464 — POLYGONACE (Wright). [ Polygonum. 
Perianth not glandular... we ... (15) strigosum. 
Ochre ciliate at the mouth: 
Ochrez naked : 
Leaves oblong-lanceolate ... ane ... (16) pedunculare. 
Leaves narrowly lanceolate... so .». (17) hystriculum. 
Ochres densely hairy ... sh ae ... (18) acuminatum. 
1. P. atraphaxoides (Thunb. Prodr. 77); an undershrub up to 
2 ft. high; stem erect, glabrous, much-branched, terete; leaves 
oval or oblong, 2-6 lin. long, 1-3 lin. wide, acute (rarely obtuse), 
subsessile, glabrous, minutely pitted below ; ochre membranous, 
nearly as long as the short internodes, whitish or pale brown, long 
laciniate ; flowers in a dense leafy spike at the apex of the branches ; 
perianth i} lin. long ; lobes 4, oval, the 2 outer concave, keeled, 
2 inner flat ; stamens 6, much shorter than the perianth ; filaments 
broad, flat, shortly united at the base ; ovary compressed, orbicular ; 
styles 2, very short ; nut lenticular ; cotyledons incumbent. Meisn. 
in DO. Prodr. xiv. 84; Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iii. 1a, 27, 
fig. 130; Bolus & Wolley-Dod in Trans. 8. Afr. Phil. Soc. xiv. 311. 
P. Atraphaaxis, Thunb. Fl. Cap. ed. Schult. 385. P. undulatum, Berg. 
Descr. Pl. Cap. 135. Atraphaxis undulata, Linn. Syst. Veg. ed. xiv. 
345; Drége, Zwei Pf. Documente, 87, 128 ; Meisn. in Linnea, xiv. 489. 
Sourn Arrica: without locality, Villette! Smith! Oldenburg, 841! 
Coast Recion: Cape Div.; between Cape Town and Table Mountain, on the 
plain, Burchell, 33! Table Mountain, Ecklon, 121! Galpin, 4433! near Camps 
Bay, 300 ft., Bolus, 2438! Paarl Div.; Paarl Mountains, 1000-2000 ft., Drége! 
French Hoek, 2000 ft., Schlechter, 10276! Bredasdorp Div. Elands Kloof, 
600 ft., Schlechter, 9759! Caledon Div., Thom, 972! Uniondale Div. ; near 
Ongelegen in Longkloof, Bolus, 2438! Uitenhage Div. ; between Van Stadens 
Berg and Bethelsdorp, under 1000 ft., Drége! Van Stadens Hoogte, MacOwan, 
2075! Sand Fontein, Burke! at or near the Lead Mine, Burchell, 4492! Albany 
- ; Assegai Bosch, Baur, 1097! and without precise locality, Harvey, 29! 
owker ! 
2. P. aviculare (Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. i. 362); a polymorphic species ; 
stem procumbent, branched from the base, upper part ascending, 
more rarely erect, ribbed, glabrous or minutely scabrous ; leaves 
oblong, lanceolate or linear, up to 1 in. long and 3 lin. wide, but 
usually smaller, glabrous or scabrous on the margin, entire ; ochres 
silvery, membranous, long laciniate ; flowers in 3-5-flowered axillary 
fascicles ; pedicels short, jointed at the apex ; perianth 1 lin. long, 
tapering downwards ; stamens 8 ; styles 3; nut ovoid-trigonous, not 
longer than the perianth, minutely rugose, not shining. Meisn. in 
Linnea, xiv. 486, and in DC. Prodr. xiv. 97; Engl. Bot. ed. 3, 
t. 1229; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. v. 26; Gage in Rec. Bot, Surv. Ind. ii. 
379, 420; Bolus & Wolley-Dod in Trans. 8S. Afr. Phil. Soc. xiv. $11; 
Baker & OC. H. Wright in Dyer, Fl. Trop. Afr. vi. i. 105; var. 
dregeanum, Meisn. in Linnea, xiv. 486. P. dregeanum, Meisn. in 
Linnea, xiv. 487 ; Drége, Zwei Pfl. Documente, 58,131. P. Dregei, 
Meisn. in DC. Prodr. xiv. 98. “P. herniarioides, Drége, l.c. 93, not 
