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practice; the leaves are applied by the common people 
tor healing flight wounds, and cleanling old ulcers. It 
grows in wafte places, by road-fides, about farm-yards, 
&c. flowering and feeding from May to Auguil. Mr. 
Miller thinks that it is not originally a native of England, 
but that, having been formerly cultivated in kitchen- 
gardens, the feeds have got out from them. Our oldeft 
he'rbalifts- however mention it as a plant found commonly 
wild. 
2. Cltenopodium ufbicum, '-.or upright goofe-foot: 
leaves triangular, fomewhat toothed ; racemes crowded, 
very flraight, approximating to the Item, and very long. 
Diitinguiflied by its very long racemes, altogether erect, 
and approximating to the Item ; which is eredt and Ample. 
This and all our fucoeeding wild fpecies are annual; 
grow abundantly on dunghills and in watte places; and 
floweftfrom July to September. 
3. Cltenopodium‘atriplicis, or orach or purple goofe- 
foot : leaves deltoid, coloured beneath; item eredt. 
This lias the appearance, eredl ltature, height, colour, and 
leaves, of red garden orach. Found in Siberia, by Pallas. 
Native of China; introduced here in 1780, by M. Thouin. 
4. Cltenopodium rttbrum, or red goole-root: leaves 
cordate-triangular bluutifh toothed, racemes eredt, com¬ 
pound, fomewhat leafy, fhorter than the item. Dr. Wi¬ 
thering delcribes the Item as pale green, fmootli, flightly 
fcored with lines of a deeper green. No (hitting fpangles 
on the leaves or calyx fo as to give the plant a white ap¬ 
pearance, but when held againlt a (trong light an infinite 
number of Alining particles appear. Dr. Stokes lias cor- 
redted the fpecific charadter thus: leaves deltoid, tooth- 
flnuate, teeth acuminate; racemes eredt, compound, 
leafy, fhorter than the leaf. 
5. Cltenopodium murale, or wall or nettle-leaved 
goofe-foot: leaves ovate Alining toothed lharp, racemes 
branched naked. This fpecies is diitinguiflied by the 
particular form of its racemes, which are lliort and ipread 
out widely, lo as to give them a deprefled appearance', 
the tops fomewhat curled in : the racemes of the-rubruni 
and urbicunt, which are molt liable to be miftaken for it, 
are perfedtly upright: its glofly leaves and unpleafant 
l'mell contribute alfo to point it out. The whole plant 
is (ometimes tinged with red. Curtis obferves that this, 
and moil other fpecies of the genus, afford plenty of 
feeds, for thelupport of fmall hard-billed birds. 
6..Cltenopodium ferotinum, or fig-leaved goofe-foot: 
leaves deltoid finuate-toothed wrinkled fmootli uniform, 
racemes terminal. The Item, fays Linnaeus, is the height 
of a man, very much branched. Leaves pale green, re¬ 
lent bling thole of album, but broader. 
7. Cltenopodium album, or cqmmon or white goofe- 
foot: leaves rhomboid-triangular erofe entire behind, 
uppermoft oblong : racemes eredl. Stem upright, from 
one to three feet high, flightly crooked, fomewhat angu¬ 
lar and ftriated, folid, branched, fmootli,Toinetimes pur- 
plifh: branches alternate. Leaves deeply and irregularly 
indented, bluiflt green, covered efpecially underneath 
with a mealy powder; the uppermofl oblong, lefs deeply 
indented and even entire, liacemes axillary, upright, 
forming a fpike of flowers growing in little clufters. It 
is whiter than moll of the chenopodiums ; and varies ex¬ 
ceedingly, both when young, and in its feeding Hate. 
This is the molt common of the genus, occurring in 
every garden, on every dunghill, and in moll corn fields. 
It is mentioned by Lightfoot and feveral other authors, 
as being boiled and eaten for greens, and is known by 
the name of fat-hen, or muckweed. Linnaeus affirms that 
twine are extremely fond of it, and yet the murale and 
ltybridum are laid to be fatal to this animal, contrary to 
all probability, lince the common goofe-foots leem to be 
mild and gently laxative like fpinach. 
