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bright-green; rac. strict, spike-like, leafless; seed ehining, margin acute; fruit 

 partly inclosed. — (J) Gardens, waste grounds, rare. (C. acutifolium Sm.) Plant 

 smooth, pale green or purplish, If or more high. Calyx minute, lobes obtuse, at 

 length spreading and the fruit naked. § Eur. 

 3. C. h^bridTim L. Erect, much branched ; Ivs. petiolate (ample), broad, subcor- 

 date, aaimmcUe, deeply sinuate-angled, thin, glabrous, bright green, the terminal 

 lobe longest, all acuminate, upper deltoid ; rac. diffiisely panioled, loose, leafless ; 

 seed rugous, dull i fr. partly inclosed. — ^3) A strong-scented, rigid herb, 2 to 4f 

 high, in waste grounds, N. Eng. to Ky., comipon. St. furrowed. Lvs. partly 

 palmate-veined, 3 to 5' by 2 to i', petiolo 1 to 2'. Fls. sessile, greenish. JI. 

 8 Eur. 



3 C mnrslle L. Ascending, sulcate-angled, branched ; lvs. petiolate, ascending, 

 cvate-rliombia, acute at base, unequally and acutely toothed, thin, shining, briglit 

 green ; rae. divaricate, subcorymbous, leather loose and leafless ; seed duU, rugous, 

 acute-edged, very flat; fr. almost inclosed. — d) Fields, gardens, north and south, 

 rare. SL 12 to 18' high. Lvs. 2 to 3' by 1' to 18", subtripliveined, petiole 1'. 

 Fls. mealy. Stam. exsertod. Aug. § Eur. 



4 C. \irbioum L. j3. hhombifolium. Erect, angled, branched ; lvs. petiolate, 

 ascending or erect rhombic-triangvXar, acute, sjTitsote-toothed, with long, acute teeth, 

 Ihin, green, the highest lance-linear, subentire; rac. long, erect-panided, rather 

 dense-flowered, nearly leafless ; seed shining, obtuse-edged ; fr. partly inclosed. — (T; 

 St. 2 to 3f high, marked 'n'ith green lines ; branches suberect. Lvs. 2 to 3' long. 

 Rac. very strict Cal. lobes obtuse, green. Stam. exserted. (C. rhombifoliuni 

 Kuhl.) 



5 C. Bosciknum Moq. Erect, branched; lvs. smaU, petiolate, divaricate, lance- 

 linear, very acute, thin, entire, glaucous-green above, canescent beneath ; spikes 

 loose, leafy ; seed shining, acute-margined ; fr. wholly inclosed. — CD Car. to Tex. 

 St 18' ta 2f high, slender, green-striate, branches ascending. Lvs. 5" to 1' long, 

 1 to 2" wide. Fls. minute, mealy, sessile. 



6 C. dlbum L. PioWEED. Erect, sulcate-striate, thinly branched; lvs. petio- 

 late, ascending, rhombic-ovaJe, cuneate at base, sinuate-toothed or subentire, thin, 

 pulverulent, pale green or whitish, upper oblong or lance-linear, entire ; rac. dense 

 or loose, subpaniculate, nearly leafless ; seed .smooth and shining, acute-edged, 

 wholly inclosed. — (J) The most common of weeds in fields and gardens. St 2 to 4 

 to 7f high, beautifully striate with green and purple. Branches subsimple, as- 

 cending. Lvs, 18 to 30" long, jxjtiole a third as long. Fls. mealy. Jl. — Sept 

 (C. viride L., a greener, narrow-leaved var.) 



7 C. glaiicum. L. Prostrate or ascending, sulcate-striate, branched ; lvs. petio- 

 late, oblong or ovate-oblong, obtuse, sinuate-angled or remotely dentate, thin, palo 

 green above, mealy and white-glaucous beneath; rac. simple, leafless, rather 

 dense-flowered; seed shining, acnte-edgei, partly inclosed. — (pMass., Penn., rare-. 

 Plant somewhat fleslij'. If long, smooth. Lvs. 1 to 2' long. Calyx somelames 

 abortively 2 or 3-lobed, and then the seed is erect (Koch.) 



8 C. ambroBioides L. IIexioan Te.\. Erect, suloate, branched; lvs. short- 

 petioled, ascending, oblong, the upper attenuate at each end, acutish, remotely 

 sinuate-dentate or subentire, thin, puberulent, glandular beneath, light green, the 

 upper lance-linear, very entire; rac. spiko-Iike, dense-flowered, leafy; seed 

 smooth and shining, obtuse-edged; fruit wholly inclosed. — Q) Waysides, waste 

 places. Plant yellowish green, pleasantly aromatic, 1 to 2f high. Jl., Au;;;. 

 § Mex. &c. 



9 C. anthelmfnticum L. 'Worm-seed. Erect, angular, subsimple; lvs. ovate- 

 oblong, petiolate, acute, attenuate at base, deeply sinuate-serrate, the lower almost 

 pinnatifid, thm, smoothish, glandula-r beneath, bright green ; rac. spike-like, axil- 

 lary, subsimple, dense-flowered, leafless, paniculate above ; sly. mostly 3 ; seed 

 .smooth, shining, obtuse-margined; fruit wholly inclosed. — 2{ In light soils, pas- 

 tures, and waste grounds, common south and west. Plant strongly aromatic, 1 

 to 3f high, with small branches (or none), forming a leafy panicle of leafless 

 spikes. Jn. — Aug. 



IOC. Bdtrys L. Oak of Jeedsalem. . Erect, sulcate-angled, much branched ; 

 lvs. long-petioled, ascending, oblong, obtuse, sinnate-subpiflnatifld with Obtiise 



