An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions : from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102nd meridian; 2nd ed. . pe, the following the ge-neric type. Strawberry Blite or Spinach. Fig. 1693. Blitum capitalum L. Sp. PI. 2. 1753. Chenopodium capitalum Aschers. Fl. Brand. 572. 1864. Stem ascending, erect, or prostrate, 6-2° long,commonly much branched, the branches usually longer than wide, ih-3 long, ratherthin, sinuate-dentate, or the upper or sometimes allof them


An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions : from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102nd meridian; 2nd ed. . pe, the following the ge-neric type. Strawberry Blite or Spinach. Fig. 1693. Blitum capitalum L. Sp. PI. 2. 1753. Chenopodium capitalum Aschers. Fl. Brand. 572. 1864. Stem ascending, erect, or prostrate, 6-2° long,commonly much branched, the branches usually longer than wide, ih-3 long, ratherthin, sinuate-dentate, or the upper or sometimes allof them entire, cordate or reniform, the apex andbasal lobes acute or acuminate; lower petioles oftenlonger than the blades; heads sessile in the axilsand on the sides of the upper part of the stem orbranches, 2-^ in diameter in flower, becomingbright red and s-8 in diameter in fruit, and thensomewhat resembling strawberries; seed com-pressed, ovate, enclosed by the calyx, or when quitemature slightly exserted. In dry soil. Nova Scotia to .Maska. south to Illinois, Minnesota, in the Rocky Mountainsto Colorado and Utah and to Nevada. .•Mso in paint. Indian strawberry. I. Blitum capitatum i6 CHEXOPODIACEAE. Vol. II.


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