CHENOPODIACE.E. 695 



Plant usually erect. Upper leaves narrow and 



entire, whitish on both sides 3. White G. 



Plant procumbent. Leaves all sinuate, green above, 



white underneath 4. Glaucous G. 



Lower leaves hroad, irregularly and coarsely toothed 



or lobed. Plant green (except sometimes the 



nettle-leaved G.J. 



Lower leaves broadly cordate or truncate at the 



base. Clusters of flowers chiefly in a loose, 



terminal, leafless panicle 8. Maple-leaved G. 



Lower-leaves wedge-shaped, or narrowed at the 

 base. Clusters of flowers in axillary spikes, 

 or in a short, terminal, leafy panicle. 

 Axillary spikes erect, simple or but little branched. 



Seeds horizontal .6. Upright G. 



Seeds vertical 5. Red G. 



Axillary spikes forked into spreading cymes . . 7. Nettle-leaved G, 



1. Stinking Goosefoot. Chenopodium Vulvaria, Linn. 

 (Fig. 835.) 



( C. olidum, Eng. Bot. t. 1034.) 



A procumbent or spreading, much- 

 branched annual, seldom a foot long, 

 covered with a granular mealiness, and 

 remarkable for a strong, stale-fish smell 

 when rubbed. Leaves small, ovate, all 

 quite entire, on rather long stalks. 

 Clusters of flowers small, in short axil- 

 lary and terminal racemes, often branch- 

 ed, but not much exceeding the leaves 

 in length. 



Under walls, in waste and rubbishy 

 places, in Europe and western Asia, ex- 

 tending northwards into southern Scan- 

 dinavia. Occurs in various parts of Eng- 

 land and southern Scotland, more rare 

 in the west, and in Ireland. Fl. sum- 

 mer and autumn. Fig. 835. 



2. Many-seeded Goosefoot. Chenopodium polyspermum, 



Linn. (Fig. 836.) 

 (Eng. Bot. t. 1480, and C. acutifolium, t. 1481.) 

 Usually a procumbent or spreading, much-branched annual, with all 



