426 POLYGONACEAE 



P. minus, Huds. Fl. Angl. 148 (1762). 



Persicaria minor, C. B. Pin. loi. P. Persicaria, var. b, Linn. Sp. PI. 361. 

 Top. Bot. 355. Syme, E. B. viii. 72, t. 1235. Nyman, 638. Fl. Oxf. 257. 



Curtis, Fl. Lond. fasc. i. t. 28 

 Native. Inundatal. Wet meadows, marshy ground. Local and rare. 



A. July-October. 

 First record. Sunninghill, Sir Joseph Banks, in Herb. Brit Mus. 1773. 



1. Isis. In the Wytham meadows. 



2. Oek. South Hinksey, 5os?reZ^, In St. Neat's Meadow at Abingdon, 



and in a field near Eadley. 



5. Loddon. Sunninghill, Banks. Eisely. Coleman's Moor. Whist- 

 ley Green. Near Loddon Bridge. 



P. MINUS X Persicaria = P. minor x Persicaria, A. Braun, ap. Reichb. 

 Fl. Exc. 571. Near Loddon Bridge. 



P. MINUS X MITE, with botli parents in St. Neat's Meadow, Abingdon, 

 and Wytham. 



P. MINUS X Hybropiper, occurs with both parents in St. Neat's 

 Meadow, near Abingdon. 



Messrs. H. and J. Groves have coincided in the naming of the two 

 latter hybrids. 



P. minus is only on doubtful record for Wilts, and is unrecorded for 

 E. Gloucestershire. 



P. mite, Schrank, Baier. Fl. i. 668 ;i789\ 



Top. Bot. 355. Syme, E. B. viii. 73, t. 1236. Nyman. 638. Fl. Oxf. 257. 



Native. Paludal. Sides of ditches, streams, and ponds in low-lying 



situations. Local. A. June-September. 

 First recorded in Ifr. Baxter's MSS. in 1839. 



1. Isis. Wytham meadows. Near Eynsham. 



2. Ock. South Hinksey, Baxter, abundant. Ferry Hinksey. Ken- 



nington. 



3. Pang. Tidmarsh (North Street), Tufnail. 



4. Kennet. Southcote. Inkpen. Mortimer. Greenham. 



5. Loddon. Swinfield. Bulmarsh, Tufnail. Bray. Near Hen don 



House. Wargi-ave. Aston. Eisely. Whistley Green. 



P. mite X Persicaria = P. Persicaria-mite, A. Br. in Doell's Ehein. Fl. 

 300. South Hinksey. 



The var. angustifolia of A. Braun has been found at South Hinksey, 

 and white and red-flowered forms occur. 



P. mite appears to be unrecorded for E. Gloucestershire. 



P. lapatMfolium, Linn. Sp. PI. 360 (i753\ 



P. pensylvanicum, Huds. Fl. Angl. 148 (1762), and Curt. Fl. Lond. 

 fasc. i. t. 73, not of Linn. 



Top. Bot. 354. Syme, E. B. viii. 75, t. 1239. Nyman, 637. Fl. Oxf. 256. 



