of Polygonum and Fagopyrum. 97 
y. flagelliforme, Meisn. Spicis in apicibus ramorum ssepe subpaniculatis, 
caulibus ramisque longissimis debilibus prostratis."—Meisn. 
P. vaccinifolium. Meisn. in Wall. iii. 54. 
Stem shrubby, prostrate, very much branched ; in 8 the branches are short and 
nearly erect; in y long and prostrate. Leaves ovate, attenuated at both 
ends, usually having a short acute point, the margin slightly revolute, 
glabrous, reticulated with numerous slightly prominent nerves, particu- 
larly on the upper surface, shortly stalked. Stipules long, with numerous 
strong brown nerves, soon torn so deeply as to present the appearance of 
a tuft of long stiff hairs. Flowers in rather long subcylindrical spikes, 
which are usually solitary, but sometimes slightly panicled, the segments 
* of the calyx oval, stamens 8, styles 3, rather long, the pedicels jointed 
just below the flower. Fruit trigonous, the faces lanceolate, shining, and 
minutely granulate-punctate. 
The variety “ « obtusifolium,” Meisn. does not occur amongst Prof. Royle's 
specimens. 
Kedarkanta and Chandow Pass, September. 
5. P. affine. Don. 
Spicis erectis oblongis solitariis cylindricis, floribus magnis apertis, achenii 
acutanguli faciebus minutissimé punctato-granulatis, stylis elongatis 2 vel 
3 distinctis stamina superantibus, foliis lanceolatis basi attenuatis mar- 
gine revoluto undulato-crispato, trunco ramisque hypogeis apice tantùm 
 epigeo, caulibus erectis simplicibus. 
P. affine. Don, Prod. 70. Meisn. Mon. 52. non Steph. in Spreng. Syst. II., 
256. 
P. Brunonis. Meisn. in Wall. iii. 54. 
Stem woody, subterranean, the branches alone appearing just above the sur- 
face, and terminating in short uprigbt stems, each bearing one compact 
cylindrical spike. Leaves broadly lanceolate, acute, the nerves numerous 
and strongly marked, the margins revolute and crisped, the cauline ones 
subsessile, the others narrowed into a short stalk. Stipules long, entire, 
blunt, with numerous prominent nerves. Flowers in cylindrical, rather 
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