lll. PoLYGONACEE. 351 
Monogr. pp. 62 et 108, t. 4. S; Lour. Fl. Cochinch. p. 242: 
Bretschn. Early Res. p. 170; DC. Orig. Pl. Cult. ed. 3, p. 281. 
Fagopyrum tataricum, Gertn. Fruct. ii. p. 182, t. 119. f. 6; Meisn. in 
DC. Prodr. xiv. p. 144; Hook. f. Pl. Brit. Ind. v. p. 55; Maxim. Ind. 
Fl. Pek. in Prim. Fl. Amur. p. 476; Kanitz, Bot. Res. Szech. Centr. As. 
Exped. p. 8. 
Polygonum Sinarum, Desv. ex Meisn. in DC. Prodr. xiv. p. 144. 
Curar: Peking (ex Maximowiez); Hurrun: Ichang, culti- 
vated, and Changyang (4. Henry!); Yunnan (Anderson!); 
KawsuH (ex Kanitz). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. 
Central Asia, and eultivated and more or less naturalized in 
Eastern Europe and North India. 
Dr. A. Henry notes that it is the * Bitter Buckwheat " of China, 
and Polygonum Fagopyrum, Linn., the “Sweet Buckwheat.” 
58. Polygonum Thunbergii, Sieb. et Zucc. Fl. Jap. ii. p. 84; 
Meisn. in DC. Prodr. xiv. p. 132; Mazim. Ind. Fl. Pek. in Prim. 
Fl. Amur. p. 476; Franch. et Kavat. Enum. Pl. Jap. ii. p. 475 
(varietates plures); Franchet in Mém. Soc. Se. Nat. Cherbourg, 
xxiv. p. 249. 
Polygonum hastato-trilobum, Meisn. in Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd.- Bat. ii. 
p. 62; Franch. et Savat. Enum. Pl. Jap. i. p. 399. 
Polygonum Maackianum, Regel, Tent. Fl. Ussur. p. 138, t. 10. 
Polygonum stoloniferum, F. Schmidt, Reise in Amurl. p. 168. 
Polygonum Pteropus, Hance in Journ. Bot. 1869, p. 167. 
Carnati: Peking (Bretschneider!); SuitwakiNG (James!) ; 
SHantune: Chefoo and other localities (Forbes ! Maingay 5) ; 
Cuexrane: Ningpo (Oldham! Faber!), Formosa (Oldham, 431!) ; 
HurEn: Patung district and Chienshih (A. Henry !) Mus. 
Brit. ; Herb. Kew. 
Mandshuria and Japan. 
59. Polygonum tinctorium, Lour. Fl. Cochinch. p. 241; Meisn. 
in DC. Prodr. xiv. p. 102; Franch. et Savat. Enum. Pl. Jap. 
i. p. 394; Bretschn. Early Res. p. 169; Franchet, in Mém. Soc. 
Se. Nat. Cherbourg, xxiv. p. 248; Joly, Etudes sur.... Polyg. 
tinetorium, t. 1; Bretschn. Notes on Bot. Quest. Exp. Trade of 
China, p. 8; Mig. in Journ. de Bot. Néerl. i. p. 96. 
Surnexina: Kaichow to Kinchow, cultivated for blue dye 
(Ross!); Saantunea (Maingay !); SzEcuvEN : Fu city (Faber !); 
Kwanetune: roadsides at Suheang (ex Miquel); Corea: near 
Soul (Carles!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. 
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