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LXXII. POLYGONACE^. 



{.Rutnex 



crisped at the margins. Whorls of flowers very numerous and cm, A , 

 Here the enlarged sepals are truly cordate. There seem 1 i'^'^- 

 forms of this plant, one on the sea-shore conspicuous by Us ijl '? 

 tubercles; the other and more usual kind having them orange-coluS 



■ 3. R pratmsis Mert. et Koch {Meadow D.) • enhmp.! "'V 

 unequa cordate dilated toothed at the base wi h a sSunP^' 

 triangular pomt one principally with a tubercle, leaves obT„.'' 



anceolate waved, clusters nearly leafless, whorls distinc 7? ^" 

 m ^. ^. ^S. t. 2757. ^'^^ ^^simct. Borr. 



Marshes, in several counties of England. 



Klllen: Glen 



Farg. 



n- 6, 7. 



Berwick-upon-Tweed- 

 Allied to H. crispus, but the 



clusters are less crowded, the enlarged sepal; are le^u f S si ''. 

 more distinctly toothed, and the feaves are broader Ind Is ul^f 

 also alhedto E. obtusijolius, but is distinguished by the! an" f^' 

 not lingulate, entire portion of the enlarged sepals M, ^T^ ""' 

 ment.0 ,hat the enlarged sepals are som'edi::ran e,u' iy^uteS 

 All the specimens we have seen from this country appear to K 

 hybrids between the last and the next species. ^^ ^' 



4. R. obtusif alius L. {broad4eaved D.) ; enlar<red senil. nvnf. 

 or oblong-triangular obtuse toothed at th^ base,t)ne S iS 

 bearing a tuberc e, root-leaves ovate-cordate obtuse, Sppe?oS 

 oblong or lanceolate, stem roughish. E. B. t. 1999. 



Way-sldes and waste-places, too frequent. 2^. 7--9 - 9/.„ 

 2-3 feet high. Whorls rather distant, lower onts somewhaM p 

 DistmgM.shable by its broad and obtuse radkaf 7— . i '"* 

 generally crisped at the margins. 1^ enti ^ L^Tnt ' I nff Z 



HnlTte"'? "• r Mr Borrer observes, mostly oblonfJrMt 

 Ungulate, ^tem scabrous between the elevated lines or ridges. 



5. R. agMd/^•cM^ L. {grainless Water D.) - enlaro-od ' sPnnl, 



Moist places. North of Fno-lTnrI or,^ o ^^ -, 

 n 7 8 r» 1 . ^"g'and and Scotland, not uncommon 



2A. 7, 8. —Our plant comes very near H crisnv^ hui ,, ".''°™™°"- 

 sepals are quite destitute of o-ralns ov ffh. '^7'^" V"* ^''^ enlarged 



the last there is a hybrid not uCmmon n T^" t,'''^''" '^^' '"'^ 



In the parish of Orwell which soZZ .^^"^-^^^-^^^'re, particularly 



the enjarged sepals tT^^^^Z^t^^Z't'''!''' 

 toothed with sometimes a short blunt If ' ^ ''''^y '^°'"'^^*^' 



pally bearing a tubercle; it sels^lrb^T^::;^.- H^^ ^'■^"^^- 



sep';ist:^dtt!:;;a^;Sratu:rS^^^^^ i -^^1 



at tlie margin, one usually bearTng a sS t^d/ Ip^^ I'^'^^f 

 cordate ample obtuse, whorls leaflesT crowdod fl '' ^^^ ^ 

 cons. E. B, S. t. 2694. R. cordifolius S ''' "'""" 



Road-side from Helensburgh to the head of the Gare Loch, and 



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