Wallichiane. N. O. Polygonee. 
TAB. CDLXXXIII. 
OxyYRIA ELATIOR. 
Caule aphyllo elato superne ramoso, racemis paniculatis, verti- 
cillis 6-12-floris, pedicellis fructiferis reflexis achenio subbre- 
vioribus, sepalis interioribus obovato-subspathulatis obtusis- 
simis, achenii suborbicularis alis membranaceis transverse 
venosis utrinque profunde cordato-incisis, foliis radicalibus 
longe petiolatis reniformibus margine obsolete crispato-undu- 
latis. Meisn. 
Oxyria elatior. Brown in Wall. Cat. n. 1726. Meisn. in 
Wall. Plant. Asiat. Rar. v. 3, p. 64. 
Has. The mountains of Emodi in Kamoun, (Blinkworth.) Dr. 
Wallich. 
I am indebted for native specimens of this plant to Dr. 
Wallich ; the living cultivated specimens, from which our figure 
is taken, were sent to me from the noble gardens of His Grace 
the Duke of Northumberland, at Syon House. Meisner well 
observes of it “ Oxyrie reniformi, Hook., nimis affinis, et vix 
differt, nisi statura altiore, sesquipedali, racemis longioribus 
magisque paniculatis, sepalis interioribus (i. e. erectis) apice 
dilatatis, obtusissimis, subtruncatis, paullo majoribus, fructus 
ala apice basique ad semen usque incisa (in O. reniformi autem 
subintegra v. basi tantum cordata.”) It retains its characters 
in cultivation; yet I can hardly believe it distinct from our 
O. reniformis of Europe and of N. America. From the latter 
- country, at Sitka, on the Pacific side, I possess specimens 
24 feet high; and others nearly as tall from the Rocky Moun- 
tains. 
Fig. 1. Cluster of flowers. jf. 2. Single flower. J. 3 Te 
same laid open. /. 4, Pistil. f. 5. Capsule :—magnified. 
