Polygonum.| xix. Potyconacex. (J. D. Hooker.) 25 
the bracts, stamens 2-3, nut 3-quetrous usually much longer than the 
, perianth. Koenigia, No. 3 & 4 Herb. Ind. Or. H. f. & T. 
ALPINE HIMALAYA; on wet rocks, alt. 10—16,000 ft., from Sikkim to Kashmir, 
Wallich, &c. l 
Annual, 4-12 in., tufted, flaccid. Leaves distant, nerves obscure ; petiole rarely 
3 in. ; stipular segments acute or obtuse, entire or crenate. Perianth very minute, 
w in. long, segments obtuse or acute, 2 outer smaller, Stamens very short. Nut 
very variable in size, ovate-lanceolate, twice or thrice as long as the perianth, pale, 
coriaceous, angles very prominent, faces concave, Seed loose. 
3. P. fil icaule, Wall. Cat. 1694; sparingly strigose, stem very slender, 
leaves petioled 3-3 in. ovate or ovate-lanceolate obtuse or acute, flowers in 
axillary and terminal sessile clusters pedicelled, stamens 3-4, nut trigonous 
slightly longer than the perianth. Meissn. in Wall. Pl. As. Rar. ii. 59, 
and in DO. Prodr, xiv. 1. 127; Bab. in Trans. Linn. Soc, xvii. 104; 
Gercke in Bot. Reis. Pr. Waldem. 136. P. alpestre, Wall. Cat. 1725. 
: microphyllum, Klotzsch mss. Konigia nepalensis, Don Prodr. 74. 
Kenigia, No. 2 Herb. Ind. Or. H. f. & T. 
; SUBALPINE and ALPINE HIMALAYA; in woods, &c., alt. 9-16,000 ft., from 
lkkim to Kashmir, Wzsrzmx TrmsT; Ladak, alt. 11-12,000 ft., Stewart. 
,Annual, 4-18 in., flaccid, tufted, rather succulent ; stem with often a few reflexed 
hairs below the nodes. Leaves distant, rarely 1 in., soft, most strigose beneath ; 
stipular lobes glabrous or hairy, acute or obtuse, Perianth jy in. long, white; seg- 
ments rounded, 2 outer smaller, Filaments very short. Nut ellipsoid, pale, Vas woe 
angles very prominent, faces concave. Seed loose.—Meissner and Babington descri 
stamens, I find only 3-4, P. alpestre, Wall, is the fully developed state; vars. 
C@spitosum and extenuatum of Meissner are more Alpine forms. 
Sect. TIT. AVICULARIA Meissn. Erect or prostrate herbs, rarely under- 
shrubs, Leaves small; stipules tubular hyaline, cleft or torn. Flowers in 
axillary clusters ; bracts tubular. Perianth 4-5-cleft. Stamens 3-8, very 
short, Styles 3, minute, free. Nut 3-gonous. Albumen horny, cotyledons 
Incumbenft, , 
* Root perennial, branches herbaceous (shrubby in 7. P. salicornioides). 
4. P. recumbens, Royle mss.; Bab. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xviii. 116; 
Puberulous or scaberulous stems long stout woody much-branched grooved 
Prostrate and ascending, leaves i-3 in. petioled broadly elliptic flat obtuse 
or acute nerves obscure, stipules ovate-lanceolate tumid with a strong ex- 
eurent nerve on each side, pedicels short jointed at the tip, fruiting 
Perianth obyojd S-partite. Meissn. in DC. Prodr: xiv. 1. 96. 
WESTERN HIMALAYA ; from Kashmir to Kumaon, alt. 4500 -8000 ft., Royle, ke. 
at th rotstock stout; branches many, 1-2 ft., as thick as a crow-quill and mom, mE bi 
and i base. aves close set; stipules 3—} in., lanceolate and acuminate or — 
bel accrate, nerves variable, longer than the pedicels. Nuts yẹ in., long, 
OW the middle, black, shining. 
5 P. cognat : 91, and in DC. Prodr. xiv. 
um, Meissn. Polyg. Prodr. 91, a À 
i labrous or nearly 80, stems short subsimple prostrate and ascending 
pa led, leaves 3-1 in. petioled elliptic obtuse or acute thick nerveless, 5 $ 
= €3 ovate tumid hyaline subentire nerves 2 short included, S 
t 9Wded short jointed at the tip, fruiting perianth very thick arene di. 
Ce ae jong as the orbicular lobes. P. alpestre, C. A. Meyer. € 18. 
"^ 1375 Boiss, Fl. Orient. iv. 1097; Jaub. § Sp. Ie. Pl. Orient. t. 118, 
