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POL YGONUM 
Southern Scandinavia, Denmark, Germany, Holland, Belgium, France, central Europe, Russia, 
southern Europe ; Asia Minor. 
P. laxiflorum x minus comb. nov. ; P. minus x mite Uechtritz in Fiek FI. Schles. 380 (1881); 
[Wilms ex] Beckhaus FI. West 'f. 77 3 (1893); Giirke PI. Europ. ii, 117 (1897); Rouy FI. France xii, 106 (1910); 
x P. intermedium Hy loc. cit. ; x P. digeneum Rouy loc. cit. 
Habit of P. minus var. elatum. Stem erect or decumbent, branched. Ochreae with appressed 
pubescence, ciliate. Laminae narrowly lanceolate, acuminate. Spikes narrowly cylindrical, lax- 
flowered, interrupted, more or less nodding. Perianth pink. Stamens 5 — 6. Achenes rarely formed, 
about 3 mm. long, as in P. laxiflorum. 
Berkshire (herb. Druce !), Oxfordshire (herb. Druce !). 
France, Germany. 
P. laxiflorum x persicaria comb, nov.; P. mite x persicaria Giirke PI. Europ. ii, 119 (1897); Rouy 
FI. France xii, 105 (1910); x P. condensation Rouy ~loc. cit. 
Exsiccata : — Fiori et Beguinot {FI. I tali) ii, 1258, as P. axillare ; Schultz, ii, 139, as P. miti-persicaria ; 
herb. Druce : Mr Druce says that Professor Lange considered it correctly named. 
Stem erect, tall, much branched. Ochreae hairy, ciliate, longer than in P. persicaria. Laminae 
lanceolate, attenuate at both ends. Peduncles eglandular. Spikes slender, cylindrical, more or less 
interrupted. Perianth pink, eglandular. Achenes as long as those of P. mite, but broader. 
Berkshire, Oxfordshire. 
France, Germany, central Europe, Italy. 
13. POLYGONUM MINUS. Plates 128, 129 
Persicaria pusilla repens Johnson in Gerard Herb. ed. 2, 446 (1636); Ray Syn. ed. 3, 145 (1724); P. angusti- 
folia ex singulis geniculis florens Ray loc. cit. 
Polygonum minus Hudson FI. Angl. 148 (1762); Smith FI. Brit. 426 (1800)!; Eng. FI. ii, 235 (1824); 
Syme Eng. Bot. viii, 72 (1868); Rouy FI. France xii, 102 (1910); P. persicaria var. /3 L. Sp. PI. ed. 2, 518 
(1762); P. pusillum Lamarck FI. France iii, 235 (1778); P. strictum Allione FI. Ped. 207 (1785); P. persicaria 
