344 PENTANDRIA. DIGYNIA. Chenopodium. 
C. ru'brum. (Leaves triangular, somewhat rhomboid, toothed, and 
sinuated; bunches upright, compound, somewhat leafy, shorter 
than the stem; seeds minute. E.) 
Curt.—FI Dan. 1149—(j E. Bot. 1721. E.)— Fuchs. 653— J. B . ii. 975.2— 
Dod. 616. 1— Ger. Em. 328. 1 and 2—Matth. 462— Lob. Obs. 128. 1— 
Park. 749. 8— H. Ox. v. 31. row 2. 2— Pet. 8. 6. 
When full grown, read and spreading. Stems lying on the ground. Leaves 
thick, shining. Spikes with sessile tufts of flowers, interspersed with 
strap-shaped leaves. Linn. Bunches short, close, branched. Woodw. 
Leaves with their leaf-stalks as long or longer than the branches that rise 
from them ; no shining spangles upon them or the calyx, so as to give 
the plant a white appearance, but when held against a strong light an 
infinite number of shining particles appear. Bunches sessile in the bosom 
of the upper leaves. 
Red Goosefoot. Sowbne.* (Sharp-pointed Elite. Irish: Prais - 
seagh, Brah’ar. Welsh: Gwydd-droedrhuddawg. E.) Dunghills, rubbish, 
and cultivated ground. A. Aug.—Oct. 
(C. botryo'des. Leaves triangular, somewhat toothed; the upper 
ones bluntish : spikes erect, compound, rounded, fleshy. 
E. Bot. 2247. 
Stems spreading, or prostrate. Leaves very much smaller than the two 
last, fleshy, triangular, or hastate, not rhomboid, and very slightly toothed, 
smooth, frequently red, as are also the copious, compound, rounded, more 
or less leafy spikes. Cal. tumid, obtuse. Seed small, black, anc( 
shining. 
Many-spiked Goosefoot. In moist shady places, near the sea. Near 
Yarmouth. Mr. Lilly Wigg. Between the cliff and the sea at Lowestoft. 
A. Aug.—Sept. Sm. E.) 
C. al'bum. Leaves lozenge-triangular, truncated, entire at the base ; 
the uppermost oblong: bunches upright. 
Curt. — Blackw. 553— (E. Bot. 1723. E.)— Fuchs. 119— J. B. ii. 972. 1 — 
Dod. 615. 2—Ger. Em. 326. 6—Ger. 257. 4— Pet. 8. 2. 
Plant whitish (mealy) when full grown. Bunches always branched, tuft¬ 
like, straight, composed of clustered spikes. Spikes small, egg-shaped, 
sessile, alternate, crowded; composed of flowers set close together. 
Flower-leaves strap-shaped, very entire, sessile, small, two or three to 
each spike. Linn. ( Seeds very smooth, not dotted. E.) Stem shining, 
bluntly angular, streaked with green, purple, and white. Branches , two 
together, especially at the lower part of the stem. Leaves with three 
semi-transparent veins springing from the base, sprinkled, especially on 
the under side, with white shining particles ; the upper spear-shaped. 
(Var. 2. Angles of the stem purple. Seeds dotted. E. 
(FI. Dan. 1150. E.)— Vaill. 7. 1.) 
Var. 3. Leaves generally very entire, sometimes toothed. Ray, p. 155. n. 
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(Several of these species are supposed to be injurious to swine. E.) 
