V\Y. VOiAOO'SACE.JF.. 515 



SiND : S/ock^l, Dalzell, 1202, ex Gac^e, Ceusus of Indian Polygonums. — Dihtrib. 

 Throughout India ; Cejdun, Australasia, China, Africa, America. 



4. Polygonum limbatum, Meissn. in DC. Prodr. v. 14 (1856) 

 p. 123. [Stera stout, erect, simple, pubescent or glabrous. Lecaves 4-8 

 by 1-1| in., lauceoLate, acuiniuate, seaberulous on both surfaces, base 

 tapering ; petioles short ; stipules cylindric, strigose, the mouth truncate 

 with a herbaceous spreading or recurved scabrid ciliate limb. I'lowers 

 in short erect paniculate racemes ; peduncles strigose ; pedicels short. 

 Inflorescence and nuts as in P. tomentosnm, from which it differs in the 

 leaves, which are miuutel}' scabrid, and in the stipules, which have a 

 herbaceous scabrid limb. Fl. B. I. v. 5, p. 30 ; Woodr. iu Journ. Bomb. 

 Nat. V. 12 (1899) p. 365 ; Prain, Beng. PL p. 884. 



Rare. Konkan : Law !, Stocks ex Gage, Census Indian Polygonums. 



There is but 1 sheet in Herb. Kew. ticketed " Konkan, Law." I have seen no 

 others. — Distuib. India (Bengal, Upper Gangetic plain, Garwiial) ; Egypt, Tro^Jical 

 Africa. 



5. Polygonum tomentosum, Willd. Sp. PI. v. 2 (1799) p. 447. 

 Stems one or more from a prostrate annual stock, 2-4 ft. long, often as 

 thick as the finger, pubescent or glabrous. Leaves 4-8 by 1-1 4 in., lan- 

 ceolate, finely acuminate, silky-pubescent on both sides, rarely glabrate, 

 base tapering ; petioles ^-g in. long ; stipules |-1 in. long, membranous, 

 hairy, the mouth truncate, erect, ciliate with rigid bristles \ in. long. 

 Flowers white, in paniculate spike-like racemes lg~3 in. long ; peduncles 

 strigosely hairy; pedicels jo~S" ^"^^ ^^^^g ? bracts i in. long, nearly as 

 broad as long, 6-8-flovvered, orbicular, hispid, ciliate with long bristles ; 

 bracteoles small, lanceolate, membranous. Perianth i— i- in. long, divided 

 about I the way down ; segments 5, ovate-oblong, obtuse. Stamens 7-8. 

 Styles 2, recurved. Nuts ^ in. in diam., orbicular, compressed, witli 

 rounded margins and convex faces. Fl. B. I. v, 5, p. 30; Trim. Fl. 

 Ceyl. V. 3, p. 411 ; AVoodr. iu Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 (189;j) p. 365 ; 

 Prain, Beng. PI. p. 884.— Flowers : Nov.-May. 



Kanaka: Halyal, Ritchie, 1143!; Yellur, Ritchie, 1143!; Sirsi Road, Raoji I ; 

 Birchi, Talhof, £051, ex Gage, Census of Indian Polygonums; Kumpta, Wuodrowl— 

 DiSTRiB. India (Bengal, Assam, Cachar, W. Peninsula); Ceylon, Java, Philippines, 

 Tropical and S. Africa. 



6. Polygonum serrulatum, Lagasca, Gen. S," Sp. PI. (1810) p. 14. 

 Stems 2-4 ft. high, slender, glabrous, often reddish. Leaves subsessile, 

 drying green, 3-5 by |~| in., linear, acute, glabrous or sometimes with a 

 few scattered hairs on the upper side and the midrib, the margins usuallv 

 ciliate with short hairs which are closely appressed to the edge, base 

 slightly tapering, rounded; stipules reaching 1| in. long, strigose, the 

 mouth truncate and ciliate with long stiff bristles which are nearly as 

 long as the tube. Flowers in paniculate slender erect racemes |-2 in. 

 long ; peduncles glabrous ; pedicels short ; bracts membranous, glabrous, 

 strongly (sometimes squarrosely) ciliate with long hairs, the margins 

 somewhat rose-colored. Perianth white, y^-j in. long, eglandular ; 

 segments ovate. Stamens 5-8. Styles 3, connate at the base, the free 

 portion filiform. Nutlets ^^ in. long, trigonous, smooth, and polished. 

 Fl. B. I. V. 5, p. 38; Trim. Fl. Ceyl. v. 3, p. 413; Prain, Beng. Pj. 

 p. 885. Poh/gonum rivulare, Grab. Cat. p. 172 (doubtfully of Koeu.) ; 

 Dak. & Gibs. p. 214. P. bai'batum, Vioodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 

 (1899) p. 365 («o< of Linn.).— Flowers: Mar. Vern. DdHa Sheral. 



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