PLANTS FROM PEITAIHO 173 



Polygonum Persicaria, L. — Waste ground. — 18 in.; 



flowers rose-colored on short cylindric spikes; leaves 



lanceolate, pointed. — "Lady's Thumb." 

 Polygonum Fagopyrum, L. — Near fields, escaped 



cultivation. — flowers white; leaves heart-shaped. — 



"Buckwheat." 

 Polygonum plebeium. E. Br. — Ecadsides. — Prostrate ; 



flowers white or rose-colored; leaves lanceolate. 

 Polygonum ? — Sand flats. — Erect. 



Branching; flowers white, in terminal spikes; leaves 



linear-lanceolate. 

 Eumex acetosa, L. ? — Lotus Hills. — Erect. 2 ft. ; 



flowers in many naked spikes; lower leaves hastate. 

 Eumex crispus, L. — Waste heaps. — Erect. 2 ft. ; stout, 



smooth; leaves large, lanceolate with wavy-curled 



margins. — " Common Dock." 

 Eumex ? Wet places. Weak; flowers 



whorled, in axils of leaves; lanceolate, obtuse, on 



long petioles. 



Eleagnaceae. Wolf-willowFamily. 



Eleagnus umbellata, Thunb. — Eagle Eock, Lighthouse 

 Point. — Shrub, 5 ft.; flowers yellow; leaves ovate 

 covered with silvery-scurfy scales. 



Santalaceae. Sandalwood Family. 



Thesium chinense, Turcz. — Banks. — 12 in. ; decumbent; 

 flowers yellow; fruit, nut-like, in axils of leaves, 

 covered by the persistent calyx. May. 



Euphorbiaceac. Spurge Family. 



Euphorbia Esula, L. — Shore. — 6 in.; branching; leaves 

 lanceolate to linear. 



Euphorbia pekinensis, Eupr. — Banks. — Erect, stout, 

 11 in.; leaves ovate-lanceolate. 



Euphorbia chamaesyce. Bge. — Sand flats. — Prostrate, 

 branching; leaves oblong-ovate. 



Securinega fluggeoides. Muell. — East Cliff. — Low 

 branching shrub, 18 in. ; male and female flowers on 

 same plant; leaves oblong, tapering at base. 



Acalypha australis, L.— Banks.— Erect, 16 in. ; branch- 

 ed; leaves lanceolate, serrate, pointed; female flowers 

 axillary, male flowers on terminal spikes. 



Uriicaceae. Nettle Family. 



Ulmus pumila, L. — Planted. — The common Elm. 

 Hemiptelea (Zelkova) Davidii, Benth.— East Cliff. — 

 Low bush, spreading, often with strong spines- 

 leaves ovate, evenly serrate. 



