Q54, 
POLYGONUM frutescens. 
Shrubhy Polygonum, 
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OCTANDRIA ZTRIGYNIA. 
Nat. ord. PotyGconrm. Jussieu gen. 82. Brown prod. 419. 
POLYGONUM. (Cal. 0.) Cor. profundé 5-fida, (nunc 4-fida,) 
semi-calycina. Stam. 4-9. Stylus 2-3-partitus. Stzgmata totidem, capi- 
tata. Nua corolla (quanddque baccata) tecta. Embryo unilateralis. 
Herbe, rariis Frutices. Folia alterna, bast vaginantia, aut vagine 
intrafoliacee adnata, juniora subtis revoluta. Brown prod, 419. 
Div, Atraphaxoides, caule frutescente, 
P. frutescens, caule fruticoso, foliis lanceolatis utrinque attenuatis, ochrea 
“lanceolata internodiis breviore, petalis binis exterioribus minoribus re-. - 
flexis. Willd. sp. pl. 2. 440. ; 
Polygonum frutescens. Linn. sp. pl. 1,516. Hort. Kew. 2. 29. ed. 2. 2, 
416. Gaertn. sem. 2. 182. t. 119. fe 5, 
Polygonum fruticosum, floribus pentapetalis, octandris, trigynis, 2 exter- 
nis petalis reflexis, ramis in extremo inermibus, Gimel. stb. 3. 60. t. 12, 
fio. 2. 
nesdicete inermis foliis planis. Hort. cliff. 188. 
Lapathum orientale, frutex humilis, flore pulchro, Tournef. cor. 38. 
Amm: in comment. petropol. 14 400. tab. 13. 
Lapathum dauricum montanum, fruticans, ramis late sparsis. Amm. ruth. 
227s 
Frutex pedalis ad sesquicubitalem, omninod de basi ramosus, ramis nume- 
rosis, virgatis, levibus, pallidis, teretibus. Folia spathulato-lanceolata, 
pruinosa, in petiolum attenuata, mucronato-acuta, obsoleté nervosa, subun- 
cialia, aliquotids angustiora quam lata, margine repanda v. obsolet2 sub- 
dentata: petioli breves: ochre subulato-biacuminate. Flores roseo-pal- 
lentes, trini, aggregati, axillares, fasciculi in racemum longum foliosum 
remotiusculum digesti: bractee plures breves, pedicellorum bases cingentes, 
Surfurose ; pedicelli rubri, glabri, tenues, nudi, bis-ter-v. ultra breviores 
Soltis vix longiores corolla, floriferi erectiuscult, Sructiferi dependentes. Cor. 
erecta, 5-partita, basi extis breve turbinata; lac. disco et venis sanguine, 
ambiti albicantes; 2 exteriores Hupio minores magisve, deflece, ovatoe 
rotunda, profunde concave, medio dorsi virentes; interiores 3 subrotunda, 
undulata, persistentes, sole in capsulam triquetram rubicundiorem pro semine 
fovendo arcté conniventes. Fil. 8, disco corolle inserta, subinequalia, firma, 
lanceolato-subulata, glabra, basi carnosa atque cata ti aeaibia, longiora 
auld breviora corolla, Anth. parve, lutew, subrotundo-didyme, primé in- 
cumbentes, indé erecte, introverse. Germ. rubrum, ovali-prismaticum, luci- 
dum, brevius filamentis: stylus subnullus sanguineus ; stigmata lobi 3, crassi, 
subrotundi, pallidé roset, pruinosi, uno erst inclinantes. Sem. nudum 
castaneum, forma germinis, nitens, acutum, testa crustaceo-coriacea- 
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The present is a hardy shrub, and belongs to a species 
which forms one of a section of the genus that comprises 
