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thickened. Kacemes axillary or terinirial, 1 — 2 together. Fl. 

 pale. Bracts auricled. — Waste and damp places. A. VII.— IX. 



' E. S. I. 



5. P. maeuUtum (Dyer) ; raceme long slender, 1. lanceolate 

 much attenuate at both ends wavy glandular beneath, ocu-ece loose 

 shortly fringed t)iQ floral ones horned, joed. and perianths rough 

 with ffhmds, nut compressed its faces roundish acuminate con- 

 cave shining covered by the strongly veined perianth, styles 

 connected below at length divergent and reflexed. — P. laxum 

 E. B. S. 2822. P. nodosum R. I. 496 (not Pers. ?). Persicaria 

 mamdata Gray (1821). J. ofB. ix. 34 — Smaller than the prece- 

 ding. St. often prostrate; joinings very thick. Racemes slender 

 and interrupted (the typical form) ; or thicker and continuous 

 (as in E. B. S.), and 1. white and woolly beneath. — Damp gra- 

 velly places. A. Vn.— IX. E.S.I. 



6. P. Persicaria (L.) ; raceme compact ovate-oblong cylindri- 

 cal, 1. lanceolate flat minutely tubercled, ocrete loose strongly 

 fringed, ped. and perianths smooth, nut compressed and gibbous 

 on one side or trigonous its faces roundish acuminate smooth 

 scarcely covered by the obscurely veined perianth, styles con- 

 nected halfway up at length patent. — Sy. E. B. 1237.— St. 1—2 

 feet high. L. more or less hairy on both sides ; sometimes 

 woolly beneath, when it is P. incanum of authors. Ped. some- 

 times slightly haiiy. — j3. P. biforme (Wahl.) ; racemes slender, 

 much resembling P. maculatum. E. B. 756. — Waste and damp 

 ground. A. VI.— X. E.S.I. 



7. P. mite (Schrank) ; raceme erect filiform interrupted, 1. lan- 

 ceolate slightly wavy, ocrece loose funnelshaped pilose, strongly 

 fringed -withont glands, perianths without glands, nut (large), 

 compressed its faces roughish ovate acute rather shining convex, 

 stam. 5, styles connected halfway up. — E. B. S. 2867. — St. 1 — 3 

 feet high, often much branched. Ocrese all fringed. Racemes 

 thickening upwards. — Wet places. A. VI. — IX. E. 



8. P. Hydrop'iper (L.) ; raceme drooping filiform interrupted, 

 1. lanceolate wavy, ocrem ventricose glabrous fringed glandular, 

 perianths glandular, nut (large) compressed its faces ovate acute 

 rugose-punctate opaque convex, styles 2 nearly distinct. — E. B. 

 989. — St. 1—3 feet high. Upper ocrese funnelshaped, scarcely 

 fringed. Nut rounder than in P. mite. Racemes sometimes 

 erect.— Wet places. A. VIII. IX. Watei--Pepper. E.S.I. 



9. P. minus (Huds.) ; raceme erectfiliform slender lax, 1. linear- 

 lanceolate flat, ocrecs close pilose all fringed without glands, peri- 

 anths without glands, nut (small) compressed its face ovate acute 



