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CHENOPO'DIUM* * 
Linncan Class and Order. Penta'ndria f, Digy'nia. 
Natural Order. Chf.nopo'de.r+, Vent. — Lindl. Syn. p. 213; 
Introd. to Nat. Syst. of Bot. p. 167. — Loud. Hort. Brit. p. 531. — 
Mack. FI. Hiber. p. 226.— Hook. Brit. FI. (4th ed.) p. 416.— Atri- 
plices, Juss. Gen. PI. p. 83. — Sm. Gram. of Bot. p. 91. — Rich, by 
Macgilliv. p.425. — Qufrneales; sect. Rumicin.e ; type, Be- 
tace.e ; subly. Chenopodida: ; Burn. Outl. of Bot. v. ii. p. 523, 
587, & 591. — Holeraceaj, Linn. 
Gen. Char. Calyx (see figs. 1 & 2.) inferior, of 1 sepal, con- 
cavern 3, 4, or 5 deep, egg-shaped, concave, permanent segments, 
membranous at the edges, neither warted nor growing together after 
flowering. Corolla none. Filaments (see fig. 2.) 5, sometimes 
fewer, awl-shaped, opposite to the segments, and about as long. 
.Anthers of 2 round lobe-'. Gcrmen (fig. 3.) orbicular, depressed. 
Styles short. Stigmas blunt. Seed (fig. 5.) solitary, lenticular 
(spherically convex on both sides), crustaceous, enveloped in a very 
thin, membranous, close 'pellicle , and covered by the permanent 
5-angled calyx (see fig. 4.). 
The 3-, 4-, or 5-parted calyx; and the solitary, roundish, tnni- 
cated, superior seed ; will distinguish this from other genera, with- 
out petals, in the same class and order. 
Thirteen species British. 
CHENOPO'DIUM HY'BRIDUM. Hybrid Goosefoot. Maple- 
leaved Goosefoot. Thorn Apple-leaved Goosefoot. Maple Blite. 
Spec. Char. Leaves heart-shaped, pointed, with broad angu- 
lar teeth. Clusters much branched in a somewhat cymose manner, 
divaricated, leafless. 
Engl. Dot. t. 1919. — Curt. FI. J.ond. t. 248. — Linn. Sp. PI. p. 319. — Huds. FI. 
Anil (2nd edit.) p. 105. — Willd. Sp. PI. v. i. pt. n. p. 1303. — Sm. FI. Brit. v. i. 
p.275. ; Engl. FI. v. ii. p. 12. — With. (7th ed.) v. ii. p 345. — Lind. Syn. p. 215. 
— Hook. Brit. Fh p. 138 — Macr. Man. Brit. Bot. pp. 195 and 196. — i.iglitf. FI. 
Scot. v. i. p. 149.— Sibth- FI. Oxon. p. 89.--Al)bot‘s FI. Bedf. p. 55. — Purt. Midi. 
FI. v. i. p. 135. —Kelli. FI. Cant. (3 d ed.) p. 105. — Hook. FI Scot. p. 84. — Grev. 
FI. Edin. p. 58. — Winch’s FI. of Northumb. and Durli. p. 16. — Walker’s FI. of 
Oxf. p. 70. — Perry’s PI. Vaivic. Selector, p. 24. — lrv. Loud. FI. p. 122. — Cow. 
FI. Guide, y.’iQ.—Chenopodium angulatum, Gray’s Nat. Ar. v. ii. p.284. — 
Chenopodium stramonii folio. Dill, in Ray’s Syn. p. 154. — Yaill. Par. p. 36. 
t. 7. f. 2. 
Loca i.ities. — In waste places, cultivated fields, and gardens ; not common. — 
Oxfordsh. On dunghills, and rubbish: Dr. Sibthorr. A weed in the Botanic 
Garden: W. B. — Beds; Mill Lane, Bedford: Rev. C. Abbot . — Cambridyesh. 
Banks of some watery pits beyond Ely : Mr. J. Sherard, in Ray’s Syn. Not 
uncommon in gardens: Rev. R. Rei.han. — Dorset. In a corn-field near Bland- 
ford; and on waste grounds near Poole: Dr. Pulteney. — Durham. On the 
Fig. 1. Back view of the Calyx. — Fig. 2. Front view of the same, with the sta- 
mens and Pistils. — Fig. 3. German and Pistlis. — Fig. 4. Calyx, with the ripe seed 
inclosed. — Fig. 5. A Seed. — All a little magnified. 
* From cken, chenos, Gr. a goose ; and pons, Gr. a foot ; probably alluding to a 
fancied resemblance of the leaves of certain species to the foot of a goose. Wither- 
ing. f See folio 48, note t. J See folio 231, a. 
