70 PENTANDRIA DIGYNIA. Chenop6dium. 



Waste ground, often in muddy situations. Sm. 



An. August. 



Plant more bushy than Ch. urbicum. Ls. more deeply toothed, 

 considerably lengthened out at the base. Spikes of stalkless tufts 

 interspersed with linear leaflets. Ls. thick, scarcely shining. 

 In exposed situations the whole plant becomes red. Said to be 



poisonous to swine. 



Ch. murale. Nettle-leaved G. Leaves egg-shaped, 

 acute, many-toothed, shinins;-. Spikes aggregate, pani- 

 cled, cymose, leafless. E. B. 1722. C. 6. 20. 



Waste ground, about old walls, way-sides. 



An. August. 



Panicled, cymose ; inflorescence distinguishes this species. Plant 

 fetid, with dark, shining leaves. Seed larger than in Ch. rubrum^ 

 black, very minutely dotted. The dark, shining leaves and 

 corymbose clusters distinguish this species. Stem often tinged 

 with dark-purple. 



Qh. hy'bridwn. Maple-leaved G. (^Thorn-apple-leaved.^ 

 Leaves heart-shaped, pointed, with broad, angular, teeth. 

 Spikes aggregate, panicled, cyniose, straddling, almost 

 leafless. E. B. 1919. C. 4. 23. 



Waste ground, rather moist ; one of tlie rarer species. Sm. 

 An. August. 



Plant more slender than in most other species ; Is. larger, of a full, 

 bright-green. Seeds stripped of their pellicle, black, with irre- 

 gular, large dots. Bunch at first compact, but forming a light 

 panicle, when fully expanded. 



Linn, named this species hybridum, supposing it might be pro- 

 duced from Ch. viride. Fl. Suec. 



Ch. alburn. White G. Leaves rhomboid-egg-shaped, 

 jagged, mealy ; entire towards the base : upper ones 

 oblong, entire. Seed quite smooth. E. B. 1723. C. 

 2. 15. 



Cultivated, a)id waste groiind. 



An. July. 



Plant mealy when full grown, gi'easy to the touch, becoming di'y 

 and chaffy ; aspect hoary or silvery. Subject to variety in the 

 shape of its leaves : sometimes broad and roundish, [or narrow 

 . and gi'een (Ch, viride. Linn.y\ sometimes leaves nearly entire. 

 Ls. diamond, triangular, on long foot-stalks. Spikes alternate, 

 stalkless. Seeds not dotted. Bunches with small Is. but not 

 intermixed with the flowers. Cal. frosted. Ls. with three semi- 

 transparent veins springing from the base. May be boiled and 

 eaten as greens. 



Ch. JicifoUum. Fig-leaved G. Leaves sinuated, jagged, 



