ORDER CI. — PHYTOLACCACE.E. 487 



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

 (From the Greek chen, a goose, and pous, a foot) 



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

 fruit. Stamens 5. Styles 2. 



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

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

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



2. C. album, (L.) Stem branchiug. 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'rts, (L.) Stem much branched, somewhat viscid. Leaves 

 oblong, sinuately 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 

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



Ambrina ambrosioides, Spath. 



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

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

 face. Flowers in axillary, terminal, and leafless spikes. — If. June — 

 August. Fields. 4 — 6 feet. 



Worm-seed. Ambrina anthelminticum, Spach. 



ffiern IV.— SALSO'LA. L. 5—2. 



(From salsue, salt.) 



Perianth 5-leaved. Stamens 5. Styles 2, or none. Stig- 

 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'ris, (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. Chenopodi?ia linearis. 



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



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

 segments of the perianth. Ovary 10-celled, with one ovule in 

 each cell. Styles 5 — 10. Fruit indehiscent. Seed ascending, 

 solitary. Herbaceous plants, with alternate leaves. 



