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THE GOOSEFOOT FAMILY. 



Under walls, on roadsides, and in 

 waste places, especially near the sea, 

 throughout Europe and Russian Asia, 

 except the extreme north. Dispersed 

 over England, Ireland, and south- 

 ern Scotland. Fl. summer and au- 

 tumn. 



Fig. 839. 



6. Upright G-oosefoot. Chenopodium urbicum, Linn. 

 (Fig. 840.) 



(Eng. Bot. t. 717.) 



An erect, rather stout, slightly branch- 

 ed annual, 1 to 2 feet high, usually green, 

 without the mealiness of the white G. 

 Lower leaves on long stalks, broadly 

 ovate, triangular or rhomboidal, almost 

 always narrowed or wedge-shaped at the 

 base, coarsely and irregularly toothed 

 or lobed, 2 or 3 inches long, the upper 

 ones narrower and more pointed. Clus- 

 ters of flowers small and numerous, in 

 crowded axillary spikes, usually erect 

 and slightly branched, more slender than 

 in the white G. Perianth small and 

 green, not completely covering the seed, 

 which is always horizontal. 



Under walls, on roadsides, and in 

 waste places, throughout Europe and 

 central and Russian Asia, except the 

 extreme north. In Britain, chiefly near 

 habitation?, in England, Ireland, and 

 Fl. summer and autumn. 



Fig. 840. 

 southern Scotland. 



