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Natural Order, Chenopodiaceae. 



Chenopodium Anlhelmiiiticum. Linn, (worm-seed.) An 

 erect coarse, leafy plant of a bright green colour, and unplea- 

 sant aromatic smell, two or three feet high, stem slightly 

 branched, angular and grooved. Leaves oblong, two to three 

 inches long, one inch wide, acutely toothed. Flower clusters 

 in small whorls along numerous slender leafless spikes. 

 Flowers minute, yellowish-green, followed by round, shining, 

 dark-brown seeds. Common on waste ground and waysides. 

 Perennial. July to October. 



Chenopodium Album. Linn, (pigweed.) An erect plant, 

 two to four feet high, stem grooved. Leaves one to three 

 inches long, one to one and a half inch wide, toothed slightly, 

 whitish and powdery, oblong. Flowers in roundish clusters' 

 collected in spikes, greenish, minute, mealy looking. Way- 

 sides and cultivated ground. Annual. Summer mouths. 



Chenopodium Murale or Ambrosioides. Linn. A plant with 

 branched, grooved stems, six to eighteen inches high. Leaves 

 smooth, shining, green, oval, sharply toothed, except near base. 

 Flower-spikes half an inch long, terminal and at leaf stalks. 

 Flowers green, small, mealy. Annual. Autumn months. 



Blitum Maritimum (^Chenopodium rubrum;) Atriplex 

 cristata, H. B.; and, Obione cristata, Moquin. A plant with 

 stem one to two feet high, branched Leaves grayish, one to two 

 inches long, juicy, lance-shaped and toothed. Flower spikes at 

 leaf joints, short, flowers minute, grayish-green merging into 

 a red tinge. Found near shores, especially at the Ducking 

 Stool. Annual. Summer months. 



Salicorina Fruticosa, ambigua, or herbacea. Linn, 

 (samphire glass wort. ) A plant with woody stem, prostrate or 

 creeping, rooting in the sand, rocks, and salt marsh margins- 

 Branches six or eight inches long, or more, fleshy, cylindrical, 

 jointed, leafless, erect. Very succulent and used in pickles- 

 Swamp. Flowers obscure, green. Common. Perennial' 

 May and June. 



