PENTANDRIA DIGYNIA. Chenopodium. 69 



others erect, /.-bearing. Ls. oiDposite, stalked. Fl. solitary, 

 axillary, alternate. Cal. segin. as long as the fl. tube. Cor. 

 purple, blue, large. Fruit seldom seen, unless the plant be 

 cultivated in a pot; thus perhaps propelling the juices more 

 copiously to the fl. 



One of the greatest ornaments of the early season. Handful of 

 the is. of Periwinkle stamped, and the juice given to drink in red 

 vi^ine, highly recommended by Gerarde to stop spitting of blood, &c. 



PENTANDRIA DIGYNIA. 

 CHENOPODIUM. Goosefoot. 



* Leaves angular. 



Ch. Bonus Hen7'icus. Mercury G. Leaves triangular- 

 arrow-shaped, entire. Spikes terminal, compound, 

 leafless, axillary. E. B. 1033. C. 3. 17. Bonus 

 Henricus. G. E. 329- 



Waste ground, road-sides. Not very common about Oxford. Bx. 

 Per. June. 



Plant clothed with unctuous mealiness. SpiJcelefs alternate, stalk- 

 less. Fl. crowded, stalkless. Plant pyramidal. 

 The calyx universally regular, five-cleft, not much enlarged after 

 flowering, clearly separates Chenopodium from Atriple.r. Seeds 

 of this genus, a large supply of food to the smaller birds. 

 Our only perennial Chenopodium, eaten when young, like 

 spinach, and is very good tasted, laxative. The leaves may be ap- 

 plied as a poultice. 



Ch. urbicum. Upright G. Leaves triangular, toothed. 

 Spikes crowded, lobed, very long and straight, 

 approaching the stem, almost leafless. E. B. 717' 



Dunghills, ditch-banks, way -sides. 



An. August. 



Stem stiff and straight. Ls. bright-gi'een, smooth. Cal. smaller 



than in Ch. ruhrmn. Seed roundish, the size of rape-seed, five 

 times as large as that of Ch. ruhrum. Curtis. 



The very long clusters of flowers, erect, and approximating the 

 stem, distinguish this species, together with its seeds larger than 

 Ch. rubrum. 



Ch. rubrum. Red G. or Sow-bane. Leaves triangular, 

 somewhat rhomboid, deeply toothed and sinuated. 

 Spikes erect, compound, leafy. Seed very minute, 

 about the size of common sand. E. B. 1721. C. 6. 

 21. Atriplex sylvestris latifolia altera. G. E. 328, 



