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OCTANDRIA TRIGYKIA* 



^oot perennial, Ste^n cotnmonlv prostrate, striate, gkbroua. 

 imt-es glabroas, alternate, small, sitting on a shorty sheath-like 

 peduncle. Flawers few in each axil. Stii^ules membranaceous, 

 loro/te greenish white, with the segments obtuse, persistent, iffl- 

 •m^ns shorter than the tube of the corolla. Ht^le^ 3, very short. 8t\g- 

 vui^ capitate. Szfd 3 angled, acute, covered bv the persistent corolia. 



trrows along roads, streets pastures, &,c. '' 



Flowers through the summer. 



Verj common. 



3. Tenue. Midi. 



P. caule crecto, ramo- 

 to, acutangulo ; fuliis li. 

 nearibus, stiictis, acunu- 

 natis ; ochreis apice vil- 

 iosis ; floribus alternis 

 subsolitariis. 



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Mich. 1. p. 238. Pursh, 1. p. 270.' 

 Polygonum linifolium, Muhl. Cat. 



Stem erect, brandling, 

 acutely angled ; leaves 

 linear, straif, acuininate ,• 

 stipules villous at the 

 sufumit ; flowers alter- 



■e, generally solitary. 



Annual. Sfem 6—8 inches high, glabrous. SlmuhB tubular, ches*- 

 nut coloured. Flowers small, white. 



M^bride *"" '°''^'* ^"'"^"^ ^''^ '^''^'''^^ mountains rot rare. Dr. 



Flowers July— September. 



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Floribus spicatis, 

 termimlibus, 



4. Virginia NUM. 



P. floribus 4.fi(iis, in?e 

 qualibus, remotis, 5-an 

 dris, 3.gynis ; Mis lato 



lanceolatis, acuminatis. ci 

 iiato-serrulatic! 



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Florvc. 

 nal spik 



ternn 



F 



4 cleft 



qu 



remote 



drous. digynous ; 



pentan* 

 leaves 



E 



bioad 



I tures. 



fringed scrra- 



Pereunial. „.^„. ,„,, 

 thickened at the joints. 



? Walt p. 131. * 



2—4 feet high, hafry 



Sp. pi. 2. p. 442, „j 



Polygonum Bistorta ? Walt 



^ - , „ . »>.ti, 111-11, narry lowarfls the summitj 



acabrousr sTrinkled'wik i °T ,'**n?etin»es oval and ovate, somewhat 

 STaiillarv and tlir- ^l^^^^^a'" ^'^irs. ^fi;,^;,, truiicate, ciliate. 

 Sfiorter ^^^^^ the Bowers scattered, i'^' 



rt::Sre;c2tesseS! "^'^^^ ^^^i^..as acute. ^^^^ 



Grow* in shaded, rich land. 



Mowers August— September, 



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