CIY. POLYGONACK.E. 517 



Ceyl. V. 3, p. 413. P. nepcdense, IMeissii. Monog. (1826) p. 84 ; Wight, 

 Icon. t. 1804. — I'lowers : Aug.-jS'ov. 



This is the var. nepalensis of Hook. f. Fl. B. I. v. 5, p. 42, which Captain Gage 

 (Census Ind. Polyg. p. 4U5) says he c miiot recognize from the specimens in tlie 

 Calcutta Herbarium as distinct from P. alatiim 2^roper. The phint ought perhaps to 

 have been called Poh/yunuiH punctatiim, Biich.-Ham., as the specific name jjunctadc/ii 

 is really prior to tliat of alafum, though both occur on the same page of Don's Piodr. 

 Fl. Nep. Otto Kuntze has adopted the specific \\dL.m.Q i^unciatum as also Trimen in hi.s 

 Fl. Ceyl. 1. c. 



Decc.\n : Mahableshwar, abundant, Cookel, H. M. Binhvood. — DiSTiiiii. Throughout 

 India; Ceylon, Afglianistan, Africa, China. 



10. Polygonum chinense, Linn. Sp. PL (1753) p. 363. Vah. 

 ovalifolia, Meissn. in Wall. PL As. Rar. v. 3 (1832) p. 60. A large 

 raml)ling undershrub, semi-scaudent over bushes by its long divaricate 

 branches ; stems cyiindric, glabrous, striate, the older ones dark-brown, 

 the younger red. Leaves 14-4 by f-2| in., elliptic or ovate, shortly 

 acuminate, glabrous above, paler and with short stilf hairs on the nerves 

 beneath, the margins entire or crenulate, often red, base usually truncate 

 and sometimes very shortly cuneate (rarely acute, rounded or subcordate) ; 

 petioles ^-^ in. long, enlarged and auricled at the base, glandular-hairy ; 

 stipules very long, reaching sometimes 1| in., membranous, very obliquely 

 truncate, lanceolate, acute, often much split and torn in age. Flowers 

 sessile, in cymosely paniculate heads, white, slightly fragrant; peduncles 

 glandular-hairy; bracts ovate, acute, sometimes glandular near the base. 

 Perianth | in. long, divided about |-way down ; lobes 5, ovate-oblong, 

 subobtuse. Ovary 3-gonous ; styh^s 3, connate at the base, divaricate. 

 Nutlets -^i by g in., trigonous, black. Fl. B. I. v. 5, p. 45. Poly(jonum 

 chinense, Grab. Cat. p. 172; Ualz. & Gibs. p. 214; Woodr. in Journ. 

 Bomb. Nat. v. 12 (1899) p. 366.— Flowers : Nov.-Apr. Vern. Ndrali; 

 Parol. 



Palzell without locality in Herb. Kew. ! Df.ccan : hills about Par, Graham ; Maha- 

 bleshwar, common, Graham, Cooke\, H. M. Birdwood ; Panchgani, Bhiva '. S. M. 

 CoitiNTuy: Ramghat, Eitchie, ().o.^!— Distrib. India (W. Peninsula, N.W. & E. Hima- 

 laya, Nepal, Assam, Birma) ; Malay Peninsula. 



11. Polygonum pedunculare, Wcdl. Cat. (1828) 1718. Vab. 

 angustissima, Hoolc f. Fl. B. I. v. 5 (1886) p. 48. A slender erect 

 annual ; stems grooved, sparsely armed with minute recurved prickles on 

 the angles, otherwise smooth. Leaves 2|-4 by \~h in., linear-lanceolate, 

 acute, glabrous, with slightly ciliolate or scabrid margins, base acute ; 

 petioles \-\ in. long; stipules | in. long, membranous, tubular, obKquely 

 truncate, the mouth lanceolate. Flowers in short oblong cymosely 

 paniculate heads ; peduncles slender, glandular-hairy ; bracts ovate, 

 acuminate, membranous, glabrous. Perianth j-o~8 ^^' ^^"g' P^'^^^ ^^' 

 white, divided about |-way down ; lobes elliptic-oblong, obtuse. Sta- 

 mens 5 with 5 intermediate scales. Ovary compressed ; styles 2, connate 

 below. Nutlets orbicular, compressed, -^-^ in. long and as broad as long, 

 biconvex. Wight, Icon, t. 1802, A ; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 

 12 (1899) p. 366.— Flowers : Oct.-Dee. 



KoNKAN : near Ratnagiri, Woodrow ! Deccan : Mahableshwar, Cooke !, Woodrow I 

 S. M. Country : near Belgauni, Ritchie, 1144 ! Kanaka : Jagalbet watercourse on the 

 Kiila naddi, Eitchie, 1144 ! — Distrib. India (Bengal, W. Peninsula). 



Yar. nilagirica, Hook. f. Fl. B. I. v. 5 (1886) p. 48. Stems glabrous, 



