POLYGONUM SETOSUM, Wind.
POLYGONUM , Linn.
Subgenus AVICULAllIA, Meisn.
M B ■' H H D f l nm u 9u* oonsjuciiè striatis, triquetris salt'em in f erne solùm leretilus)
Fohts cortaceis, stnato-nenosis Ifnutrdque paginé),‘ neryo passion canilagineo marmnulalis, in , L HSh m B mB mm HI H wbêêêêêê ffli setoso-lacens. (Folia florahaplemque minuta, summa ad oymam reducta.) Pedieellis stiictis erectis
apice articulaties.
POLYGONUM SETOSUM, Willd., Spec. (Ex synon. Tourn.)
POLYGONUM ARMENIUM, CARYOPHYLL? FOLIO, FLORE MAGNO ALBO, Herb. TOUm. !
POLYGONUM ORIENTALE, CaRYOPHYLLI FOLIO, FLORE MAGNO ALBO, ToUPll., Cor., p. 3g. ;,
S u ffru t ic o sum ; glaberrimum. Radice perpendicidari. Caulibus-novellis erectis v . ad sc en d en tib us ,
p erumqu e pamcula tis. Foliis v ir id ib u s, mucrona tis, margine ré v o lta is , ple risqu e lanceolato-subulatis ;
ocreis jum o n b u s tu bu los is, o re setosis. P erianthio ro ta to , pedicello su bd u pio longiori. Achænio lævi-
g a to , ia c ieb u s subrhombeis.
Sufîrutex ,/2-1-pedalis, multicaulis, cæspitosus, glaberrimus. Rama lignosa, perpendicularis, multiceps, demùm disiiti
minons crassi ne ; oort.ce ta c o , in strata lameUosa secedente, Cauo.cf.s (canlium yetuforum bases frutescentes] 2-4 polli-
cestongi, lignosi, aphylli, irregtdaritèr ramosi, teretes, crassidè yariâ, quotannis caules gigncntes; corlice eioereo v fusco
tenta, nmoso, tandem in strata lameUosa secedente. Canes kovelu, ,/2-r-pedales, erecti, y. adscendentes, graciles yirgati’
Ueanosi, y. subgeniculati, foliati, yirides, nodnlosi, triqoetri, y. seeds basin solùm teretes, conspicue striati, nonnisi ad
axitlas superiores 'Songent, plenque supemè paniculati; ramis magis minùsye diyergentibns, simplicibns, folialis, canin
tenuionbus at cætero snmhbiis, supemè florigenis; internodia magis minùsye elongata, ad articulationes dcmùm incrassala-
mtenora foins plerumqnè breyiora, sequentia foliis longiora, somma initio abbreyiata, ocreis obtecta. Folia alterna
ocreata, conacea, yindia, striato-neryosa (in utrâque pagina; costa medià crassâ, subtus carinante; ne,-vis 2 marginalibns ’
apice com costa ,0 anstnlam conttuenlibns; neryulis plurimis, snbeontiguis, obliqué parallelis), rigidè mucronata, in petio-
him breveta conspicue corn pulvillo articulatum angustata, margine magis minùsye reyoluta; inferiors ianoeolatô-linearia
6.9 lineas longs, r/3-2/3 hneælata; superiors lanceolato-subulata, gradatie, minora; summa minima. I>„lv,llus triangu-
lan-ovatus y. tr,angular,-oblongns, 3- , -costatus, longiusculus, apice truncates et articulates, marginibus ocrea, basi adna-
tus. Ocasn membranaceæ (basi subcoriaceæ), scariosæ, albida,, snbpellueidte, nervosa,, juniores plerumqne tubulosæ,
apice setosæ, dein fronte profunde lissa,; yetulæ nervis solùm persistèntibus quasi in setas solutæ ; inflmæ internodiis Ion
gtores; caetera, plerseque internodio breviores; florales subinfundibulares, somma, aphylla,, subimbricata, (saltern ineunte
floratione). F loues genen. v. term, axillares, pedicellati, erecti, in racemus terminales (initio densiusculos, dein interceptes)
secùs apicem aphyllos dispositi. PnmcLL, ,/a lineam longi (sub anthesi perianthio plerùmque subduplù bre-
y,ores), filiformes, angulati, strict,, erecti, ocreis et ocreolis indusi, apice articulanet subincrassati ; singuli ocreolâ campanula
» y. infundibular! yanè lobatâ sub anthesi florem subæquante comitati. Pimauthiuh sub anthesi via lineam
longue,, petaloideum, ful.o e, viridi variegatum, rotatum, 5-partitum; fructiferum sesquilineam y. paulè ultrà longum -
tubo brevisstmo, turbinato; segmenta biserialia, dissimilia, inæquaiia, t-nervia, obsolete yenulosa, post anthesin imbricate'
couniventia : externa 2 , navicularia, oyalia, obtusinscula, medio dorso marginato-carinata, internis æquilonga y. snblon-
giora; 3 interna, obovata, obtusissena, planinscula, ccarinata, inter sè subinæqualia. Stajiika 8, fauce perianthii inserta,