BUCKWHEAT FAMILY 



THE PREFERRED HABITAT: thickets and over bushes in 

 waste ground. 



THE PLANT: extensively twining, two feet to twelve feet 

 long; the stem much branched, horizontally grooved. 



THE LEAVES: ovate, or somewhat hastate; sometimes 

 uneven; acuminate at the apex; heart-shaped at the base; 

 long-stemmed or nearly stemless; the sheaths smooth. 



THE FLOWERS: small, in mostly axillary racemes which are 

 much interrupted; two inches to five inches long, with 

 leafy bracts. 



THE FRUIT: black, smooth, and shining achenes. 



One of those extensively twining vines that are found 

 resting on the tops of rose bushes and other low plants in 

 open thickets. It has large, but thin, ovate and untoothed 

 leaves and tiny white flowers in a long loose spray down 

 the stem. 



POLYGONACE^E BUCKWHEAT FAMILY 



Polygonum glaucum, Nutt. 



White or pinkish Seaside Knotweed, 



Coast Knot-grass. 

 August-September 



Polygonum: for derivation see acre. 

 Glaucum: Latin for bluish. 



THE PREFERRED HABITAT: sea beaches. 



THE PLANT: prostrate or striving to be erect, eight inches 

 to twenty inches long; the stem branched, with a bloom 

 but without hairs, deeply grooved, often red or reddish, 

 jointed. 



THE LEAVES: alternate; ovate or oblong; mostly small, 

 scarcely longer than the intermediate joints; fleshy; above, 



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