. L. rigid, subu- 

 late, 3-edged, mucronate. Fl. axillary, sessile. 

 Bracteoles hardly equalling Cal. Stamens 3. 

 a. 7. Ei-y fields, s. and m. Eur. Not in Sic. 

 Not at Rome. 



2. majus. L. rigid, subulate, 3-edged, 

 mucronate. II, axillary, sessUe. Bracteoles 

 exceeding calyx. Eruit twice as large as in 

 the preceding, a. 7, 8. Waste. Ger. occ. 



