CugoPNODIUM MuRALE. NreTrTLE-LEAVED GoosEFOOT. 
CHENOPODIUM Zin. Gen. Pl. PEN TANDRiA DiGYNIA; 
Cal. 5-phyllus, 5-gonus. Cor.o. Sem. i. lenticulate, fuperum: 
Rai Syn.Gen. 5. HERBA FLORE IMPERFECTO SEU STAMINEO VEL APETALO 
POTIUS. 
CHENOPODIUM murale folis ovatis nitidis dentatis acutis, racemis ramofis nudis. — Lin. Syfi 
Vegetab.p. 261. Sp. Pl. 9. 318. Fl. Suec. 216. 
ATRIPLEX fylveftris latifolia, acutiore folio. Bauh. Pin. 119. 
ATRIPLEX dicta Pes anferinus alter f. ramofior. Bauh. hift. 976. 
ATRIPLEX fylveftris latifolia altera. Ger. emac. 328. 
BLITUM Pes anferinus di&um acutiore folio. Raw Syn. p.154. 2? The other Goofefoot. Hud/: 
fi. Angl. ed. 2. b. 105. 

Tota planta gravem odorem {pirat. The whole plant fmells difagreeably. | 
ROOT annual, tapering, whitifh, rigid, furnifhed 
with numerous {preading {mall fibres. 
RADIX annua, fufiformis, albida, rigida, fibrillis 
plurimis patentibus inftruécta. 
CAULIS ere&us, pedalis ad bipedalem, ramofiffimus, 
fubangulofus, inferne glaber, fuperne fari- 
nofus, plerumque viridis, fepe purpureus , 
aut lineis purpureis notatus. 
STALK upright, one or two feet high, very much 
branched, ílightly angular, below {mooth, 
above mealy, moft commonly green, but 
often wholly purple, or marked with purple 
lines. . 
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RAMI alterni, pulverulenti. | BRANCHES alternate and mealy. 
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FOLIA alterna, petiolata, fubovata, acuta, inzqua- 
liter ferrata, fuperne nitida, inferne pulve- 
rulenta, apicibus denticulorum rubicundis. 
LEAVES alternate, ftanding on footftalks, fubovate, 
pointed, unequally fawed, above glofly, 
beneath mealy, the tips of the teeth reddifh. 
LEAF-STALKS hollow above, the length of the 
PETIOLI fuperne canaliculati, longitudine foliorum. 
leaves. 
FLORES nunc herbacei, nunc purpurei, racemofi, 
racemis brevibus, nudis, ramofis, depreflis, 
apice inflexis. 
FLOWERS fometimes green, fometimes purple, 
growing in bunches or racemi, which are 
hort, naked, branched, depreffed, and bent 
in at the tip. 
CALYX: Perianruivum pentaphyllum, foliolis ova- 
tis, concavis, carinatis, farina diaphana ad- 
. fperfis, perfiftentibus, marginibus membra- 
naceis, albidis, jig. 1. 
COROLLA nulla. 
CALYX: a PERIANTHIUM of five leaves, the leaves 
ovate, concave, keeled, permanent, fprinkled 
with tranfparent meal, the edges membranous 
and whitifh, fr. 1. 
COROLLA wanting. 
STAMINA: FILAMENTA quinque, alba, calyce paulo $ STAMINA: five white FiLAMENTS, a little longer 
| longiora; AN THER & majufculz, ochroleuce, * than the calyx: AnrueR«. largifh, yellow, 
didyme, jig. 2. and double, fig. 2. 
PISTILLUM : GznMzN orbiculatum: Styx duo, # PISTILLUM: GznMzN round and flat; Srvres 
breviffimi, minimi, fere inconfpicui, fiz. 3. two, very {mall and fhort, almoft inconfpi- 
cuous, jig. 9. 
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The leaves of this fpecies of Chenopodiwm have fome {mall refemblance to thofe of the great Stinging-Nettle, 
hence we have given it the Englifh name of Nettle-/eaved, in preference to that of wall (murale) to which, 
from its place of growth, with us at leaft, it has little pretenfions, as it 1s ufually found on dunghills, and on 
banks by road fides. | 
It grows plentifully on moft of the great roads leading from the metropolis; we have feen it in very great 
abundance during the late autumn on the Edgware road. It flowers from Auguft to October. 
The whole plant is fometimes entirely green, and fometimes tinged with red. 
It is moft ftrikingly diftinguifhed from the other fpecies by the particular form of its racemi, or flower 
branches, which are fhort and fpread out widely, fo as to give them a flat or depreffed appearance, the tops 
fomewhat curled in; in the rubrum and urbicum, the fpecies moft liable to be miftaken for it, the racemi 
are perfe&ly upright ; its gloffy leaves and unpleafant fmell contribute alfo to point it out. 
Like moft of the other plants of this genus, it affords plenty of feeds, which aflift in fupporting the numerous 
tribe of {mall hard-billed birds. . ‘ 
