( 3145) ‘ ile 
PoLYGONUM ADPRESSUM. BERRY-BEARING PoLy-— 
conum, or Macquarre-Harzour Grape. 
Se 
Class and Order. vis 
OcTANDRIA TRIGYNIA, 
( Nat. Ord.—Potyeonez. ) | . 
Generic Character. 
Perianthium monophyllum, divisum, e#stivatione imbri-— 
cata. Stamina definita, imo perianthio inserta. Antherarum 
_ loculi longitudinaliter dehiscentes. Ovarium liberum, mo- 
ospermum, ovulo erecto. Styli vel Stigmata plura. Nux 
nuda, vel perianthio tecta. Albumen farinaceum, raro sub- 
nullum. Br. Ee 
(Div. Hexxine, Foliis cordatis, Stylis 3-partitis, Nuci- 
bus angulatis, Staminibus 8, Floribus sepe polygamis.) Br. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Potyconum* adpressum ; glabrum, caule volubili v. pros-. 
trato suffruticoso ramisque teretibus, foliis cordatis: 
subacuminatis crenulatis margine scabris, racemis ax- 
illaribus terminalibusque, bracteis ochreisque nudis, 
‘perianthiis subbarbatis, floribus polygamis. on 
Potyconum adpressum. Labill. Fl. Nov. Holl. p. 99. t.127. 
Br. Prodr. Fl. Nov, Holl. p.420. Spreng. Syst. Veget 
0.2. p. 254. | 78 geen 
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Descr. « Plant procumbent, with a somewhat striated and 
rounded, flexuose stem. Leaves acuminate, cordate, some 
of them suborbiculate ; the petioles glandulose beneath at 
the base, the stipules opposite to these, ovato-lanceolate, 
half-sheathing, glabrous, membranaceous, pale red. Flowers” 
polygamous : the male mixed with hermaphrodite ones, in 
ae axillary racemes shorter than the leaves. Calyx, in 
. hermaphrodite flowers, quinquepartite, persistent, the 
Segments ovate, obtuse, concave. Corolla none. Fila- 
ments of the stamens eight, inserted at the bottom we oe 
thi ca c f 
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.. From sorug, many; and you, a knee or joind ; in allusion to the icneeeer 
. ine in the stem. 
