Plants of the Punjab. 549 
a aR SI aa a eS 
Prostrate Herps with ALTERNATE STIPpULATS SimpLE Luaves. 
Polygonum 
serrulatum, 
PoLyGONACE. 
Pepsi visser 
The Plains to 
4,000 ft. 
Polygonum alatum, 
Polygonum 
capitatum, 
PoLYGONACEA. 
eB. lve 44. 
Himalaya, 
east of the Ravi, 
4-6,000 ft. 
Chamba, Simla, 
on rocks and walls. 
(Collett). 
Polygonum 
sagittatum, 
Polygonum 
strigosum, 
POLYGONACEA. 
HB. lev. 47. 
Himalaya, 
east of the Ravi, to 
5,000 ft. 
Kulu in wet places. 
Polygonum 
sibiricum, 
Polygonum 
nummularifolium, 
PoLYGONACES. 
HB. tivoor 
Kashmir, 
13,400 ft. 
(Clarke). 
PETALS NONE. 
small, perennial, smooth, stem prostrate, rooting 
below, leaves 2-4 in. linear, or narrowed at each end, oblong 
or lanccolate, short-or long-pointed, base rounded, 
heart-shaped or short-pomted, stipules bristly, bristles 
as long as the tube, racemes 4-13 in., slender, erect, calyx 
without glands, stamens 5-8, nut 8-angled, polished ; 
for other characters see the last species. 
see Herbs, 
Kntire. 
Hrect, Alternate, Stipulate, Simple, 
small, perennial, stem and branches creeping, branches 
rooting, trailing, 6-10 in. long, red-brown, hairs brown ; 
leaves 3-1} in., narrowed at both ends, short-pointed, in 
2 rows, shortly stalked, stalk 3-2 in., 2 small round 
flaps, stipules short, cuplike ; flowers minute, red, in dense 
heads, 4-3 in. diam., on hairy-glandular stalks, usually 
2 together, bracts flat, short-pointed, calyx 5-cleft, 
stamens 8, styles 3, partly united ; nut 3-angled, dull black, 
enclosed in the calyx. 
see Prostrate Herbs, Alternate, Stipulate, Lobed. 
large, perennial, prickly, nearly erect, stem 1-3 ft., 
leaves 1-5 in.; lmear or linear-oblong, long-pointed, stiff, 
base abrupt or shortly heart-shaped, shortly stalked, 
stipules 1 in., bristly, tubular, base with a ring of recurved 
prickles, flowers minute, pink, in small racemes, 4-4 in, 
densely or few-flowered, bracts ovate-oblong, bristly, calyx 
lobes blunt, stamens 6-8, styles 2-3, united below, nut 
round, 8-angled, included in the calyx, black; for other 
characters see the last described species. 
see Herbs, Erect, Alternate, Stipulate, Lobed, 
very small, perennial, stems 1-2 in. long, creeping, 
forming matted tufts, nodes hairy, leaves ;.-1 in., cir- 
cular, stalked, bristly, fleshy, brown when dry, stipules 
hairy, abruptly ended, flowers mmute, many, white or 
pink in many flowered clusters, calyx lobes round, stameng 
5, stigmas 2, nearly sessile, nut round, biconvex, included, 
smooth, pale ; for other characters see the last described 
species, 
