POLYGONUM Lin. Gen. PI. O c tanjor ia T r ig y n ia .
Cal. o. Cor. 5-partita, calycina. Sem. %. angulatum.
Rail. Syn. Gen. 5. H er bæ f l o r e im p e r f e c t o seu s t am in e o v e l a p e t a l o
p o t iu s .
POLYGONUM Convolvulus P* 313* foliis cordatis,P- 522. caule volubili n. 344.
angulato, floribus obtufatis, Lin. Syft. Veg. FI. Suec.POLYGONUM caule volubili, foliis fagittatis. Haller. Hijl. n. 1561.
POLYGONUM Convolvulus. Scopoli FL.Carn. n. 469.
CONVOLVULUS minor femine triangulo. Bauh, Pin, 295.
HELXINE femine triangulo. I. B. II. 1,57,
VOLUBILIS nigra. Ger. emac. 863.
CONVOLVULUS minor Atriplicis folio. Park. 171,
FEGOPYRUM fcandens p. 171. fylveflre. Rail Syn. 208. p. 144. Black Bind-weed. Hudfon FI. An<rl. ed. 2.
Lightfoot FI. Scot.^(AADUILXIS avnonluuab,i lfisib, rotofar,t ufsu,f cara.mofus, ramis alternis, SRTOAOLTK a ntwnuinailn, gf,i btrwoiulsle, do,fb ara bnrcohwedn, cborloanucr.nfualfcturos dceirfctiatu tcuasl,a mporso quemt bferuntsi,c uploesd aflcisa,n diidt annadte ,a bwohuetn ad effoliottu tien olfe fnugpthp,o rwt, hperno hes cgurmowbienngt alter-: fepe ad altitudinem ufque humanam.
habeioguhtt ocfo rfni ofre etI.hrubs often reaching the jOLIA pfeetriaoel aftoal, itfaangai,t taftuap, ergnlea bbrian, a ientt etgerenrrai,m ian,f eirni-- <! LEAVESf mHooatnhd,inpge rfoena x iyfo eont-tfilrael,k so, tahrreo wlo wfelria ppeadrt, oribus frequenter coloratis.
opaf rtth tew oH aalnk dH tahnredein gto gfientghleyr,,n tphne ltohwe eurmppoefri ITLOIPRUELSi Er apcaermvaoef,i vpaegdiunnancutelsa,t m iunt ifcaafsq.often coloured.
"los difpofiti., i,iculos pendu- < S T IP U L iE fmall, forming a Iheath < FLOWERftSal ksg,r oawndin gd ifipno freadc einm pi,e nHduanloduins round gc the luofni ftalk. erfso.ot- ;‘AALCYEXM:I laceinri Plongi, alterni. qteuriinoqruibeupsa ■ rmtitaujmor,• iisa ntrtibhuisu mex i bpuesrf, iflceanrsi-, 1<; FCLAOLWYXE:R -BRANCHES long, and alternate. aan dP eprerima natnehnitu,mth ed itvhirdeeed o iuntteorm fioveH f feeggmmeennttss, natis,rioribus viridibus,petaliformibus, margine membranaceis,coloratis, 1. inte- .<
\ ltahreg eerd,g ek,e etlheed , Jig.ingnreeremno Han dp emtale-mlikbera naonuds coon
jjOROLLA aAMINbAre:v nulla. - COROLLloAu rneodne,.^. 1. iFffiilmaam, feunbtu ala toa6. to, fundo calycis infefta,. 1
purpureas, j STAMINA: eight F il am e n t s fixed into the bottom-
A n t h e r a J
fliort JtiLLUM: vi.n.d. e, tri.q uetrum. 1\o f the calyx, very and tapering, A n-
t h e RiE purple, formed breviflimus,G ermen Ha minibus paulo brevior.S t y l u s S - ^ PISTIL• LvUeMry : fGlioerrt,m neont gqrueietne, tfho rleoen-o f cgo two arsn etrheed lobes,.f lSamtyinlae. fig. 3,
ma capitatum, trilobum, Jig. 4. t ig j
Sthtriegem loab efso,r ming h e4 .a little head, compofed of A, IlOENA RuPniIcUuMm noneJ,i gt., nturilgluomnu, mc,a lnyixg eferrmimenu mco, nJtiign.e n5s. . j|
SEED-SEED VESSEL a Angle one, three-cornered,calyx containing very black,the feed. fig. 5.
iw”' ,IlRaaanyc iceanltl sB ito tFancgifotps,y riunmat ftcecnmtivdecn st ofy ltvheef lrfreu, abifuict arteitoanin, s athrrea noglde Ethnigs ljpjhl annatm wei tohf tBhlea cCko Bnvinodlv-wulie eodr. L ullfl30 *'“* cJa,;^les 11 with the Polygonum, or Knot-grafs, in which genus v aS°Pyrum>' be could not, perhaps, fcientifically have made he alfo more includes genera the of Biflorta,them ; yet the nature,Perfi,
*i'oMueoht \t v c Plants at ,^eePs UP a ftrong diftinaion between them, 8 i t VlJer'tPtecra» r\ma> tohre Aprrfee-f.e/nmt airntf, laKnncoet,-gtroa fcso, natinndu eB uthcke-iwr huefea,t , thhaavne t on oa dteonpdt etnhcey and n as ienw the t-hfeamng old tloed eflablilhed m nifalmeaeds, owf e names have anot-grafs, or Binding Snake-weed. In its fruaification this p*ant is very fimilar to the Buck-wheat;
Buck-
Niffers ers in having a twining Halk, with which it frequently twifls round p»other plants.
l *n sarde^s and cultivated fields, where it often grows extremely rampant;ramp
and proves in poor injurious land it to is
towers jn July and Augufi,
^CloatneVrn]i8? lWa^e"orr* <^ excellent eF?otoedn fboyr tfhmea ll birds, One year I obferved its foliage, together with that of the fMiars, and which, like the Ear-wig, a well known enemy to certain flowers, and no lefs deflru&ive Cock-wach, is principally ,a6live under the veil of night.