fiumeéx. | . POLYGONACE& (Wright). 479 
orbicular, entire, about 2 lin. in diam., sometimes wider than long, 
strongly reticulate, all with a large wart on the back. Meisn. in 
DC. Prodr, xiv. 44; Engl. Bot. ed. 3, t. 1218; Bolus & Wolley-Dod 
in Trans. 8. Afr. Phil. Soc. xiv. 312. 
SoutH Arrica: without locality, Wallich ! 
Coast ReGion : Cape Div.; Vygeskraal River, Wolley-Dod, 3592 ! 
eath HARE Region : Transvaal; Pretoria, along the Aapies River, Burtt-Davy, 
833 ! 
Also in Europe, North Africa and Temperate Asia; introduced into North 
America, 
16. R. Hydrolapathum (Huds. Fl. Angl. ed. ii. 154); an erect 
robust herb; radical leaves 1-3 ft. long, 2-7 in. wide, lanceolate- 
oblong, acute, petioled ; cauline leaves gradually becoming smaller 
upwards, passing from lanceolate to linear; panicle terminal, 
usually leafy below; whorls separate, many - flowered ; pedicels 
short, jointed near the base ; inner perianth-segments 2} lin. long 
in fruit, triangular-ovate, truncate or rounded at the base, entire or 
faintly toothed, prominently veined, warted. Meisn. in DC. Prodr. 
xiv. 47; Engl. Bot. ed. 3, t. 1220; Reichb. Ic. Fl. Germ. xxiv. 24, 
t. 165, : 
’ Katanart Recron: Transvaal ; Pretoria, Bereaparle, Miss Leendertz, 394! 
Also in Europe.. 
17. R. linearis (Campdera, Monogr. Rum. 90); stem branched ; 
leaves shortly petioled, oblong-linear, acuminate, serrate, 3-4 in. 
long, 5-6 lin. wide; ochree long, acute; racemes. terminal and 
axillary, the upper leafless ; whorls distant ; pedicels short, jointed 
at the base; inner perianth-segments deltoid-ovate, rather obtuse, 
warted. Roem. & Schult. Syst. vii. 1407; Meisn. in. DC. Prodr. 
xiv. 50. 
Var. 6, affinis (Meisn. in DC. Prodr. xiv. 50); dwarf; stem ascending, 
branched ; leaves narrowly lanceolate, tapering towards both ends, shortly 
petioled ; panicle short, leafless, few-branched ; whorls confluent, dense ; pedicels 
shorter than the fruiting perianth, jointed at the apex ; inner perianth-segments 
in fruit deltoid-ovate, subobtuse, reticulate, all or two warted. R.. linearis, 
Meisn. in Linnea, xiv. 495 ; Drege, Zwei Pf. Documente, 58:. 
SoutH Arrica: without locality, Sonnerat ex Campdera. 
CentraL Recion: Var. 8: Victoria West Div.; Nieuwveld, between Brak 
River and Uitvlugt, 3000-4000 ft., Drege. 
18. R.. sanguineus (Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. i.. 334); a perennial ; stem 
up to 4 ft. high, slender, red; leaves up to 6 in. long, oblong- 
Janceolate contracted above the usually cordate base, slightly 
undulate, entire or minutely crenulate, petiolate, midrib red ; 
panicle lax, usually leafless; whorls distant, many; flowered ; 
pedicels slender, jointed near the base ; inner perianth-segments 
oblong, obtuse, rounded at the base, entire, one or all with a sub- 
globose tubercle. Meisn. in DC. Prodr.. xiv. 49°; Engl. Bot. ed. 3, 
¢. I2ht. 
