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ing upon the ground : The leaves grow alternate- 
ly : The empalement is cut deeply into five feg^ 
ments : The flowers are fmall, arifing from th^ 
bofoins of the leaves, and are fucheeded by tri- 
angular feeds. The fpecies are : 
^ I. Polygonum mas vulgar R. 146, G. 451. mas 
vulgare majus^' P.443, latifolium^ C.281. Com- 
mon Knct-grafs. On banks, in dry pafiures, and 
by way-fides. 
2. Poljgonum hrevi anguftoque folio ^ R. 146, C, 
281. mas minus ^ 0.451. ' Knot-grafs, with fhort 
'HStow leaves. In gravelly places. 
3. Polygonum ohlongo anguftoque folio ^ R. 146, C. 
281. Knot-grafs, with long narrow leaves. Amongft 
the corn about Camberwell^ and feveral pther places. 
4. Polygonum folio rotundo^ R. 147. Knot-grafs, 
vfith round leaves. In untiird ground. The leaves 
are round, and fet very thick together. 
5. Polygonum marinum^ R. 147. marinum maxi- 
mum^ G. K. 564. marinum majus^ P. 444. marinum 
majus V. feu maritimum latifclium^ C. 281. Great 
Sea Knot-grafs. In fandy places by the'fea-fide. On 
the fea-fhore between Workington and Whitehaven^ 
Cumberland. Mr Lawfon. Clofe by Cullercoats^ near 
^inmouth.^ Northumberland f. 
Knot-grafs is good againil all kinds of bleedings, either inter- 
nat or external, as againfl: fluxes ; apd outwardly applied, is good 
ibr blood -fhot inflamed eyes. 
Bistort A, Biftort. The root is tuberous and 
flefhy, turning or wreathing into feveral rings or. 
fpires : The -empalement is cut deep into five 
fegments : The feeds are triangular: The flowers 
grow in a thick fpike : The leaves are oblong, 
broad, and, for the moft part, wrinkled. The 
fpecies are : ’ ' 
*1. Biftort a major R. 147, G. 322. major vul- 
garis P* 39K radice minus intorta., C. 192. The 
Greater Biitoft, or Snakeweed. In moift meadows. 
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