PL ex. moil' 16. CHENQPODEiE. 44. Chenopod. 283 
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seed orbicular, horizontal; spermodermis double, the outer 
crustaceous; corculum annular; radicle horizontal, centri- ” 
fugal. — Herb succulent, mostly powdery ; flowers glomerate, 
panicled. 
a. Leaves ovate or rhomboidal ; often toothed or loled; 
flowers not bracteated . 
1. Chenopodium spinac folium. Spinage-leaved goosefoot. 
Leaves triangular, sagittate, not cut; spike compound, 
terminal, erect, leafless. 
Blitum sylvestre, q. Blitum perenne Bonus Henricus dictum, ilaii Sun , 
156, 45. 
Bonus Henricus, Ger. era. 329, 1 . 
Lapathum unctuosum, sive Bonus Henricus, Park. 1225. 
Chenopodium Bonus Henricus, Lin . S. P.318. 
All good. Good King Harry y Cambridgeshire. English Mercury. 
Ruins and waysides, also cultivated ; perennial ; May to 
August. 
Root much branched; stem unctuous, powdery; leaves 
petioled, powdery underneath ; flowers crowded, powdery, 
many only female: perigOnium dilated, erose; styles pu- 
bescent. — Herb laxative, eaten as a potherb ; young shoots 
peeled and boiled eat like asparagus. 
2. Chenopodium urbicum. Town goosefoot. 
Leaves triangular, rather toothed ; racemes crowded, very 
long, stiff, approaching the stem, nearly leafless. 
Blitum sylvestre, q. Chenopodium ereetum foliis triangularibus dentatis, 
spicis e foliorum alis plurimis longis, erectis, tenuibus, Dillen in Raii Syn. 
155,11. 
Chenopodium urbicum, Lin. S. P. 318. 
Broad-pointed hlite. 
Dunghills ; annual ; August and September. 
Stem angular ; racemes axillary ; seeds much larger than 
those of chenopodium rubrum. 
3. Chenopodrum rubrum. Red goosefoot. 
Leaves rhomboidal, triangular, sinuate, toothed ; racemes 
erect, compound, rather leafy, shorter than the stem. 
Blitum sylvestre, q. Blitum Pes anserinus dictum, Raii Syn. 154,2. 
Atriplex sylvestris latit'oiia, sive pes anserinus, Ger. era. 328, 1 ; Park. 
749. 
Chenopodium rubrum, Lin. S. P. 318. 
Goosefoot. Soichane. Wild orach. 
Dunghills and ruins ; annual ; August. 
Leaves thick, shining, deeply toothed; racemes rather 
spreading, reddish ; seed very minute. 
