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Plants of the Punjab. 
ProstRaATE Heres with ALTERNATE STIPULATE SimpLE LEAVES. 
Ploygonum 
vaccinifolium, 
PoLYGONACER. 
Pb. veo. 
Himalaya, 
9-14,000 ft. 
Kashmir. 
Polygonum Emodi, 
POLYGONACER. 
EF. Byloweds, 
Himalaya, 
8-11,000 ft. 
Simla, Jaku, 
Matiana, Narkanda, 
on dry rocks. 
(Collett). 
Polygonum 
amphibium, 
Polygonum 
lanigerum, 
POLYGONACES, 
BF. Bo. wed 
The foot of the 
Himalaya, 
east of the Beas, in 
wet places. 
Polygonum minus, 
Slender Polygonum, 
POLYGONACE. 
Hb. 1, weno, 
The Plains to 
6,000 ft. 
PETALS NONE. 
small, perennial, smooth, tufted, rootstock sometimes 
2? in. thick, twisted, branches trailing, creeping leafy, 
leaves 3-2 in., circular, or narrowed at each end or long- 
pointed, shortly stalked, stipules 4-4 in., rigid, with long 
segments, with many, long, strong, far-projecting nerves, 
flowers 4 in. diam., rose red, in nearly sessile spike-like 
racemes without glands, bracts long-pointed, stamens 
4-10, projecting beyond the calyx ultimately, styles 2-8, 
thread-like, free, nuts 8-angled, or biconvex; for other 
characters see the above species. 
like the last species, but not tufted, leaves larger, 
13-2 in. linear-lanceolate, long-pointed at both ends, stipules 
long, flowers 4 in., red, flowers stalked, racemes shorter, 
few-flowered, stamens not protruding. 
see Water Plants, Alternate, Stipulate, Simple. 
large, perennial, white-felted, much branched, stems 
24-60 in., prostrate, creeping with erect branches, branches 
slender, much divided, white, deep red at the joints, leaves 
4-8 in., narrowly lanceolate-long-pointed, thickly felted 
beneath, stipules short, thin, without bristles, mouth un- 
equal, flowers small, red or white without glands in sl nder 
crowded racemes 1-2 in., on branching felted stalks, 
bracts very small, crowded, blunt, or pointed, smooth or 
felted, without bristles, calyx deeply divided into 4-5 
lobes, stamens 6, styles 2, nut round, small, flat, black, 
shining ; for other characters see the above species. 
small, annual or perennial, slender, erect or standing, 
smooth, stems sometimes creeping, 6-10 in., high or long, 
much branched, or simple, leaves linear or oblong-lan- 
ceolate, almost 3-2 in., short-pointed, sessile, stipules 
¢-$ in., with closely lying stiff bristles, flowers minute, 
pink or red, in slender, erect, terminal racemes, 4-1 in. 
long, bracts tubular, short, fringed with bristles, calyx 
deeply divided into 5 lobes, stamens 5, styles 2 united for 
half their length, nut round, flattened, smooth, shining ; 
for other characters see the above species. 
