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Fegopyrum. The leaves are lliaped like a heart 
The flowers are fpecious, growing in a ipilc^oi 
branched from the wings of the leaves : The 
empalement is divided into five parts, which re- 
fernble the petals of a flower: The feeds are black, 
and three corner’d. The fpecies are : 
j. Fegopyrum, R. i44- Tragopyrum, 
P 1141. Ery/mum Fheopbrafti, folm hederaceo, C. 
27. Buck-wheat, or Brank. Sown in the fields. _ 
1. Fegopyrum fcandens fylveftre. Convolvulus mi- 
nor AtripUcis folio, R.144. 
nkra G. 717. Convolvulus minor femme tnangulo, 
C 2Q4 Black Bindweed. Common among the 
corn It twines itfelf round the corn, or any otner 
thing that ftands in its way. . 
Persicaria, Arfmart. The empalement is cut 
into four fegments, having fix chives: ..he pom 
tal becomes an oval pointed fmooth feed, encio- 
fed in the capfula, which was before the empale- 
ment : The ftalks are jointed, and the flowers 
produced in Ipikes. The fpecies are . 
* I. Ferftcaria vulgaris acris feu Hydropiper, 
144. vulg. acris feu minor, P.856, urens feu Hy- 
dropipsr, C.ioi. Hydropiper, G. 361. ^ 
per Lakeweed, or Arfmart. In moifl; places, i ms 
has a hot biting tafte. r- n r 
2. Perf.caria pufdla repens, R,t 45 , m. li. 
P. 857. minor, C. loi. Small creeping ArUnart. in 
moifl; places. ■ n 
3. Per/icaria anguftifolio ex ftnguhs gemculis Jionns, 
R.145. Perftcaria anguflifoUo, C.ioi, Pr.43. mar- 
row-leaved Lakeweed. _ , 
4.. Perjkaria maculofa, R.145, G. 301. vv.iga.u 
mitis feu maculofa, P'Ssd. mitis maculoja ^ non 
maculofa, C. loi. Dead, or fpotted Arlmait. in 
moift and watery places. The leaves are otten maiiv- 
ed with black fpots, but fometimes they have none: 
The fpike of flower.^ is fliorter and thicker than tiwi 
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