(seq. 78)

76)
joint. Stigmata nearly
globular, Stems & branches pro=
=cumbent. This grows in moist
ground — burnt holes in
my meadow.

Polygonum Hydropiper
Arsmart —

Leaf — Scales very close to ye
stem, ribs on ye upper
leaf scales terminate in long
strait bristles — ye lower
ones truncated, cut off square
— perhaps ye bristles may
have fallen off — Leaves
smooth, with very fine hooked
spines or hairs along ye edges — Leaves of a
bright green colour. Flowers
frequently single at a small
distance, sometimes intermixed with 2 or 3
together along ye spikes, rising on ye axilla of ye
leaves from ye same leafy scale. Seeds compressed &
some wt triangular. Stems
swolen at ye joints — but ye
size of ye stem nearly equal
be