Chenopodium album, white Goosefoot. 



CHENOPODIUM Lin. Gen. PI. Pentandria Digynia. 



Cal. 5 phyllus, 5 gonus. 

 Cor. o. Sem. 1, lenticulare, fuperum. 

 Rail. Syn. Gem $, Herb;e flore impe.rfecto seu stamineo vel apetalo potius. 

 CHENOPODIUM album Mils rhomboideo-triangularibus erofis poftice integris, fummis oblongis, racemis 

 creai Si Lin. Syjt> Vegetab. p. 216. Spec. Plant, p. 319. Fl. Suecic. p. 79 . 



CHENOPODIUM foliis fubtus farinofis, rhomboideis, dentatis, fuperioribus integerrimis. Haller. 

 hljl. m 1579. 



CHENOPODIUM fylveftre opuli folio. Falllant, Paris. 3 6. t. ). fig. 1, 



BLITUM Atriplex fylveftris didum. Rail Sym p. 154, Common wild Orache, 



ATRIPLEX folio finuato cafidicante. Bauh. pin. ng. 



ATRIPLEX fylveitris vulgatior finuata major. Parklnjbm 74B, 



ATRIPLEX vulgaris Ger. emac. 3 z6. Hudfon. Fl. Angl p. 91. LlghtfiooU Flor. Scot. p. 148. 



n^T?c an T' * hr °h db ^ • 1 I ROOT annuaI ' fibrous and white. 



CAULIS ereftus, pedalis ad tripedalem, parum flex- | STALK upright, from one to three feet Wh, fliebtly 

 uofus fubangulofus et ftnatus, folidus, ramo- | crooked, fomewhat angular and ftriated, fblid, 



fus,laevis, lubinde purpurafcens. Rami al- | branched, fmooth, fometimes of a purplifh 



rmTA I 6 " 11 ; , . . ? colour. Branches alternate. 



FOLIA rhomboideo-tnangulana erofa, poftice Integra, | LEAVES of a triangular rhomboid figure, deeply and 

 fig.^ 7. glauco-vindia, fubtus praefertim fa- | irregularly indented, intire behind, fig. 7. of 



rina copiofe adfperfa, fummis oblongis minus * a blueifh green colour, plentifully covered par- 



profunde dentatis, aut etiam integris. | ticularly on the under fide with a mealy pow- 



3: der, the uppermoft leaves oblong, lefs deeply 



T?Ani?A/rT -ii a* r ■ • n -i i .1 indented or even entire. 



RACEMI axillares, eredh, fpicati, flonbus glomeratim | RACEMI axillary, upright, forming a fpike of flowers 



rATV Y i P , n m * growing in little balls or cluflers. 



CALYX Perianthium pentaphyllum, perfiftens, fo- | CALYX: a Perianthium of five leaves- and conti- 

 liolis ovatis concavis, margine membrana- | nuing, the fegments oval, hollow, membra- 



ceis, pulverulentis fig. i, poftice vifum. au<3. ; nous at the edges and powdery £g. i. { QQn 



mDnTT . „ I on the back part, and magnified* 



£5?£™ ^ n ^ lla ' t COROLLA wanting. b 



SI AMINA : Fil amenta quinque, fubulata, alba, ca- | STAMINA : five white tapering Filaments oppofite 

 lycis folns oppofita et paulo longiora ; An- | to and a little longer than the leaves of the 



ther* fubrotundae, didymse, flavse. fig. 2. | Calyx ; Anthera compofed of two roundifh 



T>TCTTT t TTTv/r ^ , • , I yellow cells, fig. 2. 



PISTILLUM: Germen orbiculatum ;fig. 3; Stylus f PISTILLUM : Germen orbicular; fa. *, Style 

 brevis, bipartitus ; Stigmata obtufa. fig. 4 . | fhort, divided in two; StigmAta obtufe. 



SEMEN unicum, lenticulare, teve, caftancum. fig. 6. | SEED «Jnej le'ns-fhaped, fmooth and of a chefnut co- 



I lour, fig* 6. 



^n^^^f° {RSmeSt0mU ^ e tHem ' ratHer *- Option, itisfurely the different fpecies 

 ;^ y „f fi f r ^ Sthe0U , tiine °/ the ^ ^'^ °f *efe plants, we convey to the moft tranfient obferver, a perfect 



diffi^nfr' thCfe ?^ {eem n l{ ° t0 , re 1 ui "^ery other kind of elucidation; and if the altering and fixing 

 diftmft enghfin names to different Genera, be m any cafe juftifiable, it muft be here, where three different Genera 

 are called md.fcnmmately by the names of Orach, Goofefoot, and Blite. I have therefore prefumed to e7l the o"n 



genusTfT™. 7 PeC ' eS nrentmned Genus has been called, feems moft applicable to the 



TheCBnopodium album is the moft common with us of the whole genus; it occurs in every Garden, flourifhes on 



every Dungh.ll, and abounds m moft of our Corn-fields. To the Garfener it is aqnick growing troub efome Weed" 



o the Farmer ,t .s an nnunous one and generally introduced into his fields by that Qovenly g pXe rfffi^ 



every kind of weed to feed on his Dung-heap. J F lui^nng 



% Like the other fpecies of this Genusf it varies exceedingly in its appearance when younp-, and when in its feed- 

 ing ftate. Indeed all thele plants require that the ftudent fhould notice them from the earl eft to the ^ a teft pe rods 

 of their growth ; or he never can attain a perfeft knowledge of them P 



wi }. 1 tbT hlter il in -f Wh0l , e a PP. eara " ceth ^™ftofthe Chenopodium i the leaves being more ^nerally covered 

 with thofe pellucid particles refembiing meal, which are charadteriftic of thefe Genera 

 Mr. Lightfoot noticed its being eaten as a Pot-herb in fome parts of Scotland. 



