POLYGONACE.E 



somewhat rough and wrinkled; beneath, conspicuously 

 veined; blunt at the apex; entire; the sheaths large, silvery, 

 two-parted or at length of a ragged appearance, becoming 

 brown at the base. 



THE FLOWERS: small, one to three together in the axils, 

 on slender stems. 



This is one of the dwellers on the beach sand. It grows 

 in loose and flat rosettes, grey green and pink; its long, 

 slender, and spreading branches bear small, entire leaves, 

 and tiny pink flowers. 



POLYGONACE^: BUCKWHEAT FAMILY 



Polygonum pennsyluanicum, L. 



Pink, in varying shades Pennsylvania Persicaria, 



Glandular Persicary, 

 August-September Purple-lead. 



Polygonum: for derivation see acre. 

 Pennsylvanicum: Latin for Pennsylvania. 



THE PREFERRED HABITAT: dry, sandy soil. 



THE PLANT: somewhat erect, one foot to three feet tall, 

 simple or branched; the stem jointed, the lower part 

 hairless, the upper glandular. 



THE LEAVES: alternate; lanceolate; two inches to eleven 

 inches long; the upper sometimes glandular beneath; 

 taper-pointed at the apex; petioled; the margins hairy; 

 the sheaths thin, naked, and hairless. 



THE FLOWERS: small, in spikes or panicled racemes which 

 are erect, thick, oblong or cylindric, one inch to two 

 inches long. 



THE FRUIT: achenes, round, at least one surface mostly 

 concave, pointed, smooth, and shining. 



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