90 OCTANDRIA TRIGYNIA. 



127. DAPHNE. 



1. D. laureola, clusters axillary, simple, each of about 5 yel- 

 lowish-green drooping flowers, shorter than the smooth, obovate- 

 lanceolate, evergreen leaves ; calyx obtuse. Spurge-laurel. 



Hob. Banks of the Eye above Netherbyres, quite wild, 

 Rev. A. Baird. Common in shrubberies. March. \\ 



II. TRIGYNIA. 



128. POLYGONUM. 

 * Styles usually but 2. 



1. P. amphibium, leaves stalked, ovate - lanceolate, slightly 

 heart-shaped at the base ; flowers rose-coloured, in ovate dense 

 terminal spikes ; stamens 5 ; styles united half way up. Amphi- 

 bious Persicaria. 



(1) aquaticum, leaves floating, broadly lanceolate, smooth. 



(2) terrestre, nearly erect ; leaves narrow lanceolate, rough 

 with short rigid appressed hairs. 



Hab. (I) Ponds, ditches and slow streams. (2) Sides of 

 ditches, and in moist corn fields. July, Aug. I/. 



2. P. persicaria^ stem erect ; leaves lanceolate, often spotted ; 

 stipulas fringed; flowers rose-coloured, in dense ovate-oblong 

 erect spikes, on smooth stalks; stamens 6; styles united half 

 way up. Spotted Persicaria. 



Hab. Moist ground and waste places, common. Aug. 



3. P. lapathifolium, stem spreading; leaves ovate-lanceolate, 

 sprinkled at the back with glandular dots; stipulas beardless; 

 flowers greenish- white, in oblong erect spikes on rough stalks ; 

 stamens 6 ; styles distinct. Pale-flowered Persicaria. 



Hab. Road sides and cultivated grounds, rather rare. 

 Aug. 



