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POLYGONUM LINIFOLIUM. 



FLAX-LEAVED POLYGONUM. 



GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Calix 5-parted, petaloid, persistent. Seed 1, superior, 3-sided, covered by the con- 

 nivent calix. (The number of the styles and stamina uncertain.) 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



Very much branched ; stems and branches angular-flexuose ; leaves linear, channelled, 

 short above, somewhat subulate, all very upright, rigid, sub-mucronate, ses- 

 sile j flowers axillary, remote, alternate, solitary. — Bart. Prod. Fl. Ph. p. 48. 



SYNONYMS. 



P. tenue, Michaux? 

 P. barb a turn, Walt. ? 



A small and inconspicuous annual plant, scarcely exceeding a span 

 in height. Very much branched. Leaves linear, erect, somewhat chan- 

 nelled, acuminate, rigid. Flowers small, not conspicuous, and rarely 



