omnibus subsequaliter caliiferis. ^ In 
i rt-nnd, n, 589 !).—Scbult.! fil. sysi. 7, 
p. 194, Meisn. in Mart. fl. hras. 
Flora 1821, p. 28. Folia, n 
Rcmkx .POLYGONACE^E ( auctor meisner). 51 
vexata, bine ad R. obtusifolium, inde, (et propius quidem ex nostr4 sententi4)ad R. 
conglomeratum accadens, forsan eorumdem hybrida progenies ; a priore, cui staturft 
' altiore, robustiore, panicula composita, racemis erectis nec divaricatis, verticillis 
magis approximatis pedicellisque longioribus similis, constanter differt praecipue 
calyce fructifero dimidio minore, valvis angustioribus integris vel obsolete den¬ 
tatis et unius (rarius plurium) callo multo majore crasso ovato; a R. conglomerato 
vero, cui calyce fructifero multo similior, recedit racemis haud divaricatis, basi 
duplo majoribus passim denticulo munitis, calli? crassioribus ssepios inaequalibus. 
Multis fbrxnismtermediis in B. obtusifolium^ transire dicitur apud Kochl. c., quod 
40. R. D AGHisTAMCus (C. Kocb l in Iinnml 29, p. 209), stricte erectus, glaberrimus, 
foliis infimis cordato-oblongis, summis lanceolatis, panicul® longae ramis folio 
- 
celiis calyce mediocri paulo longioribus basi articulatis, valvis ovato-oblongis 
dente uno alterove brevissimo instrUctis integrisve reticulatis, callis parvis, uno 
majore. In solo calcareo et limoso Daghestaniffi (C. Koch !). A simillimo R. syl- 
vestri differt racemis aphyUis et valvarum callis minoribus vel obsoletis, (v. sp. 
jun, in h. reg. Berolin.) 
41. B. Braziliensis ( I. ink i mnm.h.Bernl. p. 349), foliispetiolatis utrinque attenua¬ 
tis acqtis, radicalibus oblongis, caulinis lanceolatis, summis subsessilibus lineari* 
bue, panicula simplici, racemis solitariis, verticillis omnibus folio.fultis inferioribus 
distantibus superioribus contiguis, pedicellis calyce fructifero parvo paulo lon¬ 
gioribus, valvis ovato-oblongis acuminatis acutis obsolete reticulatis integerrimis 
vel passim dente subulato patenti munitis omr^- - * T " 
RrasilRt, in fossis circa Rio-Jaueiro frequens (bu . 
L 1417 *, Steinheil in Ann. sc. nat, 2' stfr. 9, p. 
c. 14, Polyg. p. 9. R. incomptus "Wpinm. in Fio 
semipedalia, fere 2 poli, lata, subacuta, plaua vel basi leviter undulata, superiora 
acutaplana. Racemi id apicem usque foliis linearibus cire, pollicaribus prmditi, 
calyce fructifero demum fere lin. longo, valvis in acumen acutiusculu® atte¬ 
nuatis und vel duabus passim Infra medium dente solitario ± hn. longo patenti 
muniti® callis oblongis crassiuseulis subsequalibus. (v. sp. c. m herb. reg. 
Berolin.) 
*t. R. pAfiintu (Linn-sp. 4, p. 476), foliis planis vel subundulatis acuminatis 
infimis magnis caulinisque ovato-oblongis basi rotundatis vel breve attenuatis, 
summis lanceolatis, petiolis canaliculatis, paniculi superne aphylli, racemis soli¬ 
tariis sessilibus densis, verticillis approximatis, valvis majusculis Jateoreg 
obtusis suboordatis tenuiter reticulatis submtegemmis, unius ealk pam ret 
quarum nervo basi subincrassato. % Ad fossas Ernop® medi® et 
Sibiriae Altaic», Cbili (Cl. Gay), ins. Maclov. (dTJmlle), S,-Belenffi, et cnhturad 
usum culinarium in hortis oleraceis, unde verisimiliter aufuga passim fontanea 
invenitur — Campd. Rum. p. 102, Mert. et Koch Deutsehl. fl. 2 p. 807 , Schult- fd. 
syst. 7, p. 1432, Ledeb. fl. ross. 3, p. 597. Lapathum hortense Lmm fl. fr 3, n. * 
Bfeekw.berb. t. 489, SchkulirHandb. 1.190. Radix amara adstnngens. ohm iiiter 
stomachica et antiherpetica offieinalis. Valva; cire. 2 lm. longie haud acumiMte, 
leviter cordat;e, unius callo parvo ovato-oblongo,rebquis submnhs, nervo ha» yu 
ovatis reticulatis obtuse denticulatis, unica callifera.“Sjrefoto 
(Bemltafdi inSchali. SI. =!«•’. ***»> 
v en .cillis snbimlistinrtis, vah» majusculis late 
cordatis ,«,«it« retotlu» - 
