2aS OCTANDRIA TRIGYNlA. 



Water Pepper or Arfmart. Anglis. 



By the fides of ditches and lakes. Dr. Parfons 8c 



Sibhald. O.VIIL 

 The leaves are quite fmooth, without fpots, acrid 



and biting to the tafte : the fpikes flender and 



nodding : the flowers feffile and thinly fet. 

 It is a diuretic, but feldom ufed. A deco(5lion of 



it dyes a yellow color. 



^■^* V olygomf oliis indivifis, flofihus o5fandris, 



avuulare 6 P, florlbus odandris trigynis axillaribus, foliis Ian- 

 ceolatis, caule procumbente herbaceo. Sp.pl. 519. 

 (Ger, Em. 561./. i. Pet, herb, t, 10./. 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 fliape of the leaves, they are 

 generally lanceolate, but frequently oval, and 

 fometimes almoft round. 



Upon the fandy fliores on the V/eftern coaft of 

 Cantire I obferv'd a finguiar variety, v;ith very 

 large oval and thick leaves^ approaching nearly 

 to the P. maritimum., but v;as not perennial. 



:^^^^ HELXINE foliis fuhcorddtis. 



convGlvuli.s POLYGONUIVl foliis cordatis, caule volubili an-^ 



7* gulato, floribus obtufatis. Syjl. Nat, 276. *S^, 



pi. 522. {Ger. Em, 863./. 5, Moris, hift. f, 5, /. 



29./. 2, ordinis fuperioris adfiniftram. Pet. herh^ 



t, 2. /. 12.) 



Black 



