PENTANDRIA DIGYNTA. 149 



In corn fields and gardens very common. O. Wll. 

 I'he fpikes grow ered, with thick, oval, fefTile 

 farinaceous clufters of flowers : the leaves wiihcr 

 away early in the Autumn, the ftaik and fpikes 

 remaining. In IJIa I obferv'd the people boil'd 

 and eat it as greens. 



viride 6. C. foliis rhomboideis dentato-fmuatis, racemis ra» 

 mofis fubfoliatis. Sp. pi. 319. (Fail. Paris, t. 7. 

 /. I. Fet, herh.t, 8./. 4 J 



Green Blite. Anglis, 



It grows as a common weed in almoil every gar- 

 den. O. VIL 



The flalk is green, and much bran^ched, with red 

 angles at the bafe of the ramifications : the up- 

 per leaves are nearly entire, or at mod have not 

 above one or tvv^o dents. This is eaten as well 

 as the preceding. 



byhridum 7. CHENO PODIUM foliis cordatis an^ulato acumi- 

 natis, racemis ramofis nudis. Sp. pi. 319. (VaiL 

 Paris, t. 7./. 2. Pet. herb. LS.f. y.) 

 Maple-leav'd Blite. Ariglis. 



In gardens and wafte places, but not common. O . 

 VIII. 



** Foliis integris, 



vulvaria 8. C. foliis integerrimis rhomboideo-ovatisy floribus 

 conglomeratis axillaribus. Sp. pi. 321. {Ger. Em, 

 327. Pet, herhy t. 7./. 11. Mofis.hijl.f. 5. /. 31. 



Stinking Blite. Jnglis. 



L 3 m 



