138 THE BHTIBAKB FAMILY. 



As a terrestrial plant, plentiful near Northen Boat-house ; about 

 Eccles ; and on the north-west border of Rostherne Mere, but seldom 

 found in flower. 



Curtis, ii. 248 ; E. B. vii. 43C. 



No English plant so -well deserves the name of " amphibious." In September, 

 1857, 1 saw it growing in a drj- hedge by the roadside between Southshore and 

 Marton, its rosy cones intermingled with ripening blackberries, the water-plant 

 forsaking its native element for high Ufe, and forcibly bringing to mind Ovid's 

 famous description of the Deluge : — " Fishes are caught among the elm-trees ; 

 dolphins get into the woods ; they swim amid the boughs, and smite the sturdy 

 oaks." (Met. i. 29G.) 



13. Common Red Peksicaria — {^Polygonum Persicdria.) 



Moist waste places, and on roadside heaps, abundant everywhere. 

 Fl. August — October. Annual. 



Curtis, i. 23 ; E. B. xi. 75G. 



14. DocK-LEATED Persicaria — {Polygonum lapathifdlium.) 



Waste ground, and in cultivated fields, common, especially among 

 potatoes. Fl. August — October. Annual. 



Curtis, i. 24 and 25 (as P. Pennsylvanicum) ; E. B. xx. 1382. 



The leaves both of this and the preceding species are frequently marked in the 

 centre with a large purple spot. 



15. Water Pepper — {Polygonum Hydropiper.) 



])itches and watery places, in profusion everywhere. Fl. August — 

 October. Annual. 



Curtis, i. 20 : E. B. xiv. 089. 



16. Small Persicaria — {Polygonum m'mus.) 



Ditch-banks and marshy places about Timperley, Chorlton, and 

 Jackson's Boat; also on Hale Moss and Lindow Common. Fl. Sep- 

 tember. Annual. 



Curtis, i. 28 ; E. B. xv. 1043. 



Rumex alpimu, the " monks' rhubarb," (E. B., Supp. i. 2094.) was formerly 

 cultivated in this neighbourhood, as elsewhere, for the sake of its roots, which 

 were used for the same purposes a.s the Turkey rhubarb, and is said to have 

 naturalized itself at ' Milnrow, near OUlliam. (B. (>.) 



