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1. CHEVOPO'Dll'.H, L. GoosEFOOT. Pigweed, 

 * Fruiting calyx dry. 



1. C. album, L. (Lamb's Quarters.) Stem upright, 1-3 

 feet high. Leaves varying from rhombic-ovate to lanceo- 

 late, more or less toothed, mealy, as are also the dense flower- 

 clusters. — Extremely common in cultivated soil. 



2. C. ur'bieum, L. Rather pale and only slightly mealy, 

 1-3 feet high, branches erect. Leaves triangular, acute, 

 coarsely and sharply ■many-toothed. Spikes erect, crowded in 

 a long and narrow racemose panicle. — Waste places in 

 towns, 



3. C. hy'bridum, L. (Maple-leaved Goosbfoot.) Bright 

 green. Stem widely branching, 2-4feet high. Leaves thin, 

 large, triangular, heart-shaped, sinuate-angled, the angles 

 extended into pointed teeth. Panicles loose, leafless. Plant 

 with a rank unpleasant odour. — Waste places. 



4. C. Bot'rys, L. (Jerusalem Oak.) Not mealy, but 

 sticky ; low, spreading, sweet-scented. Leaves deeply sinu- 

 ate, slender-petioled. Eacemes in loose divergent corymbs. — 

 Sioadsides ; escaped from gardens. 



5. C. ambrosioi'des, L.' (MEXiOAif Tea.) Not mealy, 

 but sticky. Leaves slightly petioled, wavy- toothed or nearly 

 entire. Spikes densely flowered. — Streets of towns. 



6. C. glau'eum, L. (Oak-leaved Goosefoot.) Somewhat 

 glaucous-mealy, 5-12 inches high, spreading. Leaves sinti- 

 atdy pinnatifid-toothed, oblong, obtuse. Clusters small, in 

 axillary spikes. Seed vertical, exserted, with sharp edges. 



7. C. Bonus Henri' eus, L. {BUtum Bonus Henricus, 

 Eeiohenbach.) (GooD-KisG-HEirRY.) Stout, erect, 1-2 feet 

 high. Leaves broadly triangular-hastate, slightly sinuate 

 or entire. Flowers somewhat densely paniculate-spiked. 

 Seed vertical, exserted, with blunt edges. Not common. 



* * Pruiting calyx fieshy and often coloured. 



8. G. capita' tum, Watson^ (BHtum capitatum, L.) 

 (Stbawberry BLiTEi) Stem ascending, branching. Leaves 



