c 
176 Chenopodium. 
attenuata, margine inaequaliter dentata: dentibus 
lanceoiatis, obtufiufcuiis. Petioli teretiulculi, fupra 
canaliculati. Racemi in caule & ramis frequen¬ 
tes, axillares, fefliles, cylindrici, foiiofi, ereCci, 
foliis breviores, compofui e Spicis brevibus, al¬ 
ternis, conicis, nudis, feffiiibus, foliolis brevio¬ 
ribus. Flores feffiies, glomerati*. CAL. Periantb. 
pentaphyllum: fquamis concavis, obtufis, glabris, 
margine tenuioribus. COROLLA nulla STAM, \ 
Friant. Sy capillaria, calyce breviora. Antb . fub- 
rotundse. PISTILL * Germen fuperum, ovatum, 
obtufum. Stylus cylindricus, brevis* Stigmata 2, 
iubcapitata. Semina parva, folitaria, orbiculato- 
reniformia, utrinque comprefia, fufca, nitida. 
PROPR. rec. Orior nullus* Sapor oleraceus* 
fere Spinacise. Maflicata folia tenera. 
VIRTUS: oleracea. 
USUS. 
OBS Infufum aquofum recentis colore infuf Theac 
refert, fapore autem eft debili oleraceo; ex vitriolo 
martis fulcelcit. 
107* CHENOPODIUM Botrys. Linn. Sp.pl. 320. 
Mat. meri. ioy. Kniph. Bot or . cent. 3/. 
Botrys. 'Dod. Pempt. 34. Blackw. Herb . t . 
114. Camer. Epit. js>#. Lob. Hift * 113 . 
Phavrn . BOTRFOS Herba, Semina. 
Locus Europa auftralis, in arenoiis* Annuum . 
FORMA, rec. Caulis eredus, vix pedalis, 
ramofus, angulatus, ftriatus, hirto-fcaber. Rami 
alterni, erefti. Folia alterna, peciolata, oblon¬ 
ga, obtula, glabriufcula, runcinata; lobis alternis, 
obtufis, angulatis; finubus obtufe excavatis. Ra¬ 
cemus terminalis, elongatus, (ubfol ofus, com- 
pofitus e racemulis geminis, lateraiious, dicho- 
tomis, 
