704 POLYGOHACE^. (BUCKWHEAT FAMILY.) 



11. P. piilclielliim, Lois. © .3 to .5, braucliing from base, 

 branches decumbent to prostrate. Leaves elliptical to oblanceolate 

 and lanceolate, .005 to .01 long. Flowers 1-3, in slender, rather loose 

 spikes, with pedicels usually longer than perigonium; perigonium 

 jAnMsh-wJiite ; akene minutely wrinkled, somewhat glossy — Autumn 



— Amanus. 



12. P. avieulare, L. © .3 to .0, branching from base, some- 

 times becoming perennial ; branches prostrate or procumbent, rarely 

 erect, leafy along their wJioIe lengtli. Leaves elliptical to oblong and 

 lanceolate, .01 to .03 long. Flowers 8-5, on xevy short 'pedicels; 

 perigonium greenish or reddish ; akenes Wiinkled-striate, slightly glossy 



— Spring and summer — Fields and roadsides ; common. 



Var. Eittorale, Boiss. Branches thicker. Leaves more fleshy 



— Coast. 



13. P. equi§etlforine, Sibth. et Sm. % .5 to .8; stems 

 l^rostrate or decumbent. Leaves oblong to oblong-lanceolate, .005 to 

 .035 long, acute, margin ratlier icavy, the floral linear, as long as flowers 

 or a little longer, Flowers 2-3 in a cluster, in long, terminal, loose or 

 dense racemes; pedicels about as long as perigonium or longer; akene 

 glossy — May to November — Common to subalpine regions, and in 

 Jordan Valley. 



14. P, luaritlmiim, L. If Coarse Knotgrass. .3 to .8, pro- 

 cumbent, leafy fhroughout. Leaves glaucous, eUijjtical, .006 to .03 long, 

 veiny, revoliite-margined, the floral little smaller than others, much longer 

 thanfloiccrs. Flowers 1-3, short-2yedicelIecl ; akene glossy — Summer and 

 autumn — Along coast ; Zahleh. 



15. P. Aleppicuiii, Boiss. etHaussk. If .06 to .1, glabrous,_de- 

 cumbent, slender, simple or densely branched. JjeoxG^ linear-elliptical, 

 .004 to .007 long, short-petioled, many-nerved at lower surface, the 

 floral shorter than flowers. Flowers 3-4 together, with long, articulated 

 pedicels, salver-shaped, the green tubje longer than white lobes ; akenes 

 * * — Summer — Roadsides near Aleppo. 



Fif S^o 



16. P. a]pe§tre, C. A. Mey. If * 

 .3 to .4, glabrous; root-stock more or less 

 thickened; stems scaly, prostrate, densely 

 leafy. Leaves rather fleshy, oblong to 

 elliptical, .03 to .03 long, tapering to a 

 short petiole, short-cuspidate or mucronate, 

 with scabridulous margin, the floral nearly 

 as large. Flowers 5-8 from most of the 

 axils, short -pedicelled, funnel-shaped, in 

 fruit triquetrous ; akene .003 long, smooth 

 — May to September — Subalpine to alpine 

 Lebanon, Antilebanon, Hermon andHauran 

 to Aleppo, Aintab, and northward. ' Tip of branch of' Polygonum 



alpestre, 



17. P. l|erniarioi€le§, Del. If .3 to .3, prostrate, branching 

 from base, leafy to end of branches ; internodes short. Leaves ollong 

 to linear-spatlmlate, .006 to .01 long, somewhat fleshy, nerveless, as 



