296 67.- EX«AGNACEiE. 



nhininc/ exceedrnff the perianth. — K B. S. 2805. P. Roberti Hook., 

 not Loisel. — ^St. long, straggling, prostrate. L. bending towards 

 the stem. Resembling' P. avicukire in bftbit, but P. maritimum 

 in fi-uit. Filaments broader at th'e base. It yaries with smaller 

 1. and fl. — P. Raherti (Lois.) is formed of portions of several 

 species (DO. Prod.'xiv. 89). — Sandy sea-ahoi-es. ' A. or P. VIII. 

 IX. ' E. 8. 1. 



. 12. P. warit'immn (L.) ; I. elliptic-lanceolate coriaceous with 

 revplvte edges, ocrece lanceolate with inany trraiiched veins at 

 at lenQ;th-iotn, I n^f smooth sMning e^cceeding the perianth; — 

 B. B. & >28y4,:fTT7^t. procumbent, quite woody belqw, often miieh 

 buried.. L., convex above, diverging fi?pni the stein. ' Filaments 

 broader at the base,^ — Sands of the sea-shored Christohurch 

 Head|Hants.,,, Channellslahds. , P.'yill.IX. ■ ^ E. 



tttt Ocrecs semicylindrical. Boot fibrous. Nut frigtMrim,^. 

 ' ' ' Stain. 8. Styles 3. Fl. racemose. Tinaria. ■ 



Is. P. ConvoTvuUis (L.) ; st. tvtdning fing^ular, I, cordate-sagit- 

 tate, segments of perianth hluntly Jceeled, nut opaque striate with 

 njinute points.^St. climbing or prostrate, much shorter than in 

 the next species. Perianth sometimes, winged, when the plant 

 is often taken for P. dumeturmn. — Cultivated and waste land. 

 A. VIL— IX, Plack Bindxveed. E.S.I. 



14. P. dumetiiriim (L.) ; st. twining striate, 1. cordate-sagit- 

 tate, segments of perianth wim/ed, nut verxj smooth and shining. 

 —E. B. S. 2811'.— St. wiiY, climbing to the height of 4 or 5 

 feet.^Thicl£ets in the- South. A. VII.— IX. E. 



4. FAGOPYEtrM Oaert. . Buck-wheat. 



{F. esculenHiitn (Moench) ; st. erect T<fitbont pricldes,' fl. in 

 cymose panicles, stam. 8, 1. cordate-sagittate acute, nut trique- 

 trous acute with entire angles. — Polygonum Fagopyrnm Sm. — 

 Scarcely naturalized. Sown as food for game. A. VII. — VIII.] 

 ' '' y E.S. 



Order LXVli; ELJJAGNACE.^. 



Mostly, dipscious. Perianth tubular; Hrab 2 — 4-toothed, in 

 male fl. 4-parted. Stam. .'5 or, more, inserted in the throat 

 Anth. 2-celled, nearly sessile, bursting, on the inn,er,.side longi- 

 tudinally. , (Jvaiy free, Ircelled, with 1 erect ovule., Fr. crus- 

 taceous, enclosed wiijljin the fleshy persistent perianth. Al)3umen 

 thin and fleshy. Radicle inferior. — See O. F. O. Monochl. 44. 



1. HiPPOPHAi!;. \ nicScious. Male fl. in a sort of catldn ; 

 scales qvate, 1-flowered.i ■ Perianth of 2 leaves adhering- by 



