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2. C . polysper mumyLi.) ; I. ovate-elliptic, in axillary leafless 
cymose racemes, perianth, not covering the fr., seeds shining 
minutely dotted blunt at the edge. — E. B. 1480, 1481. — Racemes 
more or less cymose or spicate. St. erect or procumbent. 
L. acute or blunt. C. acutifolium and C jwlyspermum are 
undistinguishable. — Damp waste places. A. Vlil. IX. E. 
tt Leaves toothed, angled, or lobed. 
S. C. ur'bimni (L.) ; I. triangular sinuate-dentate or nearly 
entire their base contracted into the petiole, spikes erect nearly 
leafless compound, perianth not covering the fr., seeds very 
minutely rough blunt at the edge. — F. B. 717. — L. with short 
triangular teeth. Spike approaching the stem. Seed almost 
as large as Rape-seed. — /3. intermedium (Koch) ; 1, with large 
acute teeth. — Waste places. A. VIII. E. S. I. ? 
4. C. al'bum (L. em., Koch) ; 1. rhomhoidaZ-ovate sinuate- 
dentate entire below, upper ones lanceolate nearly entire, fl. in 
compound branched nearly leafless racemes, perianth covering 
the fr., seeds smooth and shining blunt but keeled at the edge. — 
a. C. album (L.) ; fl. in dense spikes shorter than the sinuate- 
dentate leaves. E. B. 1723. — /S. C. viride (L. em. Rchb.) ; fl. in 
lax cymose racemes exceeding the nearly entire leaves. Sy. 
E. B. 1189. — 7. C.2Mganum (Rchb.) ; fl. in lax compound spikes 
exceeding the sinuate-dentate leaves. Sy. E. B. 1190. — (julti- 
vated and waste places. A. VII. VIII. Fat Hen. E. S. I. 
{C. opulijulium (Schrad. ex Koch et Ziz), closely allied to Sp. 4, with broadly- 
rhomboidal-ovate (ofteu broader than long) more or less 3-lobate very obtuse 
coarsely and unevenly crenate-serrate 1. with usually slightly mucronate teeth, 
rather long slender petioles and very glaucous inflorescence, is occasionally 
found in waste places. A. VIII. IX.] 
5. C ficifolium (Sm.) ; I. unequally Z-lohed from a wedge- 
shaped base, lobes ascending, middle lobe long oblong-lanceolate 
dentate blunt, upper 1. linear-lanceolate entire, fl. in erect nearly 
leafless cymose racemes, perianth nearly covering the fr., seeds 
minutely jntted shining blunt and not keeled at the edge. — Sy. 
E. B. 1191. — Mealy. L. blunt : middle lobe nearly equally 
broad throughout. Seeds smaller than in C. album. — Culti- 
vated and waste ground, rare. A. VIII. IX. E. I. ? 
6. C. viurdle (L.) ; I. rhomboidal-ovate unequally and sharply 
toothed entire below, fl. in divaricately-branched leafless cymes, 
perianth nearly covering the fr., seeds minutely granular 
opaque acute and keeled at the edge. — E. B. 1722. — Waste ground 
near towns and villages. A. VIII. Sowbane. E. I. 
