158 CALIFORNIA. [PolygonetB. 



2. Rumex persicarioides ; foliis infimis ovato-lanceolatis undosis?, ramis floriferis alternis 

 divisis, verticillis omnibus axillaribus, sepalis internis demum ovato-oblongis subacuminatis 

 utrinque tridentatis dentibus sepalorum longitudine omnibus valde granuliferis. Campd. — 

 Linn. — Pursh, Fl. Am. v. 1. p. 248. Campd. Rum. p. 79. 



Our specimens of this plant are very nearly allied to, if not the same with R. maritimus. It is gathered 

 by Mr. Douglas, at the mouth of the Columbia, and by him and Drummond at Hudson's Bay; and we have 

 the same from Patagonia. 



1. Polygonum Persicaria. Linn. 



2. Polygonum acre; caule erecto glabro folioso, ochreis hispidulis setaceo-ciliatis laxius- 

 culis internodio dimidio brevioribus, foliis subsessilibus prope ochreae basin affixis lanceolatis 

 acuminatis glabriusculis margine nervoque medio minutim ciliatis, spicis filiformibus laxis 

 tenuifloris longis geminatis geniculatis, bracteis turbinatis ciliatis vel submuticis 3-4-floris, 

 floribus 8-andris trigynis, perianthio. 5-partito pellucido punctata, achenio triquetro faciebus 

 ovatis lsevibus angulis acutis. Meisn. — H. B. K. nov. Gen. et. Sp. v. 2. p. 179. (non Lam.) 

 Meisner. Polyg. p. 77. 



3. Polygonum Paronychia ; caulibus prostratis suffruticosis, internodiis brevibus foliosis, 

 ochreis parte inferiore obconica laxa fusca internodium subsequante superiore membranacea 

 nitidissima argentea lacera folium subasquante, petiolo (ochreae adnata) trinervi, foliis 

 lineari-lanceolatis margine revolutis carnosiusculis glabris subtus prominenter uninerviis 

 subdeciduis, floribus majusculis subsolitariis breve pedicellatis axillaribus ad apicem ramorum 

 confertis octandris perianthio 5-partito, stylo longitudine germinis, stigmatibus 3 non 

 capitatis! achenio incluso acute triquetro, faciebus lato-lanceolatis lasvibus. — Cham, et 

 Schlecht. in Linn&a, v. 3. p. 51. 



Very nearly allied to P. martimum, but quite distinct. 



1. Eriogonum parvifolium; caule suffruticoso ramoso, foliis in ramulos noveflos approxi- 

 matis alternis breve petiolatis margine recurvis supra glabrescentibus subtus dense tomentosis, 



florum fasciculis glomeratis vel rariter discretis, perianthio pedicel lisque glabris. Sm. in 



Rees' Cycl. 



Whale- Ship Bay. Sometimes, though rarely, the fascicles of flowers, instead of being arranged in a dense 

 head, are situated singly at the extremities of short branches; this is probably what Sir James Smith means 

 by saying that they are proliferous, and ought perhaps to be viewed as the normal state of the plant: the 

 uniform abbreviations, and almost total disappearance of these little branches, causing the appearance we 

 have above characterised, and which is the common state in the specimens before us. The specimens, how- 

 ever, entirely accord with our original ones from Mr. Menzies. 



2. Eriogonum arachnoideum ; caule suffruticoso subprolifero, foliis subradicalibus approxi- 

 mate alternis longe petiolatis ovatis margine undulatis subtus dense tomentosis supra primum 

 arachnoidec-tomentosis demum glabratis, florum fasciculis ssepius binis ternisve subumbella- 

 tim secus ramos pedunculi scapiformis communis dispositis, perianthio pedicellisque glabris. 

 — E. arachnoideum. Eschsch. in Mem. Acad. Imp. St. Peter sb. v. 10. Linnaa, v. 3. Lift, 

 p. 150. 



