Stirpium Britannicarum. 33 



tia, afpera & hirfuta, aquis innatantia, tevia & lucida. Q. 

 An non haec fit Perficaria acida peculiaris Cat. Altdorf. Per- 

 ficaria hirfuta radice perenni Cat . Lugd. Bat. Perfic. longiiTi- 

 mo & angufto folio feu Perfic. foliis Salicinis D.Mcrrett ? 

 Perficaria flofculistetraphyllis infpicis fummos caules termi- 

 nantibus reliquis hujus familiae diftinguitur. Forma quoque 

 feminis a reliquis non parum differt, quod non ade6 concin- 

 ne & exadre triquetrum eft, uno latere reliquis duobus fe- 

 re pari, aded ut angulus iis comprehenfus valde obtufus fit , 

 reliqui duo acuti. 



§. i. Polygonum mas vulgare Ger. mas vulgare majus 

 Park latifolium C. B. Polygonum feu Centinodia J. B. Com- 

 mon Kpotgrafs. In locis incultis juxta & cultis, prasfertim 

 glareofis, vias & femitas late fubinde occupat. 



Polygonum 2. & 3. Hdb. h. e. Polygonum oblongo angu- 

 floque folio & Polyg; brevi anguftoque folio C. B. pro hu* 

 jus varietatibus habeo. 2. Polygonum marinum J. B. mari- 

 num maximum Ger. emac. marinum majus Park. majus V, 

 feu maritimum latifolium C. £. Great Sealfyotgrafs. In a- 

 renofis maris litoribus, ut v. g. prope oppidum Penfans m 

 Cornubia, 



Polygonum eft planta exigua, caule provoluto & crebra 

 geniculis nodofo, femine triquetro in foliorum alis. 



§. 1. Biftorta major Ger. ma. vulgaris Par^ ma. rugofio- 

 ribus foliis J. B. radice minus intorta C. B. The greater 

 Biftort or Sna\eweed. In pratis humidis fed rarius. lt 

 is frequent about ShefEeld in Yorkftiire, plentifully alfo in 

 the Meadows atTttmNoxfa WFafely in Warwickfhire, and 

 m divers other farts of England. 



2. Biftorta minor Ger. minor noftras Par\. Alpina minor 

 C. B. minima J. B. Small Biftort or Snakeweed. ln fe- 

 veral flaces of Weftmorland as at Crosby Ravenfworth. 

 Mr. Lawfon : it wasjhewn me by Thp Willifel m a moun* 

 tainous fafture about a Mile and halffrom a Village called 

 Wherf, not far from the Foot-way leading thsnce to Settle 

 in Yorklhire. 



Haec fpecies revera diverfa eft a Biftorta media Alpina, non 

 eadem ut aliquando fufpicabar ; nam & ipfe ( ut in notis meis 

 invenio) Biftortam mediam in Alpibus obfemvi; quamvis 

 id eblitus fuerara 



'!> Biftorta 



