

\in len ; perianth ascend- 



ing curved, contract I i i bordur obtu 



Rich mouutain wo 



OsDitR 80. CHEN0P0BIACEI3. — GW/^ Family. 



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; or on their 



in ft u '. C 

 the fruit. Si. ,33 2 . . i 



1. CHENOPODIUM, Linn. Goosefoot. 



Gr. c\m. a goose, andj??;*?, foot, in allush 



Flowers psrfeci Calyx 5-parted, o] 3-angled, 



partially enveloping the depressed fruit. Stam ;: ! 

 3. Utsicle rnembranac izontal, lenticular. — 



Smooth mostly annual weeds with peHoled triangular or rhomboid 

 toothed or ent've leaves often covered with a white mealiness and 

 sessile flowers in small cluto 



1. C. ALBUM, L. Lamb ^quarter. 



&.era uprigfc t branched ; leaves rhomboid-orate with a w ' . - I ■ I 



entire base, ^ in pnnieie.l spikes, nearly lea 



. i >th and kilning. 



i. July, Aug. A very common plant aliout gard 

 to 3 fe t high, covered with a whitish m alia a?. ■ 



and entire. Flowers numerous small, green, in irregular terminal erect racemes. 

 A greener variety is the C. viri U of most authors. 



2. C. GLATJCTJM, L. Glaucous Goose/dot. 



%S ascending or pre : ^.tin- 



uate or toothed, mealy-whitened underneath; r 



ling, leafless ; calyx- . ->.cth and shining. 



Near Philadelj iiia, rare. Jul/. Stem d-liuse thick. 



o.. C. nYBRiDCM, L. Maple-leaved Goosrfool. 



Sicm erect, much branched ; I :/<.r5 ovate-heart-shaped at the base, pointed, r. 

 with a few large and distant pointed teeth; rux;ncs loosely paniclcd, s; r 

 leafless: cal\ - 1 in fruit. 



Waste places, common. July. Aug. Sew 2 to 3 feet high, slender, with large 

 and bright green leaves. Fl wsrs greenish, ill-scented, in a lo.se brant hing cluittr. 



4, C. L'RBicuM, L. Triangular-leaved Gooscj 



triuncrular-aeute, coarsely sinuate-toothed, the up- 

 permost lance-linear and nearly entk. ; misled, erect j coll 

 not keeled. — Var. rJumbiftAium, Mcquin (C. rhombifjliuni, Muhl,), has rather 

 rhombic leaves with more prolonged teeth. 



Not common. June, July. Whole plant yellowish-green, 1 to 2 feet high, 

 branched. FlowtTi email green, in rouudL-h deneeclu;: . 



