52 
P. Meisneri, Wallich ! in Cat. fol. 46. n. 1693, (anno 1830) haud Chamisso et Schlechtendal in Linnæa, vol. 3, 
(1828) p. 40. P. Emodi, Meisn. in Wall. Cat. fol. 214, sub n. 1693. 
In Kamaon legit Robertus Blinkworth. 
Fruricutus humilis, editiorum regionum montium Kamaonensium incola, trunco ramisque prostratis in soli superficie inter muscos 
prorepens, vel rariðs hine indè ramos agens per breve spatium subterraneos. Truncus vel CAUDEX horizontalis, lignosus, teres, sæpe ses- 
quipedalis, crassitie penn anserinæ, strictus vel parüm flexuosus, ad nodos et maxim? ramorum origines paullo incrassatus subtusgue 
radiculas emittens fibrosas teneras, glaber, e purpureo fuscus vel cinerascens, lineatus, ochreis marcidis laceratisque circumvolutus, aut 
cortice fisso ac discedente subdenudatus. Rami primarii, e trunco communi orti, huic similes, tenuiores, flexuosiores, divaricati, prostrati. 
Internodia trunci subæqualia, 1—14} poll. longa, subnuda; ramorum sterilium vix å poll. longa, ochrearum rudimentis tecta; ramorum 
annotinorum denique spicigerorum erectorumque circiter pollicaria, crassitie pennæ corvinæ. OCHREZ (in ramis nonnisi annotinis 
primariam atque normalem indolem exhibentes,) eylindricæ, obliquè truncate et hinc quasi acuminate, acutæ, laxê vaginantes, basin 
versüs sensim angustatæ, j—3 poll. longe, internodiis mox breviores, mox subæquales vel dimidio longiores, membranaceæ, teneræ, 
fuscæ, nervis tenerrimis longitudinaliter lineatæ, læves, glabræ, 1—2 lin. supra basin folium gerentes, ore subintegro, vel in latere 
folium spectante fisso, seriüs fissuris pluribus lacerato, laciniato, laciniis linearibus vel ferð setiformibus. Fora lanceolata, acutissima, 
utrinque æqualitdr attenuata, brevissim? petiolata aut superne sessilia, plerümque sesguipollicaria, seepiìs 2—2} poll. longa, medio 
2—4 lin. lata, coriacea, suprà obscuré viridia, subtis e viridi fuscescentia, utrinque glaberrima, margine revoluto integro nec crispato- 
andulato, nervo medio subtüs acut prominente suprà inconspicuo subimpresso, nervis lateralibus permultis densissimisque, angulis 
acutissimis a medio pennatim discedentibus, parallelis rectis subindivisis, in pagina superiore acuté prominulis, subtüs vix prominulis 
minis conspicuis; quz e rami cujusdam basi, aut e ramuli sterilis apice oriuntur folia, ob horum internodia admodum contracta et quasi 
confluentia, primo intuitu fasciculata credideris, eo magis, quo eorum insertiones ochreis imbricatim quasi se invicem obtegentibus 
absconditæ haud facilè distingui possunt. SPrc ramos annotinos erectos vel adscendentes terminantes geminatæ (rariìs solitariæ) 
pedunculatæ, inæquales (altera 1—13-pollicaris, altera dimidio circiter brevior,) anguste cylindricae vel lineares, continuæ denszeque, basi 
nonnunquam subinterruptze, ante evolutionem in supremi folii ochrea sessiles, acutze, ob bracteas tum regularitér imbricatas strobili faciem 
imitantes. PEpuNcuLI communes circiter spicæ longitudine aut parüm breviores, teretes, strictiusculi, tenues, læves glabrique. Bracrez 
teneræ membranaceæ acuminate, 2—4 lin. longæ, 1-nerviæ, basi vaginantes, integerrimæ, raris demüm sublaceræ, prim arcte imbricatæ 
adpresseegue, seris laxiores et sæpiùs apice recurvæ, fuscæ, glabræ, leves, persistentes. Peprceuur in singula bractea solitarii, rariüs 2, 
ipså dimidid breviores, lateralitér subexserti suberecti, fructiferi patuli vel nutantes. Catyx floris P. vivipari magnitudine, corollinus, 
elegantèr saturate puniceus, eglandulosus, ad basin usque 5-partitus, laciniis subæqualibus ovalibus vel obovatis obtusissimis integris 
erectis apice pauld conniventibus (nec unquam patentibus) obsolete 3—5-nerviis. STAMINA constantissime octo, stylis breviora, filamentis 
dimidiam sepalorum partem paråm superantibus, antheris atropurpureis. Sryui 3, a germine ind? triquetro distincti, apice divergentes 
subnutantes, sepalis paullo breviores, stigmatibus capitatis, exiguis, flavis. ACHENIUM calyce totum inclusum, magnitudine circiter P. avi- 
cularis, e fusco rufum, stylorum reliquiis demüm reflexis coronatum, triquetrum, acutum, angulis obtusis, faciebus rhombeo-ellipticis 
levibus nitidissimis, basi attenuatis subacutis, apice ferð emarginatis excavatis; quæ pro maturis aperui, inania erant.— Meisner. 
For the above account of this plant, as well as for the beautiful drawing from which the engraving was taken, I 
am indebted to my most valued friend Professor Meisner, of Basle in Switzerland. At my request that truly excellent 
botanist has written the following Synopsis of all the Polygoneæ in the Honourable East India Company's Her- 
barium, (now in the possession of the Linnean Society of London,) which he has honoured me with permission to 
insert in my work, and for which I offer him my grateful acknowledgements. 
Plate CCLXXXVII. Fig. 1. Diagram of the relative position of the floral parts: a, axis of the spike (common peduncle) ; ó, bractea ; 
c, segments of the calyx, placed in a quincunx during æstivation; d, exterior series of stamens, alternating with the segments of the 
calyx; e, interior series opposite to the three inner segments of the calyx and the sides of the achenium, and alternating with the exterior 
series; f, ovarium. — 2. A detached bractea, seen from without, exhibiting its single nerve. — 3. Flower, showing the form of the calyx 
during the anthesis, after which it entirely closes. 4. Calyx, opened to show the relative position and size of the stamens and styles. 
5. Detached sepalum. 6. Stamens, viewed in three ways. 7. Pistil, with the three distinct styles, which are only a little divergent 
from their middle upwards. 8. Nearly ripe achenium. 9. The same, its side excavated at the apex. 10. Upper extremity of the 
achenium. 11. Lower part of the same. 
