vel erectus, gracilis, glaber. Ochi-eae tubulosae, appressae, setulis appressis plus niinus tectae, 

 in ore setis inaequilongis partim longiusculis copiose ciliatae. Folia sublinearia vel 

 lineari-lanceolata, acuniinata, basi rotundata vel conspicue breviter attenuata, 

 wlabra, in margine et nervis setulis appressis scabra, interdum macula nigra notata. Racemi 

 erecti, pedunculati, graciles, plurimum laxiflori. Cymae 2-rarius 3-florae, ochreis subturbinatis, 

 varie plurimum copiose ciliatis fultae, rarius inferiores asillares. Pedicelli fructu plurimum 

 breviores. Perianthium 2 — 2"5 mm longum, eglandulosum, limbo albo', roseo vel pur- 

 purascente praedituni. Stamina 5 — 8, plurimum 5. Nuces acutae, biconvexae rarius trigonae, 

 nigrae, laeves, nitidae, 2 — 2-4 mm longae. 

 Formae sequentes observantur: 



1. latifolium A. Br. in Flora VII (1824), 359; v. elongatum Bluff Fingerh., Comp. fl. 

 Germ. 509 (1825); v. stridum A. Br., 1. c, Marss., Fl. Neu-Vorpomm., 406 (18691. — 

 P. strictum AIL, 1. c. ex icone t. 68 f. 2; majus Gaud. Fl. Helv., III, 43; v. elatum Fries, 

 Mant., II, 32 = Herv., Rech. fl. Lyon., 43 (1885). — Cauhs elongatus, pedalis et ultra, 

 plurimum erectus vel suberectus, in parte superiore ramosus. Folia erecta, majora sublanceo- 

 lata, in tertia infima latissima, dilute viridia. Racemi plurimiun filiformes, laxiflori vel 

 interrupti (= interruptum Meisn. in Wall., Pl. As. rar., HI, 57 et in DC, Prodr., XIV 1, 

 111.) Perianthia alba (= albidum A. Br., I. c, 359) v. rosea. 



2. typicum — P- minns Huds. 1. c. — P. strictum AU., 1. c, ex descript. — P. inter- 

 medium Ehr. I. c. — P. minus v. commune A. Br., 1. c. 359; v. procumbens Wirtg. Exs. = 

 Glaab in Deutsch., bot. Mon., XII (1894), 23. — P. strictum v. pusillum Fries, Maut., H, 

 32 et Herb. norm., VII, nr. 53; Herv., Rech. fl. Lyon., 44 (1885). — Caulis brevior, basi 

 ramosus, ramis procumbentibus. Folia minora, saepe sublinearia. Racemi vix basi interrupti, 

 breves. Flores confertiores (= subcoiitimium Meisn. I. c. 57 et 111; P. daphnophyllum 

 Audrz. f. Meisner 1. c). Perianthium roseum vel purpurascens = rubellum (A. Br., 1. c; 

 ruberrimum Cheval. in BuU. soc Linn. Norm., ser. IV, VII [1893], 254). — Forma pygmaea 

 foliis minimis, angustissimis = minimum (A. Br. 1. c); eadem foliis subtus incanis = in- 

 canescens Wallr., Sched. Crit., 189 (1822). 



Crescit in arvis, locis sterilibus, etiam siccis; forma 1 in humidis, turfosis per totam 

 ditionem. Floret mens. Julio— Octobr. 



Exsiccatae: Reicheub., Exs., nr. 285; Fries, Herb. norm., IV, nr. 76; VII, nr. 53; 

 Schultz, Fl. Gall. Germ., nr. 334; Billot nr. 2358; Magn., Fl. sel., nr. 3579; Karo, Pl. Amur., 

 nr. 227; Pl. Dahur. nr. 481; Kern., FI. austro-hung., nr. 1834; Reliqu. Maill., nr. 1639. 



Tab. 213. Polygomim minus Huds. 1. f. latifolium, plantae pars. 2. f. typicum. 

 Planta minor. 3. Racemi pars. 4. FIos. 5. Fructus. 6. Nux. (3 — 6 ■+■). 



Polygoni minori affines: 



Polygonum serrulaium Lagasca, Nov. Gen. et Spec. XIV nr. 181 (1816); Meisn. in 

 DC, Prodr., XIV 1, 110 crescit in paludosis ditionis calidioris florae mediterraneae et 

 excellit radice perenni (?), foliis magnis, elongato-lanceolatis, longissime acuminatis, basi sub- 

 contractis vel rotundatis, racemis conspicue pedunculatis, gracihbus, laxifloris, cymis ochreis 

 modo plus minus ciliatis fultis, nunquam axillaribus, nucibus plurimum trigonis, nitidissimis, 

 1-5 mm lougis. — In Gallia australi, Bulgaria, Graecia, Italia etc observatur. 



Polygonum foliosum H. Liudberg in Meddel. af soc pro Fauna et Flora Fenn., XX\T!I 

 (Dez. 1900) et tab. f. 1 — 2 — Sueciae borealis et Finnlandiae incola intemodiis plus minusve 