8. Cltenopodium viride, or green goofe-foot: leaves 
rhomboid tooth-finuate, racemes branched fomewhat 
leafy. Stem upright, green, with purplifh angles. This 
fpecies is fo nearly allied to the foregoing, as to make it 
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doubtful whether it be any thing more than a variety; 
accordingly Hudfon gives it merely as fuch; and Villars 
confiders it in the fame light. Curtis however points 
out the following diltindtions. The appearance of the 
whole plant is greener ; the bright red colour at the an¬ 
gles of the joints is conftant; the leaf is much longer ; 
though not deftitute of meal, yet this has it not in fuch 
profufion as the album; when the feeds are ripe, the 
tops of the ftalks are more apt to hang down ; the parts 
of fructification are fmaller; the calyx is not quite 1b 
much covered with little globules; the feed is fmaller, 
and reticulated with imprelfed dots, whereas in the album 
it is fmootli. 
9. Cltenopodium ltybridum, or baftard goofe-foot: 
leaves cordate angular-acuminate, racemes branching 
naked. Stem .from one to two feet high, upright, 
branched, angular, and perfectly fmootli. Leaves fmootli, 
without any meal, veiny, fpreading, with three teeth on 
each Ade large and diftant; in form refentbling thole of 
the thorn-apple. This fpecies varies the lealt of any ; 
the panicle of flowers is peculiarly branched and naked; 
it has a ftrong and difagreeable fmell. It is not common 
near London, being obferved only in Batterfea-fieids and 
about Northfleet; it lias been found alio near Ely and 
Colchefter. Mr. Lightfoot enumerates it among the 
Scottifh plants. If any of the chenopodiums be poilb- 
nous, this muff be the fpecies. Linnaeus fulpedts it to 
have arifen from the viride. 
10. Cltenopodium botrys, or duller or cut-leaved 
goofe-foot, or oak of Jerufalem : leaves oblong finuate, 
racemes naked multifid. This fends up feveral flems 
from the root, which rife about two feet high. Leaves 
light green, alternate. Flowers axillary from the upper 
part of the branches, in loofe racemes. They appear in 
J uly, and the feeds ripen in September. The leaves emit 
a very ftrong odour when bruifed, fomewhat like that of 
ambrofia; and for this principally the plant is-preferved 
in gardens, for the flowers have no beauty. Native of 
the South of Europe. Cultivated in 1551. 
11. Cltenopodium ambrofioides, Mexican goofe-foot, 
or oak of Cappadocia: leaves lanceolate toothed, racemes 
leafy Ample. Stem from twelve to eighteen inches high, 
fometimesreddifh,round, ftriated, with finefcattered hairs. 
Leaves pale green, oblong, finuated ; at the bafe of each, 
peduncles an inch long, on which are feveral little heads of 
flowers alternately difpofed, with a leaflet under each. It 
grew firll in Plater’s garden, in the year 1619. Native of 
Mexico. The leaves and flowery heads have a ftrong 
and not unpleafant fmell, and a moderately aromatic 
tafte, fomewhat bitterifli: on much handling them, an 
undluous refinous juice adheres to the fingers. The pro¬ 
per menftruum of their adtive matter is rectified fpirit; 
but they give it out alfo to boiling water. "The infufions, 
which are not unpalatable, are faid to be of fervice in hu- 
moural aftltmas and coughs, and other diforders of the 
breall: they are fuppoled alio to be antilpafinodic and 
antihyfteric. The feed is reckoned among the anthel¬ 
mintics, and the herb dried is put among clothes to 
keep away moths. 
12. Cltenopodium niultifidum, orBuenos-Ayres goofe- 
foot: leaves multifid, fegments linear; flowers axillary 
fefiile. This riles with a fhrubby (talk three or four feet 
high ; with oblong leaves cut into many linear fegments* 
It glows naturally at Buenos Ayres. 
13. Cltenopodium anthelminticufti, orwormfeed goofe- 
foot : leaves ovate-oblong toothed, racemes leaflets. 
Stems three cubits high, Itraight, ftiff, grooved, hairy, 
dividing into few branches to the middle, but above that 
more branched. Leaves green on both fides, the middle 
nerve only hairy. Grows at Buenos Ayres, and in Penn- 
fylvania and New Jerfey, where it is called worntfeed 
and Jerufalem oak. The feeds are given to children 
againft the worms. It lias a difagreeable feent. Culti¬ 
vated by Dr. Sherard at Elthant, 1732. 
14. Cltenopodium glaucum, or oak-leaved goofe-foot: 
leaves 
