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LXXII. rOLYGONACE^. 



l^f^^ygonu 



m. 



ft 



(spotted P.) 



O. 7 — 10. 



connected to hemiddle, spikes compact ovate-oblo'n 'InL?:^^ 

 erect, peduncles nearly smooth, perianth glandular aSl '''^ 

 pressed and gibbous on one side or triquetrous Teavesr"''" 

 late (often spotted), stipules lax strongly fringed. Tn .l'^2' 



Moist ground and waste places, frequent. ,., , in 

 Grect,_branched 1 - 2 feet high. Spikes termil;!'] and la er'a?/'""' 

 greemsh, the tips of the Jlowers rose-coloured. AchenTSh '■' 

 quetrous or with a tendency to be so, as shown by the "bbot ,•?• 

 W.. nearly sessile, usually glabrous, but there^s alrietv S' 

 hoary leaves (P. incanvm). "^^^ ^'th 



11. F' Mxum Reich, (slender-headed P.) ; stamens fi ^u^ « 

 connected at the base,' spikes usually elonS and s lo'S ^ 

 erect, peduncles and perianths glandufar and scabrout tS' 

 cmnpressed smooth and shinin| concave on both sSs ,1 "i 

 ascendmg, leaves lanceolate slightly waved tanerinTn; t .? 

 ends glandular beneath, stipules'-lax^shortl/fr S fori on^ 

 with a subulate point on one side. Bab. Z E. B sTtm 



Woodford, Essex 



Jersey. 0. 



8. 



Cambridge; Chalk Farm, London; Sussex 

 Reichenbach himself seems disposed to con- 



sider this a hybrid ; Mertens and kocremark that Ch^v '^°"- 

 forms of P. lapatUfolium closely resemblTng It Ld Mr Tr''" 



varI^yTfT;.Z^. ^''''''" '-' ""'^^'^^*^"^' --^'^^ it a n.ere 



12 P. lapatUfolium L. (pale-flowered P.) ; stamens fi ^^ivh. 



nor,' T''P'^'r^^'"S-^^^^"^^^«^l dense erec pXncl'S 

 perianth glandular and scabrous, achenes compressed mooth 

 and shining concave on both sides, leaves ovate-lanceo a^e W t v 



Fields and dunghills, frequent, ©. 1,8 — Stem 1 





perhaps, therefore, the number Is variable. 



(rarely 3) 



-flowered P.) 



lax npdi7nr.lp« .r^Z^n. — .*"*T'. 1^'^^^ ^^^^^ usually hliform 



cukr^coZreldTh^^ P''''"*^ '^^*^°^^* g^^^^s, achene lenti- 

 cular compressed gibbous on one side slio-htlv wr nkled sliinin<T 



leaves lanceolate s ightly waved stini,l^= l,!- ^^ , • " "'^,' 

 without glands. B B^S.V.lsef. ^""^ °"°^^ "'^"^"^ 



About London, Cambridge, and York r> o a,i- j . r, 

 mt««s, differing from it in the^,v^♦ • , ®\ 8. — Allied to P. 



h irom It m the greater size, broader leaves, and larger 



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