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[PolygonecB. 
2. Rumex persicarioides ; foliis infimis ovato-lanceolatis undosis?, ramis floriferis alternis 
divisis, vei'ticillis omnibus axillaribus, sepalis internis demum ovato-oblongis subacuminatis 
utrinque tridentatis dentibus sepalorum longitiidine omnibus valde granuliferis. Campd . — 
Linn. — Fursh, FI. Am. v. 1. p. 248. Campd. Bum. p. ‘79. 
Our specimens of this plant are very nearly allied to, if not the same with 11. maritimus. It is gathered 
by Mr. Douglas, at the mouth of the Columbia, and by him and Drummond at Hudson’s Bay; and we have 
the same from Patagonia. 
1. Polygonum Persicaria. Linn. 
2. Polygonum acre; caule erecto glabro folioso, ochreis hispidulis setaceo-ciliatis laxius- 
culis intei’nodio dimidio brevioribus, foliis subsessilibus prope ochrem basin alExis lanceolatis 
acuminatis glabriusculis margine nervoque medio minutim ciliatis, spicis filiformibus laxis 
tenuifloris longis geminatis geniculatis, bracteis turbinatis ciliatis vel submuticis 3-4-floris, 
floribus 8-andris trigjmis, perianthio 5-partito pellucido punctato, achenio triquetro faciebus 
ovatis laevibus angulis acutis. Meisn. — H. B. K. nov. Gen. et. Sp. v. 2. p. 179. (non Lam.) 
Meisner. Polyg. p. 77. 
3. Polygonum Paronychia ; caulibus prostratis suflfruticosis, internodiis brevibus foliosis, 
ochreis parte inferiore obconica laxa fusca internodium subaequante superiore membranacea 
nitidissima argentea lacera folium subaequante, petiolo (ochreae adnato) trinervi, foliis 
lineari-lanceolatis margine revolutis carnosiusculis glabris subtus prominenter uninerviis 
subdeciduis, floribus majuscidis subsolitariis breve pedic^latis axillaribus ad apicem ramorum 
confertis octandris perianthio 5-partito, stylo longitudine germinis, stigmatibus 3 non 
capitatis ! achenio incluso acute triquetro, faciebus lato-lanceolatis laevibus. — Cham, et 
Schlecht. in Linncea, v. 3. p. 51. 
Very nearly allied to P. martimum, but quite distinct. 
1. Friogonum parvifolium ; caule suffruticoso ramoso, foliis in ramulos novellos approxi- 
matis alternis breve petiolatis margine recurvis supra glabrescentibus subtus dense tomentosis, 
florum fasciculis glomeratis vel rariter discretis, perianthio pedicellisque glabris. — Sm. in 
Rees’ Cycl. 
Whale-Ship Bay. Sometimes, though rarely, the fascicles of flowers, instead of being arranged in a dense 
head, are situated singly at the extremities of short branches; this is probably what Sir James Smith means 
by saying that they are proliferous, and ought perhaps to be viewed as the normal state of the plant; the 
uniform abbreviations, and almost total disappearance of these little branches, causing the appearance we 
have above characterised, and which is the common state in the specimens before us. The specimens, how- 
ever, entirely accord with our original ones from Mr. Menzies. 
2. Eriogonum arachnoideum ; caule suffi’uticoso subprolifero, foliis subradicalibus approxi- 
matis alternis longe petiolatis ovatis margine undulatis subtus dense tomentosis supra primum 
aracbnoideo-tomentosis demum glabratis, florum fasciculis saspius binis ternisve subumbeUa- 
tim secus ramos pedunculi scapiformis communis dispositis, perianthio pedicellisque glabris. 
— E. araclmoideum. Eschsch. in Mem. Acad. Imp. St. Peter sh. v. 10. Linncea, v. 3. Litt. 
p. 150. 
