PENTANDRIA. DIGYNIA. Ohenopodium. 345 
J. B. ii. 973. 2. 
Var. 4. Leaves thick, blunt. Ray, p. 156. n. 13. A. Aug.—Sept. 
White Goosefoot. (Welsh: Gwydd-droed gwynaidd. E.) Corn-fields, 
old dunghills, rubbish, and gardens, common. A. Aug. * 
Stem upright, green : with purplish angles. Leaves of the branches spear- 
shaped, very entire, with only one or two teeth. Bunches thread-shaped, 
divided, long, bare. Calyx of the fruit with five acute angles. Linn. 
Angles of the joints constantly bright red. Seeds reticulated with im¬ 
pressed dots. Curt. 
Green GoosEFOot. (C. viride. Linn. With. Ed. 4. C album var. y. FI. 
Brit. E.) Kitchen gardens, common. A. Aug. 
(C. fi'cifolium. Leaves sinuated, jagged, somewhat hastate, entire 
towards the base ; upper ones oblong, quite entire : seed dotted. 
Curt. — E. Bot. 1724— Pet. H. Brit. t. 8. f. 3. 
Of a greener hue than the preceding, with a purple stain at the base of the 
foot-stalks. Lower leaves hastate, narrower than in C. album , from which 
it is well distinguished, according to the observation of Curtis, by its 
dotted, or reticulated, seeds. 
Fig-leaved Goosefoot. Fig Blite. C. viride. Curt, not of Linn. In 
waste ground, and on dunghills. In several places about London. Cur¬ 
tis. Near Yarmouth. Mr. D. Turner. A. Aug.—Sept. Sm. E.) 
C. hy'bridum. Leaves heart-shaped, with angles tapering to a point; 
bunches branching, leafless. 
Curt. 248— Vaill. 7. 2— (E. Bot. 1919. E.)— Barn. 740 —Pet. 8. 7. 
( Seeds marked with large dots. FI. Brit. Stem slender; smell rather fetid. 
E.) Leaves rather truncated at the base; with two or three large teeth 
on each side. Bunch at first compact, but forming a panicle when fully 
expanded, lighter and more widely scattered than in any of the preceding 
species. 
Maple-leaved Goosefoot. Rubbish, kitchen-gardens, and corn-fields. 
Near Northfleet. (In Battersea-fields. Curtis. About Colchester. Dale. 
St. Anthony’s Ballast Hill, Northumberland. Mr. Winch. About Edin¬ 
burgh. Greville. E.) A. Aug. 
C. glau'cum. (Leaves all egg-oblong, waved at the edge; glaucous 
and mealy beneath ; spikes compound, leafless, lobed: seed 
minutely dotted. E.): bunches naked, simple, clustered. 
(E. Bot. 1454— FI. Dan. 1151. E.)— J. B. ii. 973. 1 —Pet. 8.1. 
( Stems spreading thick, furrowed, branched, varying greatly in height, 
from a few inches to as many feet. Leaves sometimes purplish above. 
Oak-leaved Goosefoot. On rubbish, (or waste sandy ground, about 
London, &c. A. Aug. 
* Cows, goats, and sheep eat it. Horses refuse it. Swine are extremely fond of it. 
Linn. A black Aphis feeds upon it, and sometimes destroys it. St. (The young herb is 
reported to be eatable when boiled, and is known by the name of Fat Hen in some parts 
of Norfolk. Sm. It is also used as a potherb in Scotland. E.) 
