OOOSEFOOT FAMILY. Chenopodiaceae. 



GOOSEFOOT FAMILY. Chenopodiacece. 



Uninteresting lierbs weeds, many of which are from 

 the old country ; with minute, green, perfect flowers 

 with a persisting calyx. The spinach and beet are mem- 

 bers of this family. 



Lamb's-quar- The family is divided into nine tribes, 

 ters, or Pig- chief among which is Clienopodium. Some 

 of these are quite western, others are of 

 ailiuHi the old woiM and have been introduced in 



(jreen the east. Lamb's-quarters is common east 



June-Septem- and west. Leaves mealy- white beneath, 

 varying from rhombic-oval to lance-shaped 

 or narrower, the lower onea coarse-toothed. The green 

 (lower-clusters dense, and dull green. Var. viriilc. 

 commoner eastward, is less mealy, and has a less dense 

 flower-spike (Gray's Manual). 1-4 feet high. Waste 

 places. The name from the Greek meaning goose and 

 foot, in allusion to the shape of the leaves of some 

 species. 



Jerusalem Oak, An annual species, from the old country, 

 or Feather not mealy, but with an aromatic odor. 

 Geranium Leaves smaller, slender stemmed, and 



( iii'impodiuni , , . ., , ml _ 



g f rys deeply subdivided. The flowers green in 



Green dense heads, the spike leafless, the calyx 



July-Septem- three-parted. 1-2 feet high. In autumn 

 ber the leaves fall off and leave the stem and 



seed-spike naked. C. ambrosioides, or Mexican Tea, is a 

 similar introduced species, with a densely flowered leafy 

 spike ; the leaves lanceolate. Both are common in waste 

 places. C. Botrys found in empty lots, Norfolk Ave., 

 Roxbury, Mass. 



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