2S6 ocTANUR[A TRiGYNiA- Polygonum. 



Stems herbaceous, jointed, below procumbent, and 

 striking root from the joints that rest on the g^round ; a- 

 bove erect, internally of a deep red colour, particularly at 

 thejoints, height various. Leaves short-petioled, narrow- 

 lanceolate, entire, hoary underneath, long and about 

 one inch broad, withering on the plant. Stipules nea.r\y as 

 long as the joints, striated, woolly, having their mouths 

 lacerated, but not bearded. Racemes terminal, peduncled, 

 erect,crowded with numerous, small, white flowers. Bractes 

 many-flowered, &c. as in the other species. Calyx four- 

 parted. Stamens six. Style two cleft. Seed round, point- 

 ed, much compressed, smooth, of a shining brown colour. 



3. P. pilosum. R. 



Erect, annual, hairy. Leaves long-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 the edge. 



Beng. Bwra-panee-mMrich. 



Lagunea Cochin Chinensis. Lourier Flor. Cochin Ch. 

 272. 



Common near Calcutta, on the borders of such places 

 as are inundated during the rains. Flowering time the 

 begiiming of the wet season. 



Stems annual, suberect, branchy, the whole plant from 

 two to four feet high, and covered with many soft greyish 

 hairs. X.eat;es 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 glohul^v. Seed round, compressed, smooth, 

 brown. 



