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ft Leaves toothed angled or lobed. 
3. C. urbicum (L.) ; I. triangular sinuate-dentate or nearly 
entire their base contracted into the petiole, spikes erect nearly 
leafless compound, seeds horizontal very minutely rough obtuse 
at the margin. — L. with short triangular teeth. — /3. intermedium 
(Koch) ; 1. with large acute teeth. E. B. 717. — Koch has proved 
by cultivation that these are only varieties. — Near Oxford. Sm. 
Fl. Br. p. Waste places. A. VIII. 
4. C. album (L.) ; I. rhomboid-ovate sinuate-dentate entire 
below, upper ones lanceolate nearly entire, fl. in compound 
branched nearly leafless racemes, seeds horizontal smooth and 
shining obtusely keeled at the margin. — E. B. 1723. St. 75. 6. — 
Axillary racemes spicate dense, 1. mealy. — /3. viride (Sm.) ; ra- 
cemes cymose much interrupted elongated, 1. green often quite 
entire. C. viride L. St. 75. 7-— Waste places. A. VII. VIII. 
5. C. ficifolium, (Sm.) ; I. unequally 3-lobed from a wedgeshaped 
base : lobes ascending, intermediate lobe elongate oblong-lanceolate 
dentate obtuse, upper 1. linear-lanceolate entire, fl. in erect nearly 
leafless cymose racemes, seeds horizontal excavato-punctate shining 
obtuse and not keeled at the margin. — E. B. 1724. St. 75. 10. — 
Seeds smaller than those of C. album. — Waste ground, rare. A. 
VIII. IX. 
6. C. murale (L.) ; I. rhomboid-ovate unequally and sharply 
toothed entire below, 1. in divaricately-branched leafless cymes, 
seeds horizontal elevato-punctate opaque acutely keeled at the mar- 
gin. — E. B. 1722. St. 75. 5. — Waste ground near towns and 
villages. A. VIII. 
7. C. hybridum (L.) ; I. subcordate ungulate-dentate acuminate : 
teeth large distant, fl. in aggregated panicled leafless cymes, seed 
horizontal excavato-punctate opaque obtuse and not keeled at the 
margin. — E. B. 1919- St. 75. 2. — Seeds very large. L. with 
2 — 4 large teeth on each side. — Cultivated fields and waste places, 
rare. A. VIII. 
** Perianth not covering the fruit, seed vertical, 
■f Stigmas short. 
8. C. rubrum (L.) ; I. rhomboid irregularly toothed and sinu- 
ated entire below, fl. in erect compound dense leafy spikes, seeds 
very minute smooth shining obtuse and slightly keeled at tlie edge. 
— E. B. 1721. — St. erect, often a foot high. Pericarp very loose. 
Seed vertical or horizontal in the terminal fl. Fl. generally in- 
complete. Cal. 4- rarely 5-cleft. Stam. 1 or 2. Mr. Leighton 
has sent me a variety with much more triangular 1., shorter 
spikes and larger seeds, grown in his garden from seed obtained 
near London. — Waste places, particularly salt marshes. A. 
VIII. IX. 
