of Polygonum and Fagopyrum. 111 
P. Hagei. Royle MSS. 
Stem ribbed, erect, suffruticose, alternately branched, hollow, scabrose-pilose, 
the internodes long. Leaves lanceolate, prolonged into a linear point, 
silky beneath, and downy above, ciliated, on very short petioles. Stipules 
long, lax, torn, hairy, shorter than the internodes, but much longer than 
the petioles. Flowers in large leafless panicles, the branches of which 
are nearly simple; the bracteæ about equal to the erect pedicels, 3—6- 
flowered, the flowers 8-androus trigynous, their segments roundish, ovate, 
blunt, the 2 exterior ones smaller; the pedicels jointed at a short distance 
below the flower. Fruit castaneous, triangular, about 3 longer than the 
calyx, very minutely punctured. 
Nagkanda. 
24. P. polystachyum. Wall. 
‘ Paniculis subsimplicibus, racemis folio suffultis pedunculatis discretis graci- 
libus, bracteis 1—2-floris, pedicellis patulis vel nutantibus bracteà triplo 
longioribus, calycis magni laciniis obtusis inzequalibus, interioribus 3-or- 
bicularibus exterioribus 2 ovalibus dimidio minoribus, ochreis petiolo 
internodioque longioribus, foliis oblongis longè acuminatis, caule fruti- 
coso."— Meisn. | 
P. polystachyum. Meisn. in Wall. iii. 61. 
a. glabrum. Meisn. “ Omnibus partibus glaberrimis." 
B. pubescens. Meisn. “Caule pedunculis ochreis bracteis petiolisque pube- 
rulis vel pilosis, foliis suprà glabris subtüs velutinis.”— Meisn. 
Stem woody, branched, solid, glabrous, the internodes short. Leaves oblong, 
pointed, glabrous, with the nerves minutely downy beneath, ciliated, the 
petioles very short, and slightly winged. Stipules very long, nearly 
entire, much longer than the internodes, nearly glabrous, with numerous 
strong prominent slightly hairy ribs. Flowers in large slightly-leafy 
panicles, the branches of which are nearly simple and slightly hairy, the 
bractez 3 or $ shorter than the patent or even recurved pedicels, which 
are apparently jointed very near to the flower, about 2-flowered, flowers 
8-androus, trigynous, large, the 3 interior segments roundish, the exte- 
rior much narrower and ovate. Fruit too young for description. 
