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[= P. laxiflorum Wiebe BVH 400, SVK 317]
8-19-31 Polygonum mitre Schrank. Cate. III 206, Bon 275
SVK I 2/13 Flos Bouveret. Perianth bright green below, bright
pink at tips. Seed shining smooth below, less so above
(SVK "matt") Lvs lanceolate to 16 mm wide, deflexed at base
with inflated nervo (SVK). Perianth div 5, stamina 6, styles not
jointed to base. Nte perianth shows faint traces of gland-dots
[late lvs ciliate on margin] [8-2-33 Flos for
Villeneuve-Bouveret Lvs (20x) show no gland-dots like
P. lapathifolium... if any they are very obscure.]
8-19-31 Polygonum lapathifolium L. Cate. II 204, Bon
275, BVH 405, S960, SVK I 2/13. Flos Bouveret (x) St green, flo
greenish white; flt red, fls ± tinged pink. Both form marked
to dark spot in lvs, fls especially. Gland dots present but
not def enough to identify without other chars which agree.
Seeds 2 mm wide. Cfd with P. Persicaria L. lvs longer
jointed & broadest in lower third whereas P-P has its broadest about
middle (SVK) Notales trace of inf like if the the not ciliate
whereas on P-P they are ciliate.
8-19-31 Chenopodium polygaerum L. Cate III 185, Bon
268, BVH 357, S 367, SVK I 3/16 Fl & F Bouveret. Fl with stiction
(20x) radiating from apex. Late found at flin.
8-19-31 Mercurialis annual L. Cate III 245, Bon 282 BVH
409, S 543, SVK I 4/36 Flos & vls Bouveret (very near
St. Gingolph) Cfd with M. perennis L. (no fls). Stalent
Plants so Ch seen def discrete. Fl pedicels to 8 mm long.
Capsules (acros bit) 4 mm wide x 3 mm high. Seed brown
slightly roughened.