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66. POLYGONACE,*:. 
Fersicaria maculata Gray (1821). ,/. of B. ix. 34. — Smaller 
than the preceding. St. often prostrate ; joinings very thick. 
Racemes slender and interrupted (the typical form) : or thicker 
and continuous (as in E. Ji. S.), and 1. white and woolly beneath. 
— Damp gravelly places. A. VII.— IX. E. S. I. 
6. P. l^ersic((ria(L.) ; raceme comjiact ovate-oblong-cylindri- 
cal., 1. lanceolate flat minutely tubercled, ocrecu loose strowjly 
fringed, ped. and perianths smooth, nut compressed and gibbous 
on one side or trigonous its faces roundish acuminate smooth 
scarcely covered by the obscurely veined perianth, styles con- 
nected halfway up at length patent. — S^j. E. B. 1237. — St. 1 — 2 
feet high. L. more or less hairy on both sides ; sometimes 
woolly beneath, when it is P. inranitm of authors. Fed. some- 
times slightly hairy. — /3. eldtum (G. ife G.) ; racemes slender, 
much resembling 1\ maadatum. — Waste and damp ground. 
A. VI.-X. E. S. I. 
7. P.la,vijl6rum{\NQi\).Q); raceme erect fliform interrupted ,\. 
lanceolate slightly wavy, ocrecp loose funnelshaped pilose, 
strongly fringed, without glands, yjerw'/i^/?.'! tnthout glaiids nut 
(large) compressed its faces roii.ghisli ovate acute rather shining 
c<mvex, stam. 5, styles connected halfway up. — E. B. S. 2867. — 
St. 1 — 3 feet high, often much branched. Ocrete all fringed, 
llacemes thickening upwards.— Wet places. A. VI. — IX E.I. 
8. P. Hydrop'i'per (L.) ; raceme droopdiig Jiliforin interrupted , 
1. lanceolate wavy, ocreie ifeiitricose glabrous fringed glandular, 
perianths glamiidar, nut (lai'ge) compressed its faces ovate acute 
rugose-punctate opaque convex, style 2 nearly distinct. — E. Ji. 
989. — St. 1 — 3 feet high. Upper ocreae funnelshaped, scarcely 
fringed. Nut^rounder than in/', laxijlorum. Racemes sometimes 
erect. — Wet places. A. VIII. 1 X. Water-Pepper. E. S. I. 
9. P. minus (Huds.) : raceme erect fliform slender ^aj,l. linear- 
lanceolate fiat, ocrea^ close pilose all fringed inithout glands, peri- 
anthsndthout (//auc?A",nut(small)compressed its facesovate acute 
smooth shining convex, styles connected for at least half their 
length. — E. B. 1043. — St. usually procumbent, diffuse. Raceme.-; 
ascending. Much smaller than P. Ilydroplper, fl. and fr. only 
half the size. — Wet gravelly places, rare. A. VIII. IX. E. S. I . 
*** Ocrem "i-lohed. Root fibrous. Nni triquetrous. Stam. 8. 
Styles 3. El. axillary, 1 — 3 together. Avicularia. 
10. P. avicnldre (L.) ; 1. lanceolate or elliptic stalked, ocrcr 
lanceolate ixcute with, few distant simple veins at length torn. 
