194 FLORULA HONGKONGENSIS. 
near to Polygonum lanigerum, and to P. glutinosum. I am not suffi- 
ciently acquainted with the limits of variation of these species to de- 
termine whether it be a mere variety of one of them, or a distinct 
species. The ochrez are nearly those of P. Persicaria; the clothing 
of the underside of the leaves that of some forms of P. lanigerum ; the 
upper surface is green and smooth, or sprinkled with short hairs. The 
achenia are compressed with blunt sides. The branches of the style 
divaricate, with capitate stigmata, as in the section Amblygonon. 
3. Polygonum Chinense, Linn. 
In ditches. 
4. Polygonum’ herniarioides, Delile. — Meisn. in Wall. Pl. As. Rar. 
vol. iii. p. 62.—P. Meyeni, C. Koch, Linnea, vol. xxii. p. 205. 
Rice-fields. The firm, blunt, thickish, strongly one-nerved leaves and 
very small flowers induce me to refer this plant to this common East 
Indian species (or variety of P. aviculare), although the flowers I exa- 
mined were certainly hexandrous. There is very little doubt it is the 
plant called P. Meyeni by C. Koch in the above-quoted paper, appa- 
rently drawn up without reference to Meisner's valuable labours on 
this genus. 
SANTALACEJE. 
gx Henslowia frutescens, Benth.; fruticosa, terrestris, foliis alternis obovatis 
ellipticisve obtusis 3-5-nerviis, pedunculis axillaribus 1—3-nis, mas- 
culis umbelliferis, foemineis unifloris.—Viscum heteranthum, Wall., 
et V. platyphyllum, Spreng. in DC. Prod. vol. iv. p. 279 ?—Frutez 
. erectus v. decumbens, glaber, abortu dioicus. Folia coriacea, 13-? 
poll. longa, 9—12 lin. lata, basi in petiolum angustata ; nervi supra 
vix conspicui, subtus plus minus prominuli, nune 3 simplices, nune 
3 lateralibus bifurcatis, nunc 5 a basi distincti. Flores 5-men Y- 
rarius 6-meri ; masculorum pedunculus 2 lin. v. rarius 3 lin. longus, 
floribus 3-5 parvis; pedicelli 4—1 lin. longi, singuli bractea equals” 
formi subtensi. Alabastra globosa. Discus et stamina ut in icone 
Blumeana H. variantis depicta. Stylus abortivus, obtusus. Flores 
feminei clavati, bracteis 4-5 minutis ad apicem pedunculi brevissimi 
verticillatis quasi calyculati. Stylus brevis, columnaris, apice dilatato 
5-lobus. Ovarii loculus per anthesin minutissimus, prope apicem 
tubi carnosi floris situs. Ovula 2 (v. 3?) e placenta brevi crassa la- 
teraliter cohzerente pendula. Drupa ovoidea, 6 lin. longa, coccinea, 
