Chenopodium Hybridum. Thorn-apple-leaved 
Goosefoot. 
CHENOPODIUM Lin. Gen. PL Pentandrxa Digynia. 
Cal. 5-phyllus, 5-gonus. Cor. o. Sem. 1 leuticulare, fuperum. 
RaiiSyn.Gen. 5. Herb.® flore imperfecto seu stamineo (vel apjstalo 
potius). 
CHENOPODIUM Hybridum foliis cordacis angulato-acuminatis, racemis ramofis nudis. Lin. Syjl. 
Veget, p. 216. Sp. Pl. p. 319. FI. Suec. n. 220. 
CHENOPODIUM foliis glabris feptangulis, floribus paniculatis. Haller. Hi/i. n. 1588. 
ATRIPLEX fylveftris latifolia, acutiore folio. Bauh. Pin. 119. 
CHENOPODIUM Stramonii folio. Vaillant , Paris 36. t^y.f. 2. 
CHENOPODIO affinis, folio lato, laciniato, in longiffimurn mucronem procurrente, florum ramulis 
fparfis. Raii Hiji. III. 123. 
BLITUM Aceris folio. Pet. H. Brit. 8. 7. 
ATRIPLEX odore et folio Stramonii minori tamen. Lai. Triumf. apud fratrem. Raii Syn. p. te± 
Hudfon. FI. Angi. ed. 2. p. 105. ' 1 
RADIX annua, fimplex, fibrofa, fibris plurimis, capil- 
laceis, patentibus. 
CAULIS pedalis, ad bipedalem eredlus, ramofus, angu- 
latus, glaber. 
FOLIA petiolata, alterna, glabra, fine farina, venofa, 
fubtriangularia, patentia, utrinque plerumque 
tridentata, acuminata, dentibus magnis, re- 
motis. 
PETIOLI foliis breviores, fubrugofi, inferne convexi, 
fuperne canaliculati. 
FLORES paniculati. 
PANICULA ampla, ramofiffima nuda. 
CALYX: Perianthium pentaphyllum, perfidens, 
foliolis ovatis, obtufiufculis, pulverulentis, 
margine membranaceis. 
COROLLA nulla. 
STAMINA: Filamenta quinque fubulata, flavef- 
centia, longitudine calycis. Anthera: di- 
dymae, fubrotunda:, flavae,^-. 2. 
PISTILLUM: Germen orbiculatum. Stylus bipar- 
titus, brevis. ^Stigmata minima, fubre- 
flexa, fg. 3. 
SEMEN e nigro caftaneum orbiculare, depreffum, intra 
calycem. 
|ROOT annual, Ample and fibrous, fibres numerous, 
$ capillary, and fpreading. 
I STALK from one to two feet high, upright, branched, 
angular, and perfe&ly fmooth. 
I LEAVES Handing on foot-ftalks, alternate, fmooth, 
without any meal, veiny, fomewhat triangu- 
lar, fpreading, furniffied with three teeth on 
I each fide, and running out to a long point, 
I the teeth large, and diftant from each other. 
I LEAF-STALKS Ihorter than the leaves, fomewhat 
wrinkled, convex on the under, aud hollow 
t on the upper fide. 
I FLOWERS growing in a panicle. 
T PANICLE large, very much branched and naked. 
|CALYX: Perianthium of five leaves and perma- 
nent, leaves ovate, fomewhat obtule, mealv, 
I membranous at the edge. 
I COROLLA wanting. 
I STAMINA: Filaments five, tapering, yellowifh, the 
length of the calyx. Anther.® double, 
roundifh, and yellow', jig. 2. 
I PISTILLUM: Germen round, but fomewhat flattened. 
Style ffiort, bipartite. Stigmata very 
I fmall, turned fomewhat back. jig. g. 
I SEED of a dark chefnut colour, orbicular, flattened, 
f contained within the calyx. 
. Linnaeus, when he bellowed on this Chenopodium the name Hybridum, had an idea, as may be learned from 
his Flora Saecica*, that it was a fpurious- plant produced from the viride : repeated oblervations would probablv 
have taught him, that this opinion was too haftily adopted, as the hybridum has certainly as °reat pretenfions to be 
confidered as an original fpecies, as the viride , the album, or any other. Indeed it is one of thole Chenotodhims which 
varies the lealt of any; and, befides the form of its leaves, which referable thofe of the Thorn-apple and its 
peculiarly branched and naked panicle of flowers, it has a ftrong and difagreeable fmell, which fome have 
compared to that of the Thorn-apple : Alfo fown in the garden it produces invariably the likenefs of the ori°hnl 
plant. 0 
Of all the Englijh plants of this genus, and we have them all (the maritimum excepted) growing wild about 
London , the environs of which are m many places peculiarly favourable to their growth, this is by far the fcarceft 
I have hitherto difeovered it in one place only, and that fparingly, viz. in Batlerfea Fields, betwixt the Windmill 
Meadow and the road leading to Chelfea Bridge adjoining the gardener’s ground. It flowers in Auguft 
It is mentioned, in the third edition of Mr. Ray’s Synopfis, to have been found by Mr. Sherard on the Sfnks 
of tome watery pits beyond Ely , and by Mr. Dale about Colchejler. Mr. Hudson deferibes it as growing p l CUI i_ 
fully about North-feet; and Mr. Lightfoot enumerates it among his Scottijh plants. 
Some authors fufpedt it to be poifonous. Tragus, in particular, mentions it as a plant fatal to fwine. 
* Habet multa communia cum procedente (viride) ut forte olim ab eodem ortum fit, quod racemorum finitura indicat. FI. Sute, n, 210. p. So. 
