l66 CONNECTICUT GEOL. AND NAT. HIST. SURVEY. [Bull. 



Waste places and roadsides. Rare in most districts : Nor- 

 wich (Mrs. E. E. Rogers), New Haven (D. C. Eaton), Hart- 

 ford (H. S. Clark), Plainville (Bissell), Southington (An- 

 drews), Oxford (Harger), New Milford (C. K. Averill). 

 Occasional at New London (Graves), and throughout the 

 southwestern part of the state (Eames). July — Sept. 

 Naturalized from Europe. 



The seeds are sometimes used medicinally. 



Chenopodium capitatum (L.) Aschers. (having heads; refer- 

 ring to the clusters of fruit). 



Blituni capitatum L. 



Strawberry Elite or Spinach. 



Rare. Waterbury, in waste ground (J. M. Richardson), 



Huntington, a few plants in dry 'soil near the Housatonic 



River (Miss A. Wakely). June — July. 

 Fugitive from the West or from Europe. 

 Sometimes cultivated as a pot-herb. 



Chenopodium rubrum L. (red). 

 Red or Coast Goosefoot or Elite. 



Rare on salt marshes: Guilford (G. H. Eartlett), Fairfield 

 (Eames ) . Aug. — Oct. 



Chenopodium glaucum L. (glaucous). 

 Oak-leaved Goosefoot. 



Local. Bridgeport, plentiful along a sandy roadside 

 (Eames). Aug. — Oct. Adventive from Europe. 



Chenopodium hybridum L. (mongrel). 

 Maple-leaved Goosefoot. Sowbane. 



Occasional. Roadsides, waste places and river banks. July 

 — Oct. Native, or in part naturalized from Europe. 



Chenopodium album L. (white). 



Pigweed. White Goosefoot. Lamb's Quarters. Wild Spinach. 



Common. Waste places, on sandy shores and as a weed 

 in cultivated ground. June — Sept. Naturalized from Europe. 



The var. viride Moq. (green) is frequent with the typical 

 form. 



Sometimes troublesome as a weed. Occasionally used as 

 a pot-herb. 



