;, If; (IV. I'l ii-V(;<)NA(K.i:. 



I >isl iiif^'ilislicd iroiii /'. Iiiirliiilitiii, Ijinii., Iiy IIh; bristles ol' the stipuli'S 

 \\liicli iiff 8li()rl<M', lliof-c! ol' I'. Ixtrlxilnm heiiifj; longer than llic lube, by 

 llic IcHVOH wliich dry groori, those of 1'. harhalvm dryirif^ brown, and by 

 I lie hbape of tlio baHe of the hmvcH, wbicli an^ iiciilc in /'. iarhdlum, 

 nsiially roiin(b'd in I', serrulatum. 



DufcAN : MiiliiiblcHliwnr, Cookcl, II. M. BirdvuKul. R. M. Ooiinthy : Aflur H^liar- 

 war Collootoralc), Woodmwl Kanaka: 7 '//Ao/, .'{140, ex (Iikjc, Ocunxw Iiul. I'olyt;. — 

 DiHTiMi). India ( l'|>|)or (^liiiiKdl ic plain, N. W. iliiiiulaja, Aksiiiii, JJiniia, VV. J'eniimula) ; 

 C'cyliJii, Malay I'ciiiriHidu, C'liina. 



7. Polygonum Hydropiper, Linn. Vau. glandulosissimay 



(hKfe, in Ccn.sK.^ hid. I'dlijij. in. Jiic. JioL. kiurvi'ij of Jiulici, v. U (lliOJJ) 

 |). 401. A /jjliibrons aiuiiiiil 12-18 in. high, covered everywhere with 

 minute glandss ; Htciii cnct or ascending, branclied. Leaves siihsessile 

 or KJiortly ])(;liolat(', hinc(M)late or oljlong-lancoolate, rarely more than 

 .'5 in. long, variable in width; Ht-ipuh^H glabrous, not ciliate. J'^lowers in 

 lilii'orm inlcri iipted d(!curved raecnnes ; bracts glabrous, glandular. 

 I*(wianth ])ink, very glanchdar. Nulbits trigonous, o])a(iue, granulate. 



S. M. (.'urNTiiV ; near JIiil)li (Dliarwar diHtriot), from Tooiia Collogo <jf Scioiice cx 

 (i"f/'; 1. ('. Kanaka ; JV. Kaiiura, 'Jn/.ho/, '2()H2, ox (jci(/e, 1. c. 



1 liav(' not, H()(Mi tlio HjKciincnH rol'errod to wliidi were sent iVoni tlie Coliogo of 

 .Science at J'oona, ol' wiiirh I was Cor many years J'rincipal. 



H. Polygonum mite, Scliranl-, Fl. Baier. v. 1 (178ii) ]). (HJS. A 

 slender annual rc^'u-lilng - fl. Iiigli ; stems reddish, grooved, glabrous. 

 Jj(!aves subsessilc, 1 '■'> by \ ,] in., linear-ohlong or linear-lanceolate, 

 acute, glabrous or with a few hairs on the nerves, the margins very 

 minutely ciliolate ; slipidcjs h-f^ in- long, the tube clothed witli closedy 

 apprcssed hairs siniK in the tissue, (;iliate with stilf hairs which are 

 fcliorter tlian tlietubc. J>ac(;nu's ;|-1 in. long; pedinicles long, glabrous ; 

 bracts ]\, by ,'., in., eglandular, glabrous, ciliate. J'erianth -jJ,, in. long, 

 cglandulai' ; segments ovate-oblong, obtuse, jjink. Nutlets oNoid, com- 

 pressed, biconvex, shining, black, |'^ by ,',y in. 



J)i;c('AN ; ^lallal)ll•^llv^■ar, near tlio laliO ahovc (lie CliiiiaJiion'H pardeus, L'oakc'. 



I'robahly introduced innotig imported Keeds. Seeds and plantn troni luirope have 

 Vieen ciJiihtanliy diHiribiiled to tiie ciillivatorB below tlie lake at MiibablfMliwur. — 

 DiHTHOi, India (IJengal, N.W. Himalaya); VV^est Ania, Europe. 



1). Polygonum alatum, llnch.-llani. in Don, I'nxlr. Fl. \(ji. (1S25) 

 p. 72. Annual; stems numerous, 12 ft. long, usually prostrate with 

 manv ascending branches, glabrous, grooved, rooting at the lower nodes. 

 J/ea\»'s :l {.{ by .^-\. in., deltoid-ovate, a(;ule or subobtuse, entire, 

 minutely ])unctate, base subtruncatc^ or subcordate, shortly cuneate ; 

 jietioles ,j ;' in. long, winged, amplexicaiil at the base; stipides mem- 

 l>ranous, obli(|uely truncate, acute, not (;iliat(f but with a tuft of hairs at 

 the base. l''lo\\('rs in pedunculate heads with an involucral h.'af at the 

 base of each ; peduncles ghnidular-hairy at the apex below the head ; 

 bi'acts }f- \ in. long, o\ate-obl(.ing, m(-ml)ranous, not ciliate. Perianth 

 /, in. long, 'l-tid ; lobes about ,;\^ in. lung. StameuH (5-8, included. 

 Nutlets |'„ in. long and nearly as broad, broa<lly ovoid, compressed, 

 biconvex, minutely pilled in regular s(;ries, black. I'"l. 15. 1. v. f), p. 41 ; 

 AVoodr. in Journ. IJomb. Nat. v. 12 (1809) p. liOf) ; I'rain, Heng. Tl. 

 ]>. 88'); AVatt, Diet. l''con. I'nid. v, 0, |)nrt 1, ]). .'517. ruh/(/iinin,i 

 ^ninclddnn, Hiich. Ham. in I'eii. rrndr. l'"l, Xep. ( I 82.')) p. 72; Trim. I'"l. 



