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"thesioldes . Blue . 7, F. Bv. S. 1 Valparais. 1830 



umbellata . Purple . 7, S. A. 1 C. G. H. . 1718 



vcrticillata . White . 7, H. A. i N. Amer. 1739 



vulgaris . Blue . 5, H. Her. P. \ Brit., heaths. 



PolygalAceje, or Milk-worts. Small shrubs 

 and herbaceous plants ; many very pretty, 

 especially the greenhouse kinds. Some bear 

 eatable fruit, as Mti/ndia spinbsa, others supply 

 a red dye, as Rhatany-root (JZramiria), and 

 others are useful in medicine. 



Polygamous, wheu some flowers are male, some 

 female, and others hermaphrodite, on the same 

 plant. 



PolygonAce^;, or Buckwheats. There are 

 few parts of the world which do not acknow- 

 ledge the presence of plants of this order. In 

 Europe, Africa, North America, and Asia, they 

 occupy ditches, hedges, and waste grounds, in 

 the form of Docks and Persic&rias ; the fields, 

 mountains, and heaths, as Sorrels, and trailing 

 or twining Polygonums ; in South America and 

 the "West Indies they take the form of Cocco- 

 lobas, or Sea-side-grapes ; in the Levant, of 

 Rhubarbs ; and even in the desolate regions 

 of the Worth Pole they are found in the shape 

 of Oxyria. — Veg. Kingd. 



PolygonAtum, Desfontaines. From poly, many, 

 and gonu, a knee ; referring to the numerous 

 joints of the stem. Linn. 6, Or. 1, Nat. Or. 

 Lili&cece. Pretty border plants, growing about 

 two feet high in any rich soil, and readily in- 

 creased by seed or divisions of the root. Sy- 

 nonymes : 1, P. latifolium; 2, Convallaria 

 verticillata; 3, O. Polygona.tv.rn. 



angustifo- ) 



lium . | 

 brachiatum . 

 canalicula- ) 



turn . j 

 Mrtum . . 

 latiftlium 

 leptophyllum 

 maerophyl- > 



lum 1 . . 1 

 multiflbrum 

 oppositifo- 1 



lium . . ] 

 polyanthe- 



mum . . 

 pubescens 

 pun eta turn 

 roseum . 

 verticilla- 



tum 2 . 

 vulgare 3 . 



fl&re-pleno 



minor . 



White . 5, 



White . 7, 



White . 6, 



White . 5, 



White . 5, 



White . 6, 



White . 5, 



White . 6, 



White . 4, 



H. Her. P. 



H. Her. P. 



H. Her. P. 



H. Her. P. 

 H. Her. P. 

 G. Her. P. 



H. Her. P. 



H. Her. P. 



G. Her. T. 



1 N. Amer. 1824 

 1 Switzerl. 1827 

 1 N. Amer. 1812 



1 N. Amer. 1S19 

 3 Germany 1802 



2 Nepal . 1S16 



8 N. Amer. 1300 

 2 Brit., woods. " 

 1 Nepal . 1822 



White . 5, H. Her. P. 1 Caucasus 1826 



White . 5, 

 Wht. red 5, 

 Rose . . 5, 



White 



H. Her. 

 G. Her. 

 H. Her. 



1 N. Amer. 1812 

 1 India. . 1857 

 1 Siberia 



5, H. Her. P. 1 Scot., woods. 



White . 5, H. Her. P. 

 Wht.grn. 6, H. Her. P. 

 Wht. grn. 6, H. Her. P. 



2 Eng., hills. 

 2 Bng., gard. 

 1 Eng., gard. 



Polygonum, Linn. Derivation same as that of 

 PolygonAtum. Linn. 8, Or. 3, Nat. Or. Poly- 

 gonacece. The species of this genus grow freely 

 in any light rich soil. The perennial kinds 

 are readily increased from seeds, or by divi- 

 sions of the root. The hardy annual species 

 merely require sowing in the open ground. 

 The tender kinds must be raised on a gentle 

 hotbed, and transplanted into the flower-bor- 

 der. Some species, such as P. Hydrdpiper, 

 are extremely acrid, and said to blister the 

 skin. The seeds of P. Fagopi/rum and tatd- 

 ricvm are used as food, and according to Hum- 

 boldt, the leaves of P. hispidum are used in 



South America as a substitute for tobacco. 

 Synonymes : 1, P. petiolalum; 2, P. ilegans ; 

 3, P. flagellire ; 4, Ampdygomim chininsis, 

 Polygonum brachicitum.. See Tragopprum, Fa- 

 gopprum, and Sarcogonum. 



aeutatum 

 adpressum 

 affine . . 

 alplnum . 

 amphfbium 



hirsutum 

 amplexi- 



caule 1 

 arenarium 

 arifblium 



.Pink 

 . Bed . 

 . Bed . 

 . White 

 .Pink 

 . Red . 



J Red . 



. Purple 

 Wht. red 4. 



articulatum . White 



australe 

 barbatum 

 Bistdrta . 

 chinensc 4 



pictis 

 cilinbde . 

 coccineum 

 complexum 

 cymdsum 

 decipiens 

 diffusum . 

