2oS OCTANDRIA TRIGYNIA. 



Water Pepper cr Arfmart. Jnglis. 



By the fides of ditches and lakes. Dr. Farfins & 



Sibhald. G.VIir. 

 The leaves are quite fmooth, without fpots, acrid 



and biting to the tafte : the fpikes Qender and 



nodding : the flowers feffile and thinly fet. 

 It is a diuretic, but feldom ufed. A decodion of 



it dyes a yellow color. 



*** Polygona/(?//Vj uidrcifis, flcrihus oclandris. 



aviculare 6 P. floribus o6landris trigynis axillaribus, foliis lan- 

 ceolatis, caule procumbente herbaceo. Sp. pi. 5\c)>. 

 {Ger. Em, 561./. i. Pet. herb, t. 10. f. i.) 



Knot-Grafs. Anglis. 



By way-fides common. O. VI. IX. 



The fmall birds are extremely fond of the feeds of 

 this plant. 



It varies much in the fhape of the leaves, they are 

 generally lanceolate, but frequently oval, and 

 fometimes almoft round. 



Upon the fandy Iliores on the Weftern coaft of 

 Cantire I o.bferv'd a fingular variety, with very 

 large oval and thick leaves, approaching nearly 

 to the P. maritiniuni^ but was not perennial. 



**** HELXINE foliis fuhcordatis. 



convokidis POLYGONUM foliis cordatis, caule volubili an* 



7. gulato, floribus obtufatis. Syjf. Nat. 2j6. Sp. 



_^/. 5/2. {Ger. Em. 863./. 5. Moris, hift. f. 5. /. 



29./. 2. ordinis fupcricris adfinifirc.m. Pet. herb. 



t. 2. f. 12.) 



Black 



