Plants of the Punjab. 459 
Heras, UNBRANCHED, WITH ALTERNATE STIPULATE SIMPLE LEAVES. 
Polygonum 
delicatulum, 
PoLYGONACER. 
BoB. De ws 2A:. 
Himalaya, 
10-16,0000 ft. 
Kashmir, on wet 
rocks. 
Polygonum filicaule, 
PoLYGONACE. 
ed le ve 25, 
Himalaya, 
9-16,000 ft. 
Kashmir, Hattu 
(Collett). 
Polygonum 
viviparum, 
Maslun, mamech, 
bilauri. 
PoLYGONACE. 
febofoy. 3l: 
Himalaya, 
9-15,000 ft. 
Kashmir. 
Polygonum 
spherostachyum, 
PoLYGONACEA. 
fA S200 Bla 220 1 
Himalaya, 
11-15,000 ft. 
Scinde Valley, 
Kashmir. 
Polygonum 
amplexicaule, 
PoOLYGONACES. 
BOB wee 2: 
Himalaya, 
6-8,000 ft. 
Simla, Mahasu 
(Collett). 
\urree. 
PETALS NONE. 
small, annual, very slender, smooth, tufted, stem 
4-12 in., thread-lhke, jointed, leaves 4-4 in., ovate or ovate- 
heart-shaped, short-pointed, leaf-stalk #5 in., flowers 51, 
in. long, in axillary clusters, scarcely longer than the bracts, 
stamens 2-3, nut 38-angled, usually _much longer than 
the calyx lobes ; for other characters sec the last species. 
small to medium size, annual, somewhat bristly, stem 
very slender, 4-18 in., leaves 4-2 in., ovate or ovate-lan- 
ceolate, blunt or short-pointed flowers 4, in. long, white, 
in axillary and terminal sessile clusters, calyx lobes round- 
ed, 2 outer smaller, stamens 8-4, nut 8-angled, slightly 
longer than the calyx lobes ; for other characters see the 
last species. 
small, perennial, rootstock woody, stem 4-12 in., slen- 
der ; leaves 1-6 in., linear or linear-oblong, short-pointed 
or blunt, minutely round-toothed, base sharp, blunt, or 
heart-shaped, leathery, stipules tubular, without bristles ; 
flowers pink, nearly erect, lower ones replaced by bulbils 
in solitary erect slender spikes, 1-4 in. long, bracts ovate, 
long-pointed, calyx lobes 4-5, not enlarged in fruit, stamens 
4-10 protruding or not beyond the calyx lobes, styles 2-3, 
long, thread-like, stigma simple; nutlet very small, 
3-angled or biconvex. The root is very astringent and 
is used to cure gleet, diarrhoea and sore-throat. 
very like the last species, but differs in its dense spike , 
of bright crimson drooping flowers. 
large, perennial, smooth, tufted, rootstock woody, 
stout, stems 2-3 ft., green, almost leafless ; lower leaves 
3-6 in. long, long-stalked, ovate-heart-shaped, long-point- 
ed, minutely round-toothed, upper leaves stem-clasping, 
stipules 1-2 in., narrow, tips torn; flowers red or white, 
6-4 Im. diam., sometimes } in. diam., in 1 to 2 erect 
long-stalked racemes, 2-6 in. long, bracts ovate, calyx 
lobes 5, stamens 8, styles 3, long, free ; nut 3-angled, 
smooth, shining. 
