Chenopodium- Polyspermism. All-seed. 



CHENOPODIUM Linnai Gen. PL Pentandria Digynia. 



Cat. 5-phyllus, 5-gonus. Cor. o. Sem. 1. lenticulare, fuperum. 



Raii Syn. Gen. 5. Herb/efloreimperfectoseuStamineo(vel apetalopotius.) 

 CHENOPODIUM Polyfpermum foliis integerrimis ovatis, caule ere&o, calycibus fructus patulis. 

 CHENOPODIUM Polyfpermum foliis integerrimis ovatis, caule decumbente, cymis dichotomis aphyllis 



axillaribus. Lin. Syji, Vegetal, p. 216. Spec. Plant, p. 231. Fl. Suecic. p. 80. 

 CHENOPODIUM caule erefto, foliis ovatis integris. Haller hift. heh. p. 266. 

 CHENOPODIUM Polyfpermum. Scopoli Fl Carniol. n. 279. 

 BLITUM polyfpermon a feminis copia. Bauhin pin. 118. 



Gerard emac. 325. 

 Parkinfon 753. 

 CHENOPODIUM Bete folio. Inf. R. H. 506. 



Rail Syn. p. 157. Upright Blite, or All-feed. 



Lightfoot Fl. Scot. p. 150. 



Hudfon Fl. Angl. ed. 1. p. 92. ed. 2. p. 107. 



RADIX annua, fibrofa, rubefcens. $ ROOT annual, fibrous, and reddifh. 



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CAULIS plerumque fubereclus, pedalis aut bipedalis, | STALK in general nearly upright, about a foot or two 

 tetragonus, lasvis ; Rami difFufi, longiffimi, t in height, four-cornered and fmooth ; Bran- 



cauli fimiles | ches far extended, and like the ftalk. 



FOLIA petiolata, ovata, integerrima, laevia, margine | LEAVES Iranding on foot-ftalks, oval, entire at the 

 venifque rubro fepe tindtis. | edges, fmooth, the margin and veins often 



t tinged with red. 



FLORES axillares, fubcymofi, Cymis dichotomis, a- $ FLOWERS axillary, forming a kind of Cyma, which 

 phylli?. I divides into two at bottom, and is leaflefs. 



CALYX: Perianthium pentaphyllum, concavum, ? CALYX: a Peri anthium of five leaves, concave and 

 perfiftens, laciniis ovatis, viridibus, fig. 1. | permanent, the fegments oval and green, fig. 1. 



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COROLLA nulla. f COROLLA wanting. 



STAMINA: Filamenta quinque bafi latiora, alba, % STAMINA: five Filaments, broaden 1 at the bafe, 

 demiflb polline Calyce longiora ; Anthers | of a white colour ; the Pollen being thrown 



fubrotundas, didymae, fiavae, fig. 2. % out, they become longer than the Calyx : 



I Anthers roundiih, double, and yellow,/^. 2. 



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PISTILLUM : Germen orbiculatum ; Stylus biparti- % PISTILLUM : Germen orbicular : Style divided into 



tus, breviffimus; Stigmata obtufa,j%-. 3, 4. | two, very fhort : Stigmata blunt, fig.%, 4. 



PERICARPIUM nullum. t SEED-VESSEL wanting. 



SEMEN orbiculatum, rufum, Calyci patulo innixum, f SEED orbicular, reddifh brown, fupported by the Ca- 

 non vero inclufum, fig. 5. | lyx, which fpreads open, and does not cover 



? it* fig- 5- 



ALTHOUGH there are many of the Chenopodiums which are not to be diftinguifhed without much care 

 and attention, yet fome are very eafily made out, of which number is the prefent fpecies. 



Its fquare ftalk, which is generally of a bright red colour, its long extended branches, and its reddifh 

 feeds, which are numerous and ftrikingly vifible, from being only in part covered with the calyx, render 

 this plant fufficiently obvious. 



Ji: is not uncommon in gardens and on dunghills, flowers in July and Auguft. To the gardener it is a 

 troublefome annual, but fcarcely injurious to the farmer. 



fli are laid to be fond of it, Lin. Fl. Suecic. ex Loes, when thrown into fiih ponds. 



