286 OCTANDRIA TRIGYNIA- Polygonum. 
Stems herbaceous, jointed, below procumbent, and 
striking root from the joints that rest on the ground ; a- 
bove erect, internally of a deep red colour, particularly at 
the joints, height various, Leaves short-petidled, narrow- 
lanceolate, entire, hoary underneath, long and about 
one inch broad, withering on the plant. Stipules nearly as 
long as the joints, striated, woolly, having their mouths 
lacerated, but not bearded. Racemes terminal, peduncled, 
erect,crowded with numerous, small,whiteflowers. Bractes 
many-flowered, &c. as in the other species. Calyx four- 
parted. Stamens six, Style two cleft. Seed round, point- 
ed, much compressed, smooth, ofa shining brown colour, _ 
3. P. pilosum. R. 
Erect, annual, hairy. Leaves jong -petioled, ovate-cor- 
date, downy; the mouth of the sheaths spreading open. 
Style two-cleft. Stamens from seven to eight. Seeds — 
round, compressed, and somewhat thin at theedge. 
Beng. Bura-panee-murich. 
Lagunea Cochin Chinensis. Lourier Flor. Cochin Ch. ; 
Colimén near Calcutta, on the Wrditi of such stoi 
as are inundated during the rains. Flowering time the 
beginning of the wet season, 6 ins 
Stems annual, suberect, branchy, the whole plant from” 
two to four feet high, and covered with many soft greyish” 
hairs. Leaves alternate, petioled, ovate-cordate, decurrent 
on the petiole, pointed, entire, both sides covered with | 
"much soft down, six inches long, and three broad. Peti- 
oles two inches long, inserted into the stipules. Stipules 
sheathing, hairy, striated, truncated, having the mouths _ 
ciliated, sometimes expanded, sometimes closely embrac-_ 
ing the stem. _ Racemes long-peduncled, crowded with, 
small white flowers. Stamens seven, five in the fissures ; 
of the corol, and two embracing the germ. Style half two- 
cleft. Stigmas iii: Seed round, compressed, smooth, 
brown, “ : 
