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Series POLYGONALES. 

 Family LXXVII.— POLYGONACEAE, Lindl. 



Genus No 



2195 — Rumex abyssinicus, Jacq. 



Fl. Trop. Afr. VI. i. 114 ; Cat. Afr. PI. Welw. i. 905. 

 Melsetter, 6000 ft. April, Swyn. 1506. 

 R. nepalensis, Spreng. 

 Fl. Trop. Afr. VI. i. 117 ; Fl. Cap. V. i. 473. 

 Salisbury, Kogers, 4085. 

 2201— Polygonum acuminatum, H. B. & K. 

 Fl. Trop. Afr. VI. i. 112. 



Upper Buzi, 3000 ft. June, Swyn. 356 ; Chirinda Forest, 

 3700-4000 ft. Dec. Swyn. 1512. 

 P. aviculare, L. 



Fl. Trop. Afr. VI. i. 105 ; Fl. Cap. V. i. 464. 



Bulawayo, 4500 ft. Aug. Eyles, 1245 ; Eogers, 5518, 13622 ; 

 Chubb, 35 ; Victoria, Monro, 85. 

 P. barbatum, L. 



Fl. Trop. Afr. VI. i. 109 ; Fl. Cap. V. i. 467. 

 Victoria Falls, Engler ; Salisbury, Kogers, 4083 ? ; Bulawayo, 

 Eogers, 13620. 

 P. plebeium, B. Br. {P. hemiarioides, Del.) 

 Fl. Trop. Afr. VI. i. 105. 



Matopos, Sep. Gibbs, 63 ; Gwelo, Jan. Gardner, 44. 

 P. serrulatum, Lag. 



Fl. Trop. Afr. VI. i. 107 ; Fl. Cap. V. i. 467. 

 Victoria Falls, Eogers, 5030, 5575, 5578, 6016; Salisbury, 

 Eogers, 4084; Odzani Eiver Valley, Umtali, Teague, 183. 

 P. tomentosum, Wilkl. 

 Fl. Trop. Afr. VI. i. 110 ; Fl. Cap. V. i. 468 ; Cat. Afr. PI. Welw. 



i. 905. 

 Matopos, March, Flanagan, 2959; Eogers, 5647; Victoria Falls, 

 Eogers, 5625, 7176 ; Salisbury, Marshall. 

 P. sp. 



South Ehodesia, Eand, 223. 

 2204 — Oxygonum alatum, Burch. 



Fl. Trop. Afr. VI. i. 99; Fl. Cap. V. i. 460; Cat. Afr. PI. Welw. 



i. 902. 

 Victoria Falls, Allen, 287. 

 0. dregeanum, Meisn. 

 Fl. Cap. V. i. 461. 

 Eedbank, April, Flanagan, 3183. 



