CHAP. XCIl. POLYGONA‘CEH. TRAGOPY RUM. 1293 
Spec. Char., §c. Stem spreading widely. 
Leaves lanceolate, tapered to both ends, 
flat. Ochrea lanceolate, shorter than the 
internode. The 2 exterior sepals reflexed, 
the 3 interior ones obcordate. Flowers 
octandrous, trigynous. A native of Sibe- 
ria and Dahuria. (Willd.) A shrub, a 
native of Siberia, growing from 1 ft. to 
more than 2 ft. high, branchy, even to the 
base. Introduced in 1770, but rare in 
collections. Branches twiggy. Leaf with 
a frosty hue, spathulate-lanceolate, nearly 
1 in. long, several times longer than broad ; 
its edge obscurely indented. The petiole 
short. The ochrea ends in 2 acuminate 
points. The flowers are borne on terminal \5 
twigs, are pediceled, erect, axillary, 1—3 
in an axil, often 3, and are so disposed as 
to constitute leafy racemes. The calyxes are whitish, variegated with 
rose colour, and persistent ; and of the 5 sepals .to each flower, the 3 that 
invest the ovary after the flowering become more entirely rosy. The pedicels, 
erect while bearing the flower, after the flowering become deflexed, and render 
the fruit pendulous. (Bot. Reg.) There is a plant in the Horticultural 
Society’s Garden, in an unfavourable situation, being much shaded by 
trees, which is upward of | ft. in height; and there is one in the arboretum 
of Messrs. Loddiges, which forms a hemispherical bush 23 ft. high ; which, 
during great part of July and August, 1836, was covered with its beautiful 
white flowers, tinged with pink ; and formed a truly admirable object. It 
thrives best in peat soil, and is worthy of a prominent place in the most 
select collections. 
-* 2. T. suxiro‘Lium Bieb. The Box-leaved Goat Wheat. 
Identification. Bieb. Fi. Taurico-Caucas. 
Synonymes. Pol¥gonum crispulum var. « Sims Bot. Mag., t.1065.; P. caucasicum Hoffmannsege. 
Engravings. Bot. Mag., t. 1065.; and our fig. 1162, 
Spec. Char., §c. Leaf obovate, obtuse, tipped with a short Ry 1162 
mucro; the lateral margins undulated and reflexed, AG 
glabrous. Ochreas with 2 awns. (Sims in Bot. Mag, t. _< iy 
1065.) A shrub, a native of Siberia. Introduced in “2 99 
1800, and flowering in July. Its decumbent branches &7}/\mr 
will extend 2 ft. and upwards on every side of the root ; 
their bark is ash-coloured. The leaves are of a light 
green colour, rather rounded in outline, about | in. in 
diameter, and deciduous. The flowers are produced in 
long racemes, are nodding, and white. The fruit is 
enclosed by the 3 inner sepals, which become, as the 
fruit ripens, of a rosy colour. This, and the preceding SS 
species, are extremely interesting and beautiful little shrubs, and it is much 
to be regretted that they are so very seldom seen in collections. Though 
they require heath soil, and some little time to be firmly established, yet 
when once they are so, from their compact neat habit of growth, very little 
care will be necessary afterwards. They never can require much pruning, 
are quite hardy ; and, provided the soil be not allowed to get too dry in the 
heat of summer, they are always certain of flowering freely. We hope in 
due time to see our provincial horticultural societies encouraging the growth 
of plants of this kind, by offering premiums for well grown specimens ; and 
for those who collect the greatest number of sorts. 
« 3. T, poty’camum Spr. The polygamous-sexed Goat Wheat. 
Identification. reng. Syst. Veg., 2. p. 251. 
srnorenees. Polygonum polf¥gamum Fent. Cels, t. 65. ; P. parvifdlium Nutt, Gen., 1. p. 256. 
ngravings. Vent. Cels., t.65.; and our fig. 1163. 
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