14 _Pe Hydropiper L. Smartwe@ed. Annual, stems ascending or prostrate at 
the base, 50-60 cm. tall, slender, mostly simple; leaves narrowly lanceolate 
5-6 cme long, acute or lightly acuminate, attenuate otuthunbare to a petiole "205 
mme long, glabrate, glandular-punctate, the margins Ciliate; ocreae cylindrical 
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t. 05-1465 cme long, rather closely sheathing, cat fri W ristles; 
, teewereudn usually solita slender 5-6 cme long, 4-5 mm. ¥ 
less interrupted; bracts + long, cup-s d. trunate pial more or 
bristles less +t 1 om. 1 : ; perianth green, tinged with pink 
glandular-punctate, on pedicels 1-2 mm. long, cleft to below the nidéte the 
segments oval, obtuse; stamens 6, included, the style 2.3 parted, 1-2 une long; 
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achenes 2.5 mm. long, lenticular or S-angled, dull and minutely striate. 
Muddy waste places below 5000 feet. St. Mariess Port Hill. 
IE, », Persicaria Le Stems erect or prostrate at the base, 50-50 cm. long, 
commonly branched throughout; leaves lanceolate or elliptical-lanceolate, 
5-6 cm. long, acuminate, narrowed exy=etberimhemhieimem to a petiole 2-5 m. 
long, glabrous or lightly pubescent; ocreae Cylindrical, .5-1 cm. long, rather 
closely sheathing, many veined, truncate and fringed with bristles; @rempmm 
ter termined panicles, composed of 1-5 rather loose racemes 1-5 cm. long, 8-10 m. 
wide; bracts cup shaped, truncate, with a iringe of bristles, not glandular, 2 mn. 
long; flowers pinkish or sometimes greenish white, on pedicels 1-2 mm. long, 
5-cleft to the middle, the segments oblong, very obtuse; stamens 6, included; see 
style 2-3 cleft, 1-2 mm. long; achenes & mme long, black and shining, ovoid, 
lenticular or occasionally 3-angled, the angles very blunt. 
Muddy waste places mostly below 5000 feet. 
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