Rumex.| POLYGONACEZ (Wright), 473 
Leaves not usually much tapering to the base: 
Inner perianth-segments not warted : 
Pedicels jointed at the middle... —... ... (13) dregeanus. 
Pedicels jointed below the middle phe se» (14) Woodii. 
Inner perianth-segments (or one of them) warted : 
Inner perianth-segments suborbicular ... ..». (15) ecrispus, 
Inner perianth-segments deltoid-ovate : 
Panicle leafy below... es aes ... (16) Hydrolapathum. 
Panicle leafless ... iv sue ca ... (17) linearis. 
Inner perianth-segments oblong, obtuse ... (18) sanguineus. 
Inner perianth-segments linear-oblong, subacute (19) conglomeratus. 
1. R. nepalensis (Spreng. Syst. ii. 159); stem erect, 2-4 ft. high ; 
radical leaves up to 14 in. long and 5 in. wide, ovate-oblong or 
triangular-ovate, acute or obtuse, more or less cordate at the base, 
upper narrowed at the base and often sessile ; panicle terminal ; 
whorls distant ; pedicels slender ; inner perianth-segments orbicular- 
ovate, one or all with a large wart on the back, edged with hooked 
lacinie, strongly reticulate. Meisn. Syn. Polyg. 64, in Linnea, xiv. 
492, and in DO. Prodr. xiv. 55; Drége, Zwei Pfl. Documente, 51 ; 
Wight, Ic. Pl. t. 1810; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. v. 60; Baker and 
CO. H. Wright in Dyer, Fl. Trop. Afr. vi.i. 117. RB. obtusifolius, T. 
Thoms. in Speke, Nile, Append. 645, not of Linn. ; var., Oliv. in Trans. 
Linn. Soe. xxix. 141; var. Steudelii, Hook. f. in Journ. Linn, Soc. 
vii. 214. R. Steudelii, Hochst. ex A. Br. in Flora, 1841, i. 278; 
Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 204 ; var. cordifolius, A. Rich. Tent. 
Fl. Abyss. ii. 229. RB. steudelianus, Meisn. in DC. Prodr. xiv. 56 ; 
var. cordifolius, Meisn. le. R. ramulosus, E. Meyer ex Meisn, in DC. 
Prodr. xiv. 55. R. hamulosus, E. Meyer ex Meisn. in DC. Prodr, 
xiv. 693. 
Sourn Arrica: without locality, Oldenburg, 527! 
Coast Recron : British Kaffraria ; Shiloh, 3500 ft., Bawr, 1134! 
Centra Recton: Aliwal North Div. ; Kraai River, 4500 ft., Drége! Graaff 
Reinet Div. ; Sneeuw Berg Range, near Quaggas Drift, 3800 ft., Bolus, 2593 ! 
Kananart Recron: Orange River Colony ; Harrismith, Sankey, 253! Basuto- 
land ; without precise locality, Cooper, 2986! Transvaal ; Fountain Grove, Miss 
Leendertz, 654 ! é 
Eastern Recon: Transkei; Kentani, 1200 ft., Miss Pegler, 1407! Natal; 
in swamps on the Drakensberg, Hvans, 383! 
Alsoin Tropical Africa and from Asia Minor and Java. 
A specimen collected by Wood (4005) near the mouth of the Umgeni, Natal, 
consists of a plant with old fruit and two detached leaves. The fruit agrees with 
that of 2. obtusifolius, Linn., but the leaves, which are oblong, 8 in. long, 2 in. 
wide, acute at both ends and on petioles 5 in. long, are more like those of 
R. crispus, Linn, It comes nearest to &. nepalensis, Spreng., of the South 
African species, but may be a hybrid. 
2. R. pulcher (Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. i. 336) ; a biennial or perennial ; 
stem erect, up to 2 feet high, ribbed ; leaves oblong or panduriform, 
sometimes slightly cordate, lower obtuse, upper acute, minutely and 
irregularly crenulate, petiolate ; panicle terminal with spreading 
