Polygonum.' 30 p 
Locus. Europa, in fubhuinidis. Annuum. 
FORMA\ rec. Radix ramofa, longius fibrofa* 
Caulis erediufculus, pedalis vel ultra, glaber, 
geniculatus: articulis teretibus, maculatis: macu¬ 
lis fulco-rubicundis; inferne incraffato-nodofis. 
Rami axillares e foliis, alterni, eredi, breviufculi; 
infimi vero elongati, caulefcentes, eredi, cauli 
conformes. Folia ad genicula, alterna, petio- 
lata, reflexa, lanceolata, acuta, palmaria vel ul¬ 
tra, utrinque glabra, fed margine & carina fca- 
bra, fubtus pundata, nervis alternis, obliquis. 
Petioli breviufculi, recurvi,- fupra canaliculati, 
bafi vaginati: vagina urceolata, amplexicauli, u- 
trinque comprefla, venis angulata. Stipula mem¬ 
branacea, cylindrica, tubulata, ereda, truncata, in¬ 
tegra, vagina? undique impofita, articulum caulis 
& rami inferne fovens. Spicee florum alternae, 
terminales, peduncuiatae, nudx, nutantes, floribus 
brevius pedicellatis. CAL . campanulatus, tener, 
membranaceus, cinerafcens, quadrifidus: laciniis 
ovatis, obtufis, eredis. COR . nulla, nifi caly¬ 
cem velis. STAM. Filam . 6, ietacea, albida, co¬ 
rolla breviora, Anth. fubrotunda?, purpureaednclu- 
fx. PIST. Germen fuperum, roajufculum, viride, 
fuborbicuiatum , utrinque compreflo-planum , 
glabrum. Styli 2 , fetacei, reflexi, bafi coaliti. 
Stigmata capitulata. Semina folitaria, germini 
conformia, rufa. 
PROPR . rec. Odor nullus.. Sapor acris; /?c- 
eata olanta mitior. 
FIRTUS: diuretica, cofmetica, adftringens. 
USUS\ Ulcera equorum. 
OBS. Infufum aquof. acriufculum, fapore herbaceo, 
•olore potus TheacJ per vitrioliim martis nigrefeit. 
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