^59 OCTANDRlA TRIGYNIA, 



short, large. Flowers in terminal crowded spikes, large for thts ere- 

 nus. sometimes white, but generally of a beautiful rose-colour. 



This plant is now become naturalized in our country. It o-rows ia 

 cultivated laud and around buildino;s. Cultivated as an ornamentd 

 plant in gardens under the name of pcrsicaria. 



flowers through the summer. 



'^** Spiels pavimlaiis. \ *** Spikes in panicles. 



i3. PoLYGAMUAi. Vcntenat. 

 ^ P. spicis paniculatis ; j Spikes paniculate ; flow- 

 flonhus soliiaiiis, S-an- ers solitary, octandroiis, 

 dns, 3.gynis ; ochreis oty. trigynous ; stipules ob 



lique 



liqiiely truncate, acumi- 



mmatLs; foliis cuneato- nate at the summit: leaves 



obovatis. E 



Pursh, I. p. srs. 



s 



edge shaped 



Le 



Polygont-lla parvifolia, Mich. 2. p. 241. 



Perennial? Stem 6-8 inches high, ere<t, hrnnchinff, gTahrous. 



ramcle 



composed of spikes cU)^ely jointed. Flou.rs soiitlry at each joint 

 Segments of the coro//o ovatp. ohtnap. ivl.rt» *^ 



•ate, obtuse, white. 



r^o.T k"-^ specimens, which however are not good, tliis plant ap- 

 pears to be Tory ditterent from the P. art.culatum ; but Dr. Sal.kitv 



f«l iwi '^"* •"" ''"^'' '".^ living state, appears to con^iuer it doubt- 

 Jul whether this can remain as a distinct s| ecies. 



Dr Macbride ' '^'"^^ ^"'"^ ^"""""^"^ ' "*"'^' ^^'"'"^i^ South-Carolina., 

 Flowers July- September. 



w 



Foliis basi incisis I **** Leaves vofcUi 



Tel 



13. Sa 



(tufe at base 



_P flonbus capitutis, S-an- | Flowers in heads, oc 

 dr s semiti igj-ins ; caule | tandrous, with the style 



sag^ttati,. M,ch. i. p. a^ideate ; leaves sagit- 



S73 



tate. 



\ 



Sp. pi. 2. p. 4J3. Walt. p. ,38. Pursli, I. p. 433. 



* ra;,Stnd"lKtt ^1!:?.''.'"? °-r -"" ^'-"l"' and «ed. ; 



^ards. Lea 



ed anrl «h. ' ^»"'"mg over small shrubs and weeds ; 

 ^'nenrl V J V''^!'^' ^'*'' t"^' serratures bent back- 



minal, in small co.npa1:t headron virv"?* a\ "" 



Grows in wet <,,^\UX ^^^ *""^ peduncles, 



r jws in wet soils. Very comuiou alono- '■ 



IfUwers Juutt—October, " 



fields. 



