ORDER CI. PHTTOLACCACE-ffl. 487 



Genus III— CHENOPO'DIUM. L. 5—2. {Pig-weed.) 

 (From the Greek c7ien, a goose, and pous, a foot.) 



Flowers perfect. Perianth 5-cleft, 5-angled, inclosing the 

 fruit. Stamens 5. Styles 2. 



1. C. mura'le, (L.) Stem decumbent, branching. Leaves ovate, 

 lanceolate, toothed, on long petioles. Flowers in leafy, corymbose ra- 

 cemes. — ©. Aug. — Sept. Cultivated lands. 12 — 18 inches. 



2. C. at.' bum, (L.) Stem branching. Leaves ovate, rhomboid, erose, 

 entire at the base, the upper ones entire, when old becoming covered 

 ■with a mealy substance. Flowers in branched racemes, somewhat leafy. 

 Seed smooth. — ©. July — Aug. Waste grounds. 3 — 6 feet. 



3. C. Bot'rys, (L.) Stem much branched, somewhat viscid. Leaves 

 oblong, ^inuately pinnatifid, with the segments toothed. Flowers in 

 short, axillary racemes at the extremity of the branches. — %. July — 

 Aug. Common. 1 — 3 feet. 



Jerusalem Oak. Ambrina JBotrys, Moq. 



4. C. ambrosioi'des, (L.) Stem much branched, somewhat pubescent. 

 Leaves lanceolate, remotely toothed, on short petioles. Flowers in erect 

 6pikes, leafy. — 0. Aug. — Sept. Road-sides. 1 — 2 feet. 



Ambrina ambrosioides, Spath. 



5. C. anthelmin'ticum, (L.) Stem erect, branching, furrowed. Leaves 

 oblong lanceolate, sinuately toothed, rugose, dotted on the under sur- 

 face. Floicers in axillary, terminal, and leafless spikes. — 11 June — 

 August. Fields. 4 — 6 feet. 



Worm-seed. Ambrina anthelmintica, Spach. 



Genus IV.— SALSO'LA. L. 5—2. 

 (From salsus, salt.) 



PeriantfL 5-leaved. Stamens 5. Styles 2, or none. Stiff- 

 mas acute. Capsule 1-seeded. Embryo spiral. 



1. S. Carolinia'na, (Mich.) Stem erect, striate, glabrous, branching. 

 Leaves subulate, fleshy, rigid. Flowers usually solitary, sessile, with 2 

 bracts at the base. Calyx persistent, red. — 0. June — Sept. In drift- 

 ing lands. S. kali. 



2. S. linea'rts, (Ell.) Stem erect, furrowed, glabrous, branching. 

 Leaves linear, alternate. Flowers sessile, axillary, crowded. Calyx 

 fleshy. Style none. Stigmas 2. Fruit clothed by the calyx, spiral. — 

 0. Sept. — Oct. On the sea-coast. Chenopodina linearis. 



Order CL— PHYTOLACCA'CE.E. (Poke-root Family.) 



Perianth 5-parted, petaloid. Stamens 5 — 10, alternate with 

 the segments of the perianth. Ovary 5 — 10-celled, with one 

 ovule in each cell. Styles 5 — 10. Fruit indehiscent. Seed 

 ascending, solitary. Herbaceous plants, with alternate leaves. 



