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704 POLYGONACE^. (BUCKWHEAT FA5IILY.) 



11. P. piilclielluiii, Lois. .3 'to .5, braucMng from base, 

 branches decumbeut to prostrate. Leaves elliptical to oblanceolate 

 and lanceolate, .005 to .01 long. Flowers 1-3, iu slejider, rather loose 

 spikes, -with pedicels usually longer than perigonium; perigonium 

 jnnMsli-icMic ; akcne minntel}^ wrinkled, somewhat glossy — Autumn 



— Amanus. 



t2. P. avicularc, L. .3 to .G, branching from base, some- 

 times becoming perennial; branches prostrate or procumbent, rarely 

 erect, Uafy along their ic;liole length. Leaves elliptical to oblong and 

 •lanceolate, .01 to .03 long. Flowers 3-5, on tery sliort 2^edicels; 

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



— Spriag and summer — Fields and roadsides; common. 



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



— Coast. 



13. P. cqui§ctiforiue, Sibth. et Sm. 2f .5 to .8; stems 

 prostrate or decumbent. Leaves oblong to oblong-lanceolate, .005 to 

 .035 long, acute, mm^gin ratlier ^ccmj, the floral linear, as long asfloicerfi 

 or a little longer, Flowers 3-3 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. maritimum, L. If Coarse Knotgrass. .3 to .8, pro- 

 cumbent, leafy througliout. Leaves glaucous, ellipical, .006 to .03 lon^ 

 vei'jy, o-evohite-margiiied, tJwJioral little smaller than others, much longei 

 than flowers. Flowers 1-3, slwrt-'pedicelled ; akene glossy — Summer and 

 autumn — Along coast ; Zahleh. 



15. P. Aleppiciim, Boiss. etHaussk. %. .06 to .1, glabrous, de- 

 cumbent, slender, simple or densely branched. Leaves linear-elUiMcal, 

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

 floral shorter than flmcers. Flowers 3-4 together, icith long, articulated 

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

 * * — Summer — Roadsides near AlejDpo. 



16. P. alpestre, C. A. Mey. 2f "^^^^ ^^^' 

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

 thickened; stems scal^^, prostrate, densely 

 leafy. Leaves rather fleshy, oblong to 

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

 short petiole, short-cuspidate or mucronate, 

 witli 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 and Ilauran 

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



alpestre, 



ir. P. ]ieriiiarioi<1c§. Del. 71 .3 to .3, prostrate, ])ranching 

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

 to hnear-spathulate, .006 to ,01 long, somewhat fleshy, iierveless as 



