300 65. CHENOPODIACEai. 



2 C. polysper'mum. (L.) ; I. ovate-elliptic, fl. in axillary leafless 

 cymose racemes, perianth not covering the fr., seeds shining 

 minutely dotted blunt at the edge. — E. B. 1480, 1481. — Racemes 

 more or less cymose or spioate. St. erect or procumbent. 

 L. acute or blunt. C acutifolium and C. polyspei'mum are 

 undistinguishable. — ^Damp waste places. A. VIII. IX. E. 



tt Leaves toothed, angled, or lobed. 



3. C. ur'bicum (L.) ; /. triangular sinuate-dentate or nearly 

 entire their base contracted into the petiole, spikes erect nearly 

 leafless compound, perianth not covering the fr., seeds very 

 minutely rough blunt at the edge. — £1. B. 717. — L. with short 

 triangular teeth. Spike approaching the stem. Seed almost 

 as large as Rape-seed. — /3. C. intermedium (M. & K.) ; 1. with 

 large acute teeth. — Near Oxford. Sm.Fl.Br. fi. Waste places. 

 A. VIII. E. S. I. 



4. C. al'hum (L.) ; 1. rhomhoidal-ovate sinuate-dentate entire 

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

 branched nearly leafless racemes, perianth covering the fr., 

 seeds smooth and shining blunt but keeled at the edge. — a. C. 

 candicans (Lam.) ; fl. in dense spikes shorter than the sinuate- 

 dentate leaves. E. B. 172.3. — ^. C. viride (L.) ; fl. in lax cymose 

 racemes exceeding the nearly entire leaves. Sy. E. B. 1189. — 

 y. C. paganum (R.) ; fl. in lax compound spikes exceeding the 

 sinuate-dentate leaves. Sy. E. B, 1190. — Cultivated and waste 

 places. A. VII. VIII. Fat Hen. E. S. I. 



5. Cficifdlium (Sm.); I. waequally Z-lohedfrom a wedgeshaped 

 base, lobes ascending, middle lobe long oblong-lanceolate dentate 

 blunt, upper 1. hnear-lanceolate entire, fl. in erect nearly leafless 

 cymose racemes, perianth nearly covering the fr., seeds minutely 

 pitted shining blunt and not keeled at the edge. — 8y. E. B. 

 1191. — Mealy. L. blunt; middle lobe nearly equally broad 

 throughout. Seeds smaller than in C. album,. — Cultivated and 

 waste ground, rare. A. VIII. IX. E. I. 



6. C. murale (L.) ; /. rhomboidal-ovate unequally and sharply 

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

 perianth nearly covering the fr., seeds minutely granular opaque 

 acute and keeled at the edge. — E. B. 1722. — Waste ground near 

 towns and villages. A. VIII. Sowbane. E. I, 



7. C. hyb'ridum (L.) ; I. subcordate angulate-dentate acuminate, 

 teeth large distant, fl. in panicled leafless cymes, perianth not 

 covering the fr., seeds minutely pitted opaque blunt and not keeled 

 at the edge. — E. B. 1919. — Seeds very large. L. with 2-^ 

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



