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CHENOPODIUM olidum.
Stinking Goofefoot.
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PENTANDRIA Digynia.
G e n . C h a r . Cal. 5 -c le ft, inferior. Cor. non e . Seed r
len ticu la r , inve fted with th e d o le d five-fided
c a ly x .
S p e c . C h a r . Leaves ovate, fomewhat rhomboid,
entire. Flowers in denfe cluttered Ipikes.
Sy n . Chenopodium olidum. Curt. Land. fafc. 3.
t. 10. Sm. FI. Brit. 277. With. 273.
C. Vulvaria. Linn. Sp. P i. 3 2 1 . Hudf. 107.
Hull. 56. Relh. 10 5 . Sibth. 89. Woodv.Med.
Bot. t. 14 5 .
B litum fcetidum, V u lv ar ia d ic tum . Rail Syn. 156.
G a t h e r e d in St. George’ s fields, where, as well as in
other watte places about London, it frequently occurs. In
general it is molt plentiful near the fea-coaft among fand or
rubbith, and flowers in Auguft.
Root annual, fmall. Stems many, fpreading or proftrate,
branched, leafy. Leaves alternate, on footftalks, fpreading,
fmaller than in molt of the fame genus, of a fquareith ovate
figure, entire. Clutters interrupted, axillary and terminal,
fhort and denfe. Seed deprefled, dotted.
The whole plant is of a dull glaucous or greyith green, invefted
with a greafy mealinefs, which when touched exhales a
moft odious and lafting fmell, like that of ftale falt-fifh, which
Lobel tells us is peculiarly attractive to dogs.