No. 14.] FLOWERING PLANTS AND FERNS. l6S 



the southeastern part of the state, as well as the coastal dunes 

 and beaches throughout ; occasional or rare elsewhere in simi- 

 lar situations. Mid-July — Oct. 



CHENOPODIACEAE. GOOSEFOOT FAMILY. 



CYCLOLOMA Moq. Winged Pigweed. 

 Cycloloma atriplicifolium (Spreng.) Coulter (having leaves 

 like Atriplex). 

 Cycloloma platyphyllum Moq. 

 Cycloloma. Winged Pigweed. 



Rare. Hamden, in dry ground (Miss Edwards, J. N. 

 Bishop). July — Aug. Fugitive from the West. 



KOCHIA Roth. 

 Kochia Scoparia (L.) Schrad. (broom-like). 

 Mexican Fire Plant. Mock Cypress. 



Rare. Hartford, escaped from cultivation to waste ground 

 (H. S. Clark & Weatherby). Sept. Fugitive or adventive 

 from Europe. 



Cultivated for its brilliant autumnal foliage. 



CHENOPODIUM L. Goosefoot. Pigweed. 

 Chenopodium ambrosioides L. (like Ambrosia, the Ragweed). 

 Wormseed. Mexican Tea. Sweet Pigweed. 



Waste places and roadsides. Rare or local, or in populous 

 districts even frequent or common. Aug. — Oct. Naturalized 

 from tropical America. 



The seeds are sometimes used medicinally and were 

 formerly officinal. 

 Chenopodium ambrosioides L., var. anthelminticum (L.) Gray 



(opposed to worms). 

 Chenopodium anthelminticum L. 

 Wormseed. 



Rare. Bridgeport, in waste ground (Fames). Aug. — 

 Oct. Adventive from tropical America. 

 Chenopodium Botrys L. (a cluster of grapes ; referring to the 



shape of the inflorescence). 

 Feather Geranium. Wormseed. Jerusalem Oak. Ambrosia. 



Ambrose. 



