. A manual of poisonous plants, chiefly of eastern North America, with brief notes on economic and medicinal plants, and numerous illustrations. Poisonous plants. SPERMATOPHYTA—CHENOPODIACEAE 427 Seed with utricle; embryo coiled; calyx not horizontally winged 1. Chenopodium. Chenopodium L. Pigweed. Goosefoot. Lamb's quarter Annual or perennial herbs usually covered with a white mealy substance; flowers inconspicuous, in sessile, small clusters, collected in spikes or panicles, perfect; calyx S-, rarely 4-parted or lobed; stamens generally 5; styles 2, rarely 3; ovary 1-celled, becoming a 1-see
. A manual of poisonous plants, chiefly of eastern North America, with brief notes on economic and medicinal plants, and numerous illustrations. Poisonous plants. SPERMATOPHYTA—CHENOPODIACEAE 427 Seed with utricle; embryo coiled; calyx not horizontally winged 1. Chenopodium. Chenopodium L. Pigweed. Goosefoot. Lamb's quarter Annual or perennial herbs usually covered with a white mealy substance; flowers inconspicuous, in sessile, small clusters, collected in spikes or panicles, perfect; calyx S-, rarely 4-parted or lobed; stamens generally 5; styles 2, rarely 3; ovary 1-celled, becoming a 1-seeded, thin utricle; embryo coiled around the mealy endosperm. A small genus of about 60 species of wide distribution in saline soil, around dwellings and in manured soil. Several species like the common pigweed (C album), the Australian spinach (C. auricomum), and the English Good King Henry (C. Bonus-Henricus), are used as a substitute for spinach. The quinoa (C. Quinoa) is an annual, native to Peru, which produces its flowers in dense, erect panicles. It is cultivated in Chili and Peru for its seeds, which are said to be very strengthening. It was the principal meal food of the Peruvians be-. Fig. 204. Good King-Henry (Chenopodium Bonus-Henricus). Used as a substitute for spinach. (From The American Agriculturist). Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Pammel, L. H. (Louis Hermann), 1862-1931. Cedar Rapids, Ia. , The Torch Press
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