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374 OCTANDRIA. TRIGYNIA. Polygonum. 





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Curt.-Lob. obs. VfX. 2-Ger. em. 446. 3~Park. 857 '• 4*-#. a*, 

 v. 29- ™<u> 3. 5.f I-/V/. 3. 6. 



Stems several, Q inches to a foot high. Leaves almost vein- 

 less. Spikes slightly nodding. Style sometimes slightly cloven 

 into 3. Curt, Leaves not acrid. St. Spikes slender, short ; 

 flowers few, reddish. Summits 2, sometimes 3. 



Persicaria angustifolia ex singulis genie ulis florens. R. Syn 9 

 145. P. Persicaria /3 and <?. Linn. Creeping Snakeweed. Moist 



and watery meadows. [Tothill Fields, Westminster. Huds. 



Curt. Gravel pit on Malvern Chace with P. Hydropiper. St.] 



A. Sept. 



Persica'ria. P. Styles 2 : spikes egg-oblong : leaves spear-shaped : 



' stipulae fringed. < 



Kniph. 4-FI. dan. 7 M-Walc .-Curt .<~E. hot. 756-P*/. 3. 7- 

 Black-w. 118-Dod. 608. 2-Lob. obs. 171. l-Ger. em. 445. 

 1-Park. 857. l-Ger. 36u \-Trag. 90. 



Pistils half cloven : fruit-stalks smooth : stipulae fringed ; 

 spikes egg-oblong, upright. Flowers of a bright rose-colour. 

 (iermen oval and flatted, or 3-square. Style often cloven halfway 

 down into 3 parts, and, when this is the case, the germen and 

 seed are 3-square. Seed egg-shaped, and slightly convex on one 

 side, or 3-square. Curt* Leaves nearly smooth, but with very 

 minute bristles lying along the edge. Leaf-scales sheathing* 

 ribbed. Common fruit-stalks springing from the sheathing leaf* 

 scales at the joints of the stem. Flowers 3 or 4 together, in- 

 cluded in a membranaceous fringed sheath, on short fruit-stalks 

 of different lengths, which are again inclosed by skinny sheaths. 

 Bloss. segments concave, unequal. Stam. sometimes 5 and 7- 

 Anthers sometimes 2 upon one filament. Style cloven nearly halt 

 way down. Summits globular* 



Dead or Spotted Arsmart. Spotted Snakeweed. Ditches, on 



the side of water, and not unfrequently in corn fields* 



A. July— Sept. 

 pallidum. P. Pistils 2 : stipulae not fringed : fruit-stalks rough with 



land 





Curt.-Lob. ic. 315. \-Pet. 3. U-Fuchs. 630-Trag- &' 



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162. l-ZW. 60S-Ger. t*. 



445, 2-Park. 857. 2-H. ox. v. 29- ro-w 2. 2. 

 Stem upright, 3 feet high, of the thickness of one's finger. 

 Leaves of a palish green, "With a kind of mealiness, sometimes 



* Its taste is slightly acid and astringent. Woollen cloth dipped in * 

 solution of alum obtains a yellow colour from this plant. Goats, sncepi 



and horses eat it. Cows aad swiae refuse it. Linn. 



