276 65. chenopodiacejE. 



leafless dense spikes, seed shining slightly rongh (very small), st. 

 diffuse.— E. B. 1034. St. 75. 14.— L. stalked. Whole herbage 

 covered with a greasy pulverulent fetid substance. — Waste 

 places by road-sides. A. vIII. IX. 



2. C. polysperrmim (L.) ; I. ovate-elliptical, fl. in axillary leaf- 

 less cymose racemes, seeds shining minutely punctulate blunt at 

 the edge.— £. B. 1480 and 1481. height, t. 5. St. 76. 12 and 13. 

 — -Kacemes more or less cymose or spicate. St. erect or pro- 

 cumbent. L. acute or obtuse. C. acutifolium and C. polysper- 

 mum aie undistinguishable. — Damp waste places. A. VIII. IX. 



ft Leaves toothed angled or lobed. 



3. C. urhicum (L.) ; I. triangular sinuate-dentate or nearly 

 entire their base contracted into the petiole, spikes erect nearly 

 leafless compound, seeds very minutely rough blunt at the edge. 

 — L. with short triangular teeth. Spikes approaching the stem. 

 Seed almost as large as Rape-seed. — /3. C intermedium (M. and 

 K.) ; 1. with large acute teeth. E. B. 717- — Near Oxford. Sm. 

 Fl. Br. 13. Waste places. A. VIII. 



4. C. album (L.); 1. rliomboid-ovate sinuate-dentate entire 

 below, upper ones lanceolate nearly entire, fl. in compound 

 branched nearly leafless racemes, seeds smooth and shining blunt 

 but keeled at the edge. — E. B. 1723. St. 75. 6. — Axillary racemes 

 spicate dense, 1. mealy. — [i. C. viride (L.) ; racemes cymose, 1. 

 green often quite entire. St. 75. 7. — Waste places. A. VII. 

 VIII. 



5. C.Jicifolium {Sm.); l.unequallyS-lobedfromawedgeshaped 

 base, lobes ascending, middle lobe elongate oblong-lanceolate den- 

 tate obtuse, upper 1. linear-lanceolate entire, fl. in erect nearly 

 leafless cymose racemes, seeds excavate-punctate shining blunt 

 and not keeled at the edge.— .B. B. 1724. St. 75. 10.— Mealy. 

 L. blunt ; middle lobe nearly equally broad throughout. Seeds 

 smaller than in C. album. — Waste ground, rare. A. VIII. IX. 



6. C. rmirale (L.) ; Z. rhomboid-ovate unequally and sharply 

 toothed entire below, fl. in divaricately-branched leafless cymes, 

 seeds elevate-punctate opaque acute and heeled at the edge. — E. B. 

 1722. St. 75. 5.— Waste ground near towns and villages. A. 

 VIII. 



7. C. hybridum (L.); I. subcordate angulate-dentate acuminate, 

 teeth large distant, fl. in aggregated panicled leafless cymes, seeds 

 excavate-punctate opaque blunt and not keeled at the edge, — 

 E. B. 1919. St. 75. 2.— Seeds very large. L. with 2—4 large 

 teeth on each side. — Waste places, rare. A. VIII. 