 Dryandri 2 



. Red 

 . White . 

 . Pink 

 . Wt. gm. 

 . Whtred 7, 

 . Pink 

 . Scarlet . 

 . Grn. ye] 

 . Pink 

 . Rod . . 

 . White . 7; 

 . White . 7. 

 . Wt. grn. 6, 

 Pink 



ellipticum 

 emargioatum Pink 

 Fagopyrum . Pink 

 floribundum. Red . 

 glsibrum . . Red . 

 ghmcum . White 

 . gracile . . . Red . 

 herniarioldes 

 hirsutum White 

 Laxmanni . White 

 macrophyl- 

 lum 



' l ~ iFurr-le , 



Red 

 White 

 Wt. grn. 7. 

 Red . 

 White 



mite 

 m611e . 

 ocreatum 

 oriental e . . 



album . . 

 oxyspermum 

 patens . . . 

 patulum . . White 

 pennsylviS- i _. 



nicum . ) " oa • 

 persicarioldes Pink 

 plebeium . . Red . 

 sagittatum . Wt. grn. 7, 

 salsugineum. Pink 

 senegalen8is. Red . 

 sericeum . . White 

 setdsum . White . 7 

 tinctdrium . Red . . 7 

 virginianum. White . 8 

 viviparum . Wt. grn. 7. 



H. A. 



G. Ev. S. 

 H. Her. P. 

 H. Her. P. 

 H. Aq. P. 

 H. Her. P. 



1 . 1828 



2 N. Holl. . 1822 

 J Nepal . 1822 

 I Switzerl. 181S 



1 Brit., ditches. 

 1 Brit., wet pi. 



H. Her. P. 2 India . . 1837 



A. 1 Hungary 1807 

 A. 4 N. Holl. . 1816 



A. 1 N. Amer. 1817 



B. 1 N. Holl. . 181S 

 Tr. II China . 1819 



P. li Brit., pastur. 

 A. 6 China . 1795 

 A. 1 Japan . 1860 

 A. 4 Canada . 1800 

 P. 1 N. Amer. 1819 

 S. 10 N. Zeal. . 1812 

 A. 2 Nepal . 1827 

 P. 2 N. Holl. . 1822 

 Tr. i Siberia . 1817 

 A. lj E. Indies 1800 

 Tr. 2 Nepal . 1824 

 P. 2 Siberia . 1807 

 A. 2 China . . 1S06 

 A. 2 Eng., corn fie. 

 A. 2 Siberia . 181S 

 A. 1JE. Indies 1810 

 P. 1 N. Amer. 

 P. 1 ~N. Holl, . 1822 

 S. i Egypt . 1827 

 A. 1 N. Amer. 1817 

 P. 1 Dayuria . 1S0O 



. 1820 



H. Tr. 



H. Tw. 



H. 



H. 



H. De. 



H. Her. 



H. Tw. 



G. 



H CI. 



H. Her. 



G. Ev. 



H. 



G. Her. 



H. Her. 



H. 



H. Her. 



H. Her. 



H. 



H. 



H. 



H. 



H. Her. 



G. Her. 



G. Ev. 



H. 



H. Her. 



H. Her.P. 1} Nepal 



H. Aq. A. 1 N. Amer. 1800 



G. Ev. S. 1 E. Indies 1843 



H. Her. P. 2 Siberia . 1780 



H. A. 6 E. Indies 1707 



H. A. 5 E. Indies 1781 



H. Her. P. 1 Russia . 1831 



H. Her. Tr. 1 Nepal . 1823 



H. A. 14 Tauria . 1820 



H. A. 1 N. Amer. 1800 



H. A. 1 Mexico . 1816 

 G. Her.P. L} N. Holl. . 1822 

 H. Tw. A. 6 N. Amer. 1759 

 H. Aq. A. 1 Caiicasus 1817 

 H. Aq. A. 1J Guinea . 1S25 

 H. Her. Tr. J Siberia . 1820 

 H. Her. P. 1 A. Minor 1817 

 G. B. 2 China . 1776 



H. Her. P. 8 N. Amer. 1640 

 H. Her. P. 4 Brit., pasturs. 



acetbsum, acldulum, alpinum, aviculare, Pel- 

 l&rdi, Bnmdnia, Convolvulus, cuspid&lum, di 

 varicatum, dumetdrum, equisetifbrme, erictum, 

 HydrSpiper, incdmum, injuc&ndum, laputhi- 

 f ilium, liitorale 3, maritimum, minus, nildti- 

 cum, Persic&ria, ramosissimum, salignum, 

 sedndens, tatdrictcm, unduldtum, vacciniifd- 

 lium. 



PolyLdes, Agardh. From polyeides, multifa- 

 rious ; diversity of appearance. Linn. 24, Or. 

 7, Nat. Or. Cerami&cem. A very singular 

 worm-like species of Algae, found in the sea 

 during the month of November — lumbricalis. 



Polymnia, Linn. Polymnia was the name of 

 one of the Muses. Linn. 19, Or. 4, Nat. Or. 

 AsterdcecB. Species of no great beauty, suc- 

 ceeding well in common garden soil. P. abys- 



