50 CXIX. POLYGONACEEZ. (J. D. Hooker) [Polygonum. 
oblong, nut very smallexceeding the simple or baccate perianth. Wall. 
Cat. 1685/2. P: molle, in part, Herb. Ind. Or. H.f. & T. 
Kuasia Mrs., alt. 4—5000 ft., De Silva, Mack, &c. 
A robust shrub, 6-8 ft.; branches stout, not grooved. Leaves 4-5 by 13-2 in, 
glabrous or finely pubescent above, base acute, nerves 10-30 pairs; stipules glabrous or 
sparsely hairy. Inflorescence as in P. paniculatum, but laxly hirsute with flexuous 
hairs, lowers (white) and fruit nearly the same. 
? Var. sikkimensis ; branches glabrous except a few deflexed hairs at the nodes.— 
Sikkim; Lachen, alt. 10,000 ft., J. D. H.—Of this I have only a single specimen in 
fruit; it is unlike either rude or molle in its all but glabrous branches. The hairs of 
the nodes and laxly hirsute panicle are those of P, rude, The fruiting perianths are ' 
not baccate. 
59. P. molle, Don Prodr. 72; shrubby, branches stout terete villous 
with erect or spreading hairs, leaves petioled elliptic-lanceolate silkily 
pubescent tomentose or villous beneath, flowers in large terminal thyrsoid 
tomentose panicles, perianth 7, in. diam., segments oblong, nut included in 
the usually baccate perianth. Meissn. Monog. Polyg. 56, in Wall. Pl. As. 
Rar. iii. 64 (partly), and in DC. Prodr. xiv. 1. 136 (excl. cit. of Wight 1c); 
Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 1841, Misc. 66. Coccoloba Totnea, Ham. in Don Prodr. 
CENTRAL and EASTERN HIMALAYA; Nepal, Hamilton, Wallich; Sikkim, alt. 
5-7000 ft., J. D. H., Clarke. Misnwi HILLS, Griffith. 
, Habit and general characters of P. rude, but more softly tomentose, and with the 
hairs on the branches never deflexed, and stipules more silky. Flowers white. 
60. P. frondosum, Meissn. in DC. Prodr. xiv: 1. 137; shrubby, quite 
glabrous, branches stout terete, leaves broadly ovate- or elliptic-oblong 
acuminate or caudate-acuminate, base rounded or cordate, flowers in short 
thyrsoid axillary and larger terminal dense-fld. panicles, perianth 4; in. diam., 
segments oblong, A p Pith Pon, nut small longer than the perianth, ‘ 
P. Hayii, Herb, Strach. & Winterb, Polyg. n. 34. 
WESTERN HIMALAYA; Garwhal, Falconer; Kumaon, alt. 9000 ft., Edge- 
worth, Strachey & Winterbottom. > ` ; Isto" BN: 
A very distinct species, perfectly glabrous in all its parts, easily distinguished by 
its very broad leaves, 5-7 by 23-3} in., of firm texture, long petioles 4-14 i. axillary 
panicles, and the long pedicels of the fruiting perianths 4-4 in. long ; the nuts are, 
however, so diseased that this last may be an abnormal character. 
** Tall herbaceous or shrub-like species. Flowers lin. diam. ; perianth 
cleft nearly to the cuneate base, segments widely spreading. 
61. P. polystachyum, Wall. Cat. 1686 ; shrubby, glabrous or pubes- 
cent, branches grooved, leaves subsessile or petioled oblong-lanceolate caudate- 
acuminate, base usually contracted and subhastately cordate or truncate, 
flowers in large pubescent or glabrate terminal thyrsoid spreading panicles 
with erect or decurved branches, pedicels very slender, perianth 4 in. diam., 
3 inner segments broadly obovate-spathulate, nut small triquetrous shorter 
than the unaltered perianth. Meissn.in Wall. Pl. As. Rar. iii. 61, and i2 
DC. Prodr. xiv. 1, 137 ; Bab. in Trans. Linn. Soe. xviii. 111. P. molle, 
Wight Ic. t. 1807 (not of Don). Polyg. n. 69, Herb. Ind. Or. H. f. & T. 
TEMPERATE HIMALAYA ; from Mishmi i : d 
to 14,000 ft. in Sikkim.—DISTRIB, Aene tana Aime, alt, 7000 to 12,000 fe, VE 
Shrubby, 3-6 ft. high. Leaves 4-9 by 14-31 in., nerves very numerous, base of 
the uppermost usually acute, of the lower sometimes the same, but usually as described 
above; margins smooth or crisped; stipules ample, glabrous or sparsely hairy: 
