111. roLYaoNACEX. 335 
ii. p. 57; Mig. in op. cit. iii. p. 135; Franch. et Savat. Enum. 
Pl. Jap. ii. pp. 473 et 479. 
Specimens in the Kew Herbarium bearing this name are 
apparently the same as P. serrulatum, Lag., but, for reasons 
given in a footnote at the beginning of the genus, we have not 
attempted to deal exhaustively with the Chinese species of this 
section. 
9. Polygonum Bungeanum, Turez. in Bull. Soc. Nat. Mosc. 
1840, p. 77; Maxim. Ind. Fl. Pek. in Prim. Fl. Amur. p. 476; 
Meisn. in DC. Prodr. xiv. p. 120. 
Polygonum pensylvanicum, Bunge, Enum. Pl. Chin. Bor. p. 57, non 
Linn. 
Norrn Curva: Kantai (Bunge!). Herb. Kew. 
10. Polygonum capitatum, Hamilt. in D. Don, Prodr. Fl. 
Nep. p. 73; Meisn. in DC. Prodr. xiv. p. 129; Hook. f. Fl. 
Brit. Ind. v. p. 44; Saund. Refug. Bot. i. t. 11. 
CuiNA: without locality (Staunton in hb. Decandolle ex 
Meisner). “Specimen imperfectum foliis parvis."  SzECHUEN: 
on wall cf Omei district city (Faber !). Herb. Kew. 
North India, Chamba to Bhotan and in the Khasia mountains. 
We have not seen the specimen referred to by Meisner, but 
suspect that it belongs rather to P. chinense, Linn. 
11. Polygonum chinense, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 363; Meisn. 
in DC. Prodr. xiv. p. 130; Lour. Fl. Cochinch. p. 241; Hook.f. 
Fl. Brit. Ind. v. p. 44; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 289; Franchet in 
Mém. Soc. Sc. Nat. Cherbourg, xxiv. p. 249; Bot. Mag. t. 5238 
(var. foliis pictis); Wight, Ic. Pl. Ind. Or. t. 1806; Hook. et 
Arn. Bot. Beech. Voy. pp. 208, 269; Franch. et Savat. Enum. 
Pl. Jap. i. p. 898, et ii. p. 480. 
Ampelygonum chinense, Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 1838, Miscell. p. 63. 
Polyonum chinense, a. Thunbergianum, Meisn. in Wall. Pl. As. Rar. 
iii. p. 60. 
Polygonum sinense, Hook. et Arn. Bot. Beech. Voy. p. 269. 
SHANTUNG to SzkcuvEN, Kwanotuna, Harnan, and Formosa 
common, especially in the south, and in all collections. Mus. 
Brit. ; Herb. Kew. poa 
Throughout India, Ceylon, and Malaya to the Philippine 
Islands and Japan. 
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