É 
3 shining, n its compact habit. and small flowers, and in the nuts 
Polygonum. | XCIX. POLYGONACEÆ. 267 
Secr. 4. Amblygonon.—Flowers spicate, the spikes in terminal panicles. Embryo 
curved towards the hack of a M: Nut usually flat on both sides, with oles 
Stipal t the lower ones, dilated and wre . the ob: E P. orientale. 
Bier ki meds sheathing and scarious to t . P. attenuatum. 
Muhlenbeckia "see gt has almost oo = pe poa of Polygonum, but 
the flowers are diceciou 
Sect, 1. Avrcutaria, Meissn.—Flowers in axillary clusters. Stems 
(in the Australian species) prostrate. 
l. P. aviculare, Linn. Meissn. in DC. Prod. xiv. 97. A giga 
en 
i 
ual, much branched at - T" pee erect or “gary te w 
lor 2 p or even 
iui 5, very shortly pedicellate. Fruiting ak above 1 line long, 
N segments green in the centre, white on the margins. Styles 9. 
ut triangular, black but opaque (not shining) owing to a minute 
obon visible under a strong lens 
Near Melbourne, Adom on, H ide rand; Skipton, Whan. 
Us Nea r Adelaide, b ueller. eee y 
à ea a, Dinos n. td 
weed, apparently of European or Asiatic origin, 
poat par part s the e aly i in isset regions, à ssa probab! 
?. P. Du. um, R. Br. Prod. 420. A much branched prostrate 
jes | ze more compact than P. aviculare, and rarely a above l ft. 
wee ‘brous or the branches slightly hoary. Leaves linear, narrow- 
ad or idm tly r pregan ae: rarely above 4 in. long. Sup 
is ill ort silvery ed at the edges. Flowers very 
Pa in clusters of 2 to T in the dece of most z the leaves. 
ant under 1 line long, the segments green, with à n 
uts mm nd very smooth and shining. -2 Meissn 
1. Hon L there due 
but now found over a 
y introduced only 
Fruiting 
arrow white 
;. Prod. 
X, 
Ha " 987, with the synonyms porum 
i d. Broad Sound, R. B . Brisbane river, More ] 
Wile F. Mueller and Biss Gilbert riven, E Mu eller yr nO Shanesy ; 
x ay, Bidwill; Kennedy dist trict, Dai "i (m 
Ford ales. Glendon, Leichha rdt; Murray and Darling rivers, allachy, . 
, , Wheeler. 
vi nd others Sicko Yan nge to Cooper’s Cre 
jlurray river, P. Mueller ; Wimmera, Dallachy 
Bugle Range, F. Mueller; Cooper's Creek, Howitt's mt 
to Africa. Very 
Exceedin 1 
. £ly common all nding in m 
Gvicula a ad tropical Asia, extending o diffe bod p t 
t but amidst all i sibi e it seems Wee Bes always ic! ind 
very short spikes 
Secr, 9. R 
CHINOCAULON, — Flowers in 
Meine scrambling, with chen 
axillary dichotomous pedune cles. Stems usually sc 
 Péversod bristles on the angles. 
