88 
VIII Males. I Female. Oct. Mo. 
Bunches from the bosom of the leaves^ 
containing 5 flowers, leaves spear-shaped, 
smooth. — Sowerby. 119. 
Woods, March, S. Common. 
VIII Males. Ill Females. Oct. Tri. 
Knot Grass. Polygonum. Gen. PI. 677. 
Cup none. Blossom 5 segments of the na- 
ture of a cup : Seed i angular. 
298. Bistort. — P. Bistorta, 
Stem unbranched, with a single spike, leaves 
ovate, running down into a leafstalk. — 
Curtis. I. 22. Woodville. 34. 
Wet Meadows, May, P. Rare. 
Hyde Mil/, Luion^—T^hurleigh. 
Ohs : 
Root turning inwards at bottom, leaves sheathing, veiny, so 
as to have the appearance of network, Jlowers in a close spike, 
299. Aynphibious Persicaria. - P. amphibium. 
Five males in the flower, styles cloven, spike 
ovate. — Curtis. IV. 28. 
Wet Ditches, July. P. Common. 
300. Coynynon Persicaria. -- — P. Persicaria. 
Six males in the flower, styles cloven, spikes 
ovate, oblong, leaves spear-shaped, leaf- 
scales, fringed. — Curtis. I. 23. 
Cornfields 
