The illustrated dictionary of gardening; a practical and scientific encyclopædia of horticulture for gardeners and botanists . Fig. 226. Upper Portion op Stem op Polygonum An Encyclopedia of Horticulture. 185 POLTOOlTXTnC (from polys, many, and gonu, a knee-joint ; referring to the numerous joints of the stem). KnotGrass or Weed. Obd. Polygonew. A very large genus(nearly 150 species) of handsome, annual or perennial,greenhouse or hardy herbs or (rarely) under-shrubs, ofvariable habit, found throughout the world, but rarewithin the tropics. Mowers usually fasciculate, some-times so

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The illustrated dictionary of gardening; a practical and scientific encyclopædia of horticulture for gardeners and botanists . Fig. 226. Upper Portion op Stem op Polygonum An Encyclopedia of Horticulture. 185 POLTOOlTXTnC (from polys, many, and gonu, a knee-joint ; referring to the numerous joints of the stem). KnotGrass or Weed. Obd. Polygonew. A very large genus(nearly 150 species) of handsome, annual or perennial,greenhouse or hardy herbs or (rarely) under-shrubs, ofvariable habit, found throughout the world, but rarewithin the tropics. Mowers usually fasciculate, some-times so lax that they may be regarded as axillary;perianth funnel-shaped or campanulate, usually coloured,with five somewhat unequal segments; pedicels articu-lated above or below the middle. Leaves alternate, withoohreate stipules. A great number of the species, twelve

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