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4, C. ASTHBMCl»TlCirif f L* Leaves lance-oblong, acute, dentate; 

 racemes axillary and terminal, long, slender, leafless. Beck, Mot. p. 296. 

 YVoBK-DBSTROTTHG Che no podium. Vulgd — Worm-seed. 



Plant pale green. Root perennial. Stem2 to 3 or 4 feet high, angular, grooved, 

 branched Leaves 1 to 2 op 3 inches long* and half an inch to an inch wide.repanu- 

 dentate, sometimes rather incised-dentate, cuneate at base, sprinkled with resin- 

 ous dots beneath ; petioles one fourth to three fourths of an inch long. Flatters in 

 lung slender interrupted naked racemes, or spikes ; clusters small. Calyx smoctji- 

 rsh, green. Stamens longer than the calyx Styles 3, united at base. 



Rob. Roadsides; Boot-tavern; gardens: rare. /V.July. FY. Sept.— October. 



Obs. This is quite rare, here,— and scarcely naturalized; but is sometimes to 

 I)p met with, in and about gardens. Mr. Elliott seems to consider it indigenous, in 

 the South. The plant has a strong disagreeable odor; and yields the well known 

 uortnseed oil, -a valual Le and powerful vermifuge* 



'). C. Botuys, /,. Leaves oblon r, srnnute-lobed ; raceme* axillary and 

 terminal, paniculate, leafless. Beck, Bot. /;. 296. 

 Vulgo — Jerusalem Oak. Feather-Geranium, 



Ro 4 annual. Stem 1 to Safest high, branched, pubescent ; pubescence minutely 

 glandular, and somewhat viscid. Leaves 1 to 2 inches long, and half an inch te 

 an inch wide, pinnatiful sinuate, lobes dentate, upper leaves gradually smaller, 

 j.uriTo-dentate: petioles one f urth to 3 fourths of an inch long. Flowers in nu- 

 merous rather short axillary branching glandular-pubescent racemes, the whole 

 resembling a long slender leafy panicle: usually a single sessile flower in the 

 fcrksof the peduncles, .v ed small, subcochleate,dark purplish br wn. 



Hab. Roadsides; North Valley Hill : rare. Ft July— Aug. FY. Sept.- Oct. 



Obs. This was c llected. in the above locality, by Mr. Joshua HoOPBS,— and it 

 issometimestobe met with in gardens; but is quite rare. It is a fragrant riant; 

 •iK, unlike ihe OS ambrosioides, the odor is dissipated in drying. Mr. Kultall 

 lays it is indigenous on the tanks of the Missouri and Mississippi. 



6. C. htbridux, /,, Leaves cordate-ovate, acuminate, angularly tooth- 

 ed ; racemes terminal and axillary, large, loosely paniculate, leafless, 

 with the branches divaricate. Beck, Bot. p. 296. 



Htbrid Chenop»hiu.m. 



Hoot annual, Stem2to 3 feet high (G equcntl/ 6 feet, 23ar/.), rather slender, angu- 

 lar and striate, sin >oth, somewhat branched. Leaves '2 to 4 inches long, and 1 to 



3inches wide, conspicuously acuminate, coars ]y sinua f .e-t<>oth< d,or angled, roun- 

 ded or often cordate at base, thin and membranaceous, smoothish, bright green; 

 petioles 1 to 2 inches 1 ni. Fioicers paniculate, the subdivisions cymese , terminal 

 panicle long and loose, with divaricate branches. Seed rather large, dark purple, 

 or nearly black, lenticular, somewhat cochleate, or with a notch on one side, slight- 

 \j striate and punctate, shining. 



dab. Bank of the Schuylkill, at Black Rock : rare. Fl. June. Fr. Ang. 



Obs, This is a rare species, with us .^ It was collected in the above locality by 

 D. Townsbnd Kaq, in 1830. The larger loaves resemble these of the Mdple } in form; 

 anj the plant is called, in England, Map!e-lear&d Goose feci. Fire or six addition- 

 al species hare been enumerated in the U.»States :'_t tit the ftfrsgofog, I believe, are 

 all that have yet been detected i* Chester Conwy. 





