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42 POLYGONACEZ. [ Rumex. 
Kashmir, up to 9,000 ft. or more ; also on the hills of W. and 8. India 
and extending to W. Asia and 8. Africa. Its habit is that of R. 
obtusifolius, a common European species. 
R. manitimus, Linn. ; F. B. I. v, 59; Watt E. D.; Prain Beng. Pl. 
888.— there is a record of this plant having been found by Mr. 
A. O. Hume in marshes by the banks of the Jumna near Etawah. 
There are, however, no specimens at Kew from the area of this flora. 
As the plant appears to be fairly abundant in Bengal its occurrence’ 
within the eastern border of the Upper Gangetic Piain may be regarded 
as probable. I have therefore included it in the clavis where 
its distinguishing characters will be found. It occurs also in Assam 
and in the Central Provinces, and extends to N. Africa, Europe and 
in N. and 8S. America. 
R. wastatus, Don Prod. 74; RoyleIll. 314 ; F.B.I.v, 60; Watt £. 
D. ; Brandis Ind. Trees 5214 ; Collett Fl. Siml. 428, fig. 136 ; 
Gamble Man. Ind. Timb. 553. Vern. Chulmora (Kumaon).—A some- 
what glaucous perennial herb or small shrub, 1-2 ft. high. Rootstock 
wocdy. Leaves 1-24 in. long, broadly triangular or hastately 3-lobed. 
Flowers minute, polygamous, pedicels lengthening in fruit. Inner 
enlarged sepals 4-} in. in diam., orbicular, notched at both ends, 
usually bright pink and very delicately veined.—Found occasionally 
in Dehra Dun at the base of the Himalaya. It is a common plant, on 
the W. Himalaya, ascending to 8,000 ft. and is found usually on 
exposed rocks and dry stony hillsides. The hill-station of Almora in 
Kumaon is said to have been so-called by reason of the abundance of 
this plant in that neighbourhood. The leaves are very acid and may 
be eaten as salad. 
R. vesicarius, Linn. ; Roxb. Fl. Ind. wi, 209; F. B. I. v, 61 ; Duthie 
Field and Gard. Crops iii, 45; Watt E. D.; Collett Fl. Siml. 428 ; 
Prain Beng. Pl. 889. Vern. Chuka-sak. A pale-green rather fleshy 
glabrous annual. Leaves ovate. Flowers monecious. Fruiting 
sepals } in. across, orbicular, hyaline.—Cultivated in many parts of 
India as a vegetable. It is found wild on the hills of the W. Punjab, 
also in Afghanistan, Persia, the Levant and in N. Africa. 
CALLIGONUM POLYGONOIDES, Linn.; Brandis For. Fl. 872 ; Ind. Trees 
620; F.B. I. v, 22; Watt E. D. Gamble Man. 552 ; Cooke Fl. 
Bomb. ii, 510. Vern. Phog, phok.—An almost leafless shrub or small 
tree found within the arid districts of N.-W. India on both sides of 
the Indus, extending as far north as Lahore and eastwards to Bikanir, 
often gregarious. It is found also in Sind, and beyond India in 
Persia, Armenia and Syria. During the hot season the bushes are 
covered with the fragrant pinkish flowers which after falling are 
