of Polygonum and Fagopyrum. 119 
This differs from P. emarginatum, Don, by not having the fruit *apice 
truncato et emarginato." It differs from Roth's plant by the faces not being 
“latioribus quàm longis." 
Cultivated in the hills for food. Cheenee in Kunawur, September 8. 
4. F. cymosum. Meisn. 
* Paniculis longè pedunculatis subaphyllis dichotomis trifidisve, racemis con- 
jugatis subconfluentibus divaricatis subrecurvis, achenio maturo calyce 
plus dimidio longiore, angulis acutis integris, faciebus ovato-rhombeis 
apicem versus attenuatis, foliis inferioribus cordato-triangularibus hasta- 
tisve lobis obtusiusculis, supremis oblongo- v. lanceolato-sagittatis, caule 
orgyali annuo radicibus perennibus stoloniferis." Meisn. 
F. cymosum. Meisn. in Wall. iii. 63. 
P. cymosum. Trevir. in Nov. Act. Nat. Curios. xiii. 177. Meisn. Mon. 94. 
Reich. Icon. Exot. t. 176. 
Stem upright, hollow, striated, downy. Leaves stalked, the lower ones cordate- 
triangular, the lobes slightly pointed, the points themselves rounded, the 
upper ones nearly sessile, much more triangular, and the angles acute, 
the highest sessile, lanceolate, sagittate and amplexicaul, all of them 
slightly downy on both sides, particularly upon the nerves. Stipules 
rather long, blunt, downy.  Panicles terminal and axillary, on long 
stalks, forked or trichotomous, consisting of spiked, patent, or slightly 
recurved racemes, the peduncles downy, the flowers small, the segments 
of the calyx blunt, the pedicels jointed in the middle. Fruit wanting 
upon our specimens. 
Mussooree, and on the road to Cashmere. 
