f,]4 fiv. rc)i,T(i(>NAf'r:.T. 



Var, 5. brevifolia, Hook. f. Fl. B. I. v. o, p. 28. Leaves small, ^-| in. 

 or less, obovale", acute or apiculate ; iiiterncdes very sbcrt, concealed by 

 ihe leaves and stipules, which latter show as a white villous band on tlie 

 underside of the branchlets ; 2 outer sepals acute. Praiu, Beng. PI. 

 p. 884. 



KoNKAN : Sfocks]^ Da/zelll ; Atgaon, Thana districts, Kanitkar] Dectan : Poona, 

 Kanitkar ! Sisd : Dalzell ! 



Yae. 6. Griffithii, Hook, f . Fl. B. 1. v. 5, p. 29. Branches excessively 

 numerous from the root, very slender, quite naked below ; leaves orbi- 

 cubir, jV~b ^"- "^ diani., apiculate, with a distinct median ridge ; stipules 

 very crinite and woolly-looking; flowers minute, hidden among the 

 stipules ; sepals rounded, the 2 outer apiculate. 



KoNKAN : StM'ks I ex Gage, Census of ludian Polygomiins. 



Sir J. D. Hooker considers this a probable form of brevifolia, with the bases of 

 the branches buried in the soil, and hence leafless and very slender. 



YkU. 7. 2^ohjnet(r((, Hook. f. Fl. B. I. v. 5, p. 29. Leaves 5 in. long, 

 linear-oblong, acute ; stipules many-nerved ; flowers 1-2 in the axils, 

 shortly pedicellate ; nut polished, smooth. 



Kanaka : Sirsi (N. Kauara), Talbot, 389, ex Gage, Census of Indian Polygonums. 



Var. 8. micranthema, Hook, f, Fl. B. I. v. 5, p. 29. Small ; branches 

 very slender; leaves 5-5 in. long, linear or linear-oblong, obtuse ; flowers 

 pedicellate, very minute ; sepals narrow; nutlets very small, Jt^—V iu. 

 lono'. Prain, Beng, PI. p. 884. Polygonum micranthemum, Franchett, 

 M!SS. Considered by Sir J. D. Hooker to be only a small state of 

 P. j^dehejum. 



SiND : Karachi district, lii/an, ex Gage, Census of Indian Polygonums. 



3. Polygonum glabrum, WiUd. 82^ PL v. 2 (1799) p. 447. Stems 



2-5 ft., stout, siiiij)le or slightly branched, procumbent and usually 



reddish below, then erect, the young stems usually green, polished, with 



a dark reddish-brown ring at each node. Leaves 3-9 by g-l | in., 



lanceolate, finely acuminate, glabrous, closely gland-dotted, tapering at 



the base ; lateral nerves numerous, close, slender; petioles i-| in. long, 



those of the young leaves usually red ; stipules ^-IJ in- long, those on 



the old stems torn and ragged, when young completely and closely 



sheathing the stem, conspicuously veined, the mouth truncate not ciliate. 



Flowers pink, in paniculate slender racemes ; peduncles usually glabrous ; 



pedicels short ; bracts ^ in. long, ovate, obtuse, with membranous not 



ciliate margins, few-flowered. Perianth i-^ in. long; segments oblong, 



obtuse. Stamens 6-8 (often 7). Styles 2, connate at the base, the 



free portions -,'^ in. long, filiform. Nutlets i in. in diam., broadly ovoid 



or suborbicular, compressed, biconvex, black, shining. Fl. B. I. v. o, 



p. 34 ; Grab. Cut. p. 172 ; Dal/.. & Gibs. p. 214 ; A\^ight, Icon. t. 1799 : 



Trim. Fl. Ceyl. v. 3, p. 412; AVoodr. in Juurn. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 (Ks9!t) 



p. 36o; Prain, Beng. PI. p. 884 ; AVatt, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. (i, part 1, 



p. 318. — Flowers: Oct. -Mar. Veun. iSheral. 



Bahell without locality in Herb. Kow. I Konkan : L<nr]; margins of tnnks, 

 Graham ; Pen, Kanitkar I Dectan : Vale of the Yenua at llaliablephwar, Gniham ; 

 I^Iabablfhliwar near the lake, Cooke\, //. M. Birdwood ; Poona, Conkc] Ka.nar.x : 

 \im;lu)ii on the Kala naddi, Talbot . \)A\ . e\ Gafje, Census of Indian Polygonums. 



