354 Lxx. ciiEXOPODiACEyE: CHEXOPODE^. \_Cheno2j6dh 



fers from B, imlgaris in the keel of the calyx belnf^ entire 

 sent is esteemed a wholesome food when boiled. Mr. 

 finds always 3 styles, tlie germen S-sided, flowers often 

 and that when the seed is ripe the germen becomes 

 granulated. 



irn. 



The pre- 

 W. Wilson 

 3 together, 

 purple and 



2. Chenopodium Linn. Goose-foot, 



h 



■ Flowers wsn^\j all perfect. Veriantli nearly uniform, usually 

 5- (sometimes 2 — 4-) cleft, pez^sistent and unaltered, or at leno-th 

 fleshy, closing npcm the fruit Ovary and fruit free from the 

 perianth. Seed lenticular, {Leaves flat. Jiractcas iinder each 

 flower none.) — N'amed from x'?^? X^/^'^c, a goose, and ttou^- a 



foot 



more or less employed as potherbs. 



They are 



* 



Seeds horizontally compressed. Chenopodium Moq* 



■j" Leaves undivided. 



1. C, olidum. Curt. 



{stinking GJ) ; leaves ovate-rhomboid 

 entire mealy, flowers in dense clustered leafless spikes, stem 

 difiuse. JE. B. t. 1034. C. Vulvaria L. 



Waste places, and under walls, especially near the sea on the E. 

 side of both England and Scotland. 0. 8, 9. — Leaves small', 

 petiolate, greasy to the touch and covered with a pulverulent sub- 

 stance, which, when bruised, yields a detestable odour, resemblln"- 

 that of putrid fish. Seeds very small, shining, slightly rough. ^ 



^ 2. C. pohjspermum L. {many-seeded G.) ; leaves ovate-ellip- 

 tical sessile, spikes axillary elongated subcymose,— ^. stems all 

 prostrate, leaves obtuse, spikes cymose leafless. C. polyspermum 

 -£/. B. t. 1480.— /3. stem erect, leaves acute, spikes leafy scarcely 

 cymose. C. polyspermum Cwr^. C. acutifolium ^. iJ. t 1481 



a. Cornwall. 



6. not unfrequent in England, In v/aste places and 

 among rubbish, and on ballast-bills. 0. 8, 9. — The spikes of 

 Jlowersare more or less cymose, sometimes leafy and leafless upon the 

 same mdiyidual; so that we cannot assent to the opinion that the 

 C. acntifdmm is distinct from C. polyspermum, of which Wallroth, an 

 excellent observer, says, '< varlat foliis ovatis, obtusis, emar^rinatis. 



rubro-marglnati 



cutis; cymlsaphyllisetfoliosisexpansis." It is 

 remarkable for its very numerous, dark brown, shining, minutely 



bj the pelnlir ' "' ""' '^' "'^°'"^>' ^" ^^^^^ ""^^ '^'^'^''^'^ 



. ft Leaves iootlied, angled or lobed. 



ne!;iv^;n1;tp T-^ {''^'^'^^' ^'^ ' ^^^^^' triangular toothed or 



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