Chenopodium Hybridum. Thorn-apple-leaved 



GoOSEFOOTt. 



CHENOPODIUM Lin. Gen. PL Pentandria DigyniA. 



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



RaiiSyn. Gen. 5. Herb^ flore imperfecto seu stamineo (vel apetai.o 

 potius). 



CHENOPODIUM Hybridum foiiis cordatis angulato-acuminatis, rncemls ramofis nudis. Lin. Svfi. 

 Veget. p. 216, Sp. PL p. 319, LI. Susc. n. 220. 



CHENOPODIUM foiiis glabris feptangulis, fioribus paniculatis.. Haller. Hfi. n. 1588. 



ATRIPLEX fylveftris latifolia, acutiore folio. Bank. Pin. 119. 



CHENOPODIUM Stramonii folio. Vaillant, Paris 36. /. y.fi. 2. 



CHENOPODIO affinis, folio lato, laciniato, in longiffimum mucronem procurrente, florum ramulis 

 fparfis. Raii Hi/?. III. 123. 



BLITUM Aceris folio. Pet. H. Brit. 8. 7. 



ATRIPLEX odore et folio Stramonii minori tamen. Lai. Triumfi. apud fratrem. Raii Svn v 1 "A. 

 Hudfin. FL Angl. ed. 2. p. 105. .' F ' >*' 



RADIX annua, fimplex, fibrofa, fibris plurimis, capil-|ROOT annual, fimple and fibrous, fibres numerous, 

 laceis, patentibus. | capillary, and ipreading. 



CAULIS pedalis, ad bipedalem erectus, ramofus, angu- $ STALK from one to two feet high, upright, branched, 

 latus, glaber. | angular, and perfectly fmooth. 



FOLIA petiolata, alterna, glabra, fine farina, venofa, $ LEAVES {landing on foot-ftalks, alternate, fmooth, 

 fubtriangularia, patentia, utrinque plerumque| without any meal, veiny, fomewhat triangu- 



tridentata, acuminata, dentibus magnis, re- § kr, fpreading, furnifhed with three teeth on 



motis. I each fide, and running out to a long point, 



$ the teeth \arge, and diftant from each other. 



PETIOLI foiiis breviores, fubrugoff, inferne convexi, | LEAF-STALKS lhorter than the leaves, fomewhat 

 fuperne canalicular. | wrinkled, convex on the under, and hollow 



I on the upper fide. 



FLORES paniculati. f FLOWERS growing in a panicle, 



PANICULA ampla, ramofiflima nuda. J PANICLE large, very much branched and naked. 



CALYX: Perianthium pentaphyllum, perfiftens, | CALYX : Perianthium of five leaves and perma- 

 foliolis ovatis, obtufiufculis, pulverulentis, ^ nent, leaves ovate, fomewhat obtufe, mealy, 



margine membranaceis. t membranous at the edge. 



COROLLA nulla. | COROLLA wanting. 



STAMINA: _ Filament a quinque fubulata, flavef- ¥ STAMINA : Filaments five, tapering,, yellowish, the 

 centia, longitudine calycis. Anthers di- 1 length of the calyx. Anther je double, 



dymae, fubrotundae, flavae, fig. 2. $ roundifh, and yellow, fig. 2. 



PISTILLUM : Germen orbiculatum. Stylus bipar- 1 PISTILLUM : Germ en round, but fomewhat flattened. 

 titus, brevis. Stigmata minima, fubre- 1 Style fhort, bipartite. Stigmata very 



flexa. fig. 3. I fmall, turned fomewhat back. fig. 3. 



SEMEN e nigro caftaneum orbiculare, depreffum, intra | SEED of a dark chefnut colour, orbicular, flattened, 

 calycem. I contained within the calyx. 



_ Linn^us, when he beftowed on this Chenopodium the name Hybridum, had an idea, as may be learned from 

 his Flora Suecica*, that it was a fpurious plant produced from the viride : repeated obfervations would probably 

 have taught him, that this opinion was too haftily adopted, as the hybridum has certainly as great pretentions to be 

 considered as an original fpecies, as the viride, the album, or any other. Indeed it is one of thole Ckenopodiums which 

 varies the leaft of any; and, befides the form of its leaves, which referable thofe of the Thorn-apple, and its 

 peculiarly branched and naked panicle of flowers, it has a ftrong and difagreeable fmell, which fome have 

 compared to that of the Thorn-apple: Alfo fown in the garden it produces invariably the likenefs of the original 

 plant. & 



Of all the Englifij plants of this genus, and we have them all (the maritimum excepted) growing wild about 

 London, the environs of which are in many places peculiarly favourable to their growth, this is by far the fcarceft. 

 I have hitherto difcovered it in one place only, and that fparingly, viz. in Batterfiea Fields, betwixt the Windmill 

 Meadow and the road leading to Chelfea Bridge adjoining the gardener's ground. It flowers in Augull. 



It is mentioned, in the third edition of Mr. Ray's Synopfis, to have been found by Mr. Sherard on the banks 

 of fome watery pits beyond Ely, and by Mr. Dale about Colchefier. Mr. Hudson defcribes it as growing plenti- 

 fully about North-fleet-; and Mr. Lightfoot enumerates it among his Scottijh plants. 



Some authors fufpect it to bepoifonous. Tragus, in particular, mentions it as a plant fatal to fwine. 



* Habet mult a communia ctira pnecedente (viride) ut forte c!im ab eodem ortum fit, quod racerr.orum flruflura indicat. FL Succ. n, 220. p. So, 



