Cheop^odium Murale. Nettle-Leaved GooSefOot. 
CHENOPODIUM Lin. Gen. PL Pent andria DigyniA; 
Cal. 5-phyllus, 5-gonus. Cot.o. Seifl. i. ienticiilate, fuperuni; 
kaii Syn. Gen. 5. HerMas flore imperfecto seu stamineo vel apetalO 
POTIUS. 
CHENOPODIUM niurdle foliis ovatis nitidis dentatis acutis, racemis ramofis nudis. Lin. SyfL 
Vegetab. p. 261. Sp. Pl.p. 318. FI. Suec. 21 6. 
ATRIPLEX fylveftris latifolia, acutiore folio. Bauh. Pin. i 19* 
AI RIPLEX di£ia Pes anferinus alter f. ramofior. Bauh. hijl. 976» 
ATRIPLEX fylveftris latifolia altera. Ger. emac. 328* 
BLITUM Pes anferinus diftum acutiore folio. Raii Syn. p. 154. ? The other Goofefoot. Hud/. 
FI. Angi. ed. 2. p. 105. 
Tota planta gravem odorem fpiraL The whole plant fmells difagreeably* 
RADIX annua, fufiformis, albida, rigida, fibrillis $ ROOT annual, tapering, whitifh, rigid, furnilhed 
plurimft patentibus inflrufta. f with numerous fpreading fmall fibres. 
CAULIS ereflus, pedalis ad bipedalem, ramofiftimus, $- STALK upright, one or two feet high, very much 
fubangulofus, inferne glaber, fuperne fari- | branched, flightly angular, below' fmooth* 
nofus, plerumque viridis, faepe purpureus * above mealy, moft commonly green, but 
aut lineis purpureis notatus. | often wholly purple* or marked with purple 
% lines» 
RAMI alterni, pulverulenti. £ BRANCHES alternate and mealy. 
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FOLIA alterna, petiolata, fubovata, acuta, intequa- | LEAVES alternate, ftanding on footftalks* fubovate* 
liter ferrata, fuperne nitida, inferne pulve- | pointed, unequally fawed, above glofl'y* 
rulenta, apicibus denticulorum rubicundis. | beneath mealy, the tips of the teeth reddifh. 
PETIOLI fuperne canaliculati, longitudine foliorum, f LEAF-STALKS hollow above, the length of the 
% leaves. 
FLORES nunc herbacei, nunc purpurei, racemofi, J FLOWERS fometimes green, fometimes purple, 
racemis brevibus, nudis, ramofis, depreflis, | growing in bunches or racemi, which are 
apice inflexis. | lhort, naked, branched, deprefled* and bent 
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CALYX: PERiANTHiUMpentaphyllum, foliolis ova- | CALYX: a PerIanthidm of 6ve ieaves, the leaves 
tis, concavis, carinatis, farina diaphana ad- ovate, concave, keeled, permanent, fpfinkled 
fperfis, perfill entibus, marginibus membra- i with tranfparent meal, the edges membranous 
naceis, albidis. Jig. 1. £ and whitifh,^. 1. 
COROLLA nulla. $ COROLLA wanting. 
STAMINA: Filamenta quinque, alba, calyce paulo % STAMINA: five white Filaments, a little longer 
longiora; ANTHER^majufcul3s,ochroleucs, f than the calyx : Anthers largilh, yellow, 
didymse, Jig. 2. . and double, Jig. 2. 
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PISTILLUM: Germen orbiculatum: Styli duo, f PISTILLUM : Germen round and flat; Styles 
breviflimi, minimi, fere inconfpicui, fig. 3. | two, very fmall and fhort, almoft inconfpi- 
I cuous, Jig. 3. 
The leaves of this fpecies of Chenopodium have fome fmall refemblance to thofe of the great Stinging-Nettle, 
hence we have given it the Englifh name of Nettle-leaved, in preference to that of wall ( murale J to which’ 
from its place of growth, with us at leaft, it has little pretenfions, as it is ufually found on dunghills, and on 
banks by road fides. 
It grows plentifully on moft of the great roads leading from the metropolis ; we have feen it in very great 
abundance during the late autumn on the Edgware road. It flowers from Auguft to O&ober. 
The whole plant is fometimes entirely green, and fometimes tinged with red. 
It is moft ftrikingly diftinguifhed from the other fpecies by the particular form of its racemi, or flower 
branches, which are fhort and fpread out widely, fo as to give them a flat or deprefled appearance, the tops 
fomewhat curled in ; in the rubrum and urbicum, the fpecies moft liable to be miftaken for it, the racemi 
are perfe&ly upright ; its gloffy leaves and unpleafant fmell contribute alfo to point it out. 
Like moft of the other plants of this genus, it affords plenty of feeds, which affift in fupportin°- the numerous 
tribe of fmall hard-billed birds. f 0 
