No. 14.] FLOWERING PLANTS AND FERNS. 167 



Chenopodium murale L. (of walls). 

 Nettle-leaved Goosefoot. Sowbane. 



Rare. Waste places: New London, as a gutter-weed 

 (Graves), New Haven (W. A. Setchell), Fairfield (Eames). 

 June — Sept. Adventive from Europe. 



Chenopodium urbicum L. (of the city). 

 City or Upright Goosefoot. 



Rare. Waste places in rich soil: Ledyard (Graves), Ox- 

 ford (Harger), Naugatuck (A. E. Blewitt & Harger). Mid- 

 May — Aug. Adventive f irom Europe. 



Chenopodium Boscianum Moq. 



Rare. Rocky woods : Southington and Meriden (Andrews, 

 Bissell). Aug. — Sept. 



Chenopodium leptophyllum Nutt. (slender-leaved). 



Rare. Coastal beaches, sand dunes and sandy borders of 

 salt marshes: Groton (Graves), New Haven (F. W. Hall), 

 Milford (Harger, Eames), Stratford (Miss A. E. Carpenter, 

 Eames), Bridgeport, Westport and Norwalk (Eames). Aug. 

 — Sept. 



BETA L. Beet. 



Beta vulgaris L. (common). 

 Common Beet. 



Rare and fugitive. Waste grounds: Bridgeport (Eames). 

 July. Native of southern Europe. 



ATRIPLEX L. Orach. 



Atriplex tatarica L. 



Atriplex laciniata Koch and many authors, not L. 



Rare. Naugatuck, in waste ground (A. E. Blewitt). Aug. 

 Fugitive from Europe. 



Atriplex patula L. (spreading). 

 Spreading Orach. 



Rare or occasional on the shores of the Sound. 



The var. hastata (L.) Gray (halberd-shaped), Atriplex 

 hastata L., is the usual form of this variable species, and is 

 common on the shores of the Sound and edges of salt marshes. 



