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8-10-30 Polygonum homentaceum Schrank A 360-
Persicaria - a Biedenell BrBT 667 Flo pt. Meadow
left bank Robinson's Bl to seaborne wild plant
appressed hairs midrib beneath margins and
(20x) gland dotted beneath, only lower ones with
slight but def. signs ? "flocculent homentaceum" (?)
Sheaths thin, striate, truncate v sometimes grey
slant ciliate, upper part (?) at apex without or
stalled glands. Calyx more or less gland dotted.
Stamens 6. Relaxed hairs shining along the keel;
2.5 mm. anthers concave, the other more
nearly flat. Sepala greenish white. Infl. Compound
with general muddy like P. Persicaria. Lvs
sometimes with dark spot above. Not like ill P.
capitellifolia. S.F. Key (7/13)
8-10-30 Polygonum hydropiper L. A 361 = Persicaria -
Opitz BrBT 670. Flo pt. Meadow left bank Robinson's Bl.
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8-10-30 [See # 906, 6-20-37
No fl.pt. Left side Robinson's Bl near end of ford road in
almost stagnant water under little bridge. Stems
dark at, entirely submerged. Lvs floating, glabrous very
like ill ? Ramunculus Purshii. Redbades BrBT 105
v like desc. A 395. St. rooting at nodes. Lvs mostly round
or truncate at base, largest if about 2 endian but most
are smaller.