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PHYTOLACCACEZE. Poxewerep Fanny. 
PHYTOLACCA, Tourn. PoKEweep. 
P. decandra, L. Common Poke. Garcet. PiGeon BERRY. 
Low grounds, rocky slopes, and open woods; conspicuously 
vigorous after fires. B* and M, occasional. 
POLYGONACEZE.  Bucxwuear Fanny. 
RUMEX, L. Dock. Sorret. 
R. crispus, L. Curtep Dock. 
Nat. from Eu. in cult. and waste ground. 5, frequent :— 
M, common :— § *, occasional. 
R. optusirotius, L. Brirrer Dock. 
Nat. from Eu. by roadsides, and in all waste places. B, oc- 
casional; Hillside St., etc.: — M*, frequent in bogs and by 
low roadsides : — S *, rare. 
R. AcetToseLta, L. FreLtp Sorren. 
Nat. from Eu. in fields, by roadsides, and in all waste places. 
B, M, S* and B B*, common. 
R. Acretosa, L. Sorret Dock. 
Sparingly nat. from Eu. in waste places. M, a single plant 
in moist ground, N. E. of Bear Hill. 
POLYGONUM, Tourn. KwNoTweep. 
P. aviculare, L. DoorweEep. 
Yards, waste places, ete. B*, top of Great Blue Hill, by 
Observatory. 
P. tenue, Michx. 
Dry open places. B*, frequent on hill-tops. 
P. lapathifolium, L., var. incarnatum, Watson. 
Wet places. M*, abundant on W. shore of Spot Pond, 
showing a gradation into the var. incanum, Koch. 
Var. incanum, Koch. 
Wet places. M*, abundant on the stony S. and W. shores 
of Spot Pond, fruiting from one to six inches high. 

