1 18 WILD FLOWERS OF THE BRITISH ISLES 
or erect branches, which are branched above, and all the leaves 4-sidedly egg-shaped (rhomboidal 
ovate) and sharply and unequally toothed. The whole plant is either green or slightly covered 
with a white mealy powder. 
Rather rare. In waste ground, under walls, near houses ; distributed throughout England, and 
very rarely in Ireland. August — September. Annual. 
7. Maple-leaved Goose-foot. (Chenopodium hybridum. Linn.)— A plant with the 
flowers in branched leafless clusters (panicles) terminating the stem and upper branches ; the 
perianth 5-lobed and not covering the fruit. [As described in the genus Goose-foot (Cheno- 
podium).] The stem erect, 1-3 feet high, branched, and stout; and the leaves large, egg-shaped 
(ovate), pointed, broadly heart-shaped (cordate) at the base, and coarsely and distantly toothed 
with 2-4 large teeth on each side. The whole plant is slightly shining and is destitute or nearly 
so of meal. 
Rare. In cultivated ground and waste places, near houses ; chiefly in the south of England, and 
reported from Ireland. August — September. Annual. 
8. Upright Goose-foot. (Chenopodium ur'bicum. Linn.)— A species with numerous 
small clusters of flowers forming a terminal, usually leafless spike, and in small branched spikes in 
the axils of the leaves ; the perianth 5-lobed and not covering the fruit. [As described in the 
genus Goose-foot (Chenopodium).] The stem is erect, 6 inches to 3 feet high, simple or branched 
at the base ; and the leaves are triangular or almost 4-sided (rhomboidal) irregularly and deeply 
toothed or lobed and wavy (sinuate). The whole plant is usually green and is very slightly 
sprinkled with meal. 
Rather rare. In waste places and rich cultivated ground, especially near farm-houses ; in England, 
rare in Scotland and Ireland. August — -October. Annual. 
9. Red Goose-foot. (Chenopodium rubrum. Linn.) — A species very similar to the 
last, but with larger compact leafy flower-spikes making a cluster (panicle) wider at the base, most 
of the flowers having a 2-4-lobed perianth and only the terminal flower in each cluster having 5 
lobes. The whole plant is shining and green, free from white meal, and usually tinged with red. 
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Not uncommon. In waste and cultivated ground ; throughout England, rare in Scotland and 
Ireland. August — September. Annual. 
10. Many-spiked Goose-foot. (Chenopddium botryodes. Sm.)— A very similar 
species to the Red Goose-foot (Chenopodium rubrum), but with nearly leafless flower-spikes and 
triangular leaves which are thick and fleshy and very slightly toothed. 
Rare, local. In moist sandy places near the sea ; on the south-east coast of England. August — 
September. Annual. 
11. Oak-leaved Goose-foot. (Chenopddium glaueum. Linn.) — A species with usually 
unbranched leafless spikes of flowers in the axils of the leaves ; the terminal flower in each spike 
with a 5-lobed perianth, but all the others having only 2-4 lobes, the perianth nearly closing over 
the fruit. [As described in the genus Goose-foot (Chenopodium).] The stems, 3 inches to 2 feet, 
usually procumbent but occasionally erect ; and the leaves oblong or egg-shaped (ovate), the 
margin toothed and wavy (sinuate-dentate), and mealy underneath. The whole plant is slightly 
shining, the only part which is mealy being the under side of the leaves. 
Rare. In cultivated ground and waste places, in various parts of England. August — September. 
Annual. 
12. *Good King 1 Henry, All-good. (Chenopodium Bonus-Henricus. Linn.)— Not 
a native. The flowers are in dense leafless spikes, usually unbranched, terminating the stem and 
