Plate 1756. 



POLYGONUM GILESII, llemsl. 

 Poltgonacej!. Tribe Eupolygone-e. 

 ?• (§ Cephalophilon) Gilesii, Eemsl. (sp. nov.); caulibus ramisque 



elongatis gracilibus sublignosis viridibus fere aphyllis, floribus in 

 capitulas parvas terminates dispositis, nucula perianthio longiore. 



Hab. Gilgit Expedition : Shoghot, 6,000 to 7,000 feet. South of 

 Hindu Koosh, Dr. Giles. 



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parte 



,. ". - — • *>»«» in punt; luienun uauiis paiuiooiu"*) vnoumww r - 



tiolata, crassiuscula cordata, circiter 6 lineas diametro, stipulis parvis 



sqnamffiformibas. Flares parvi, ut videtur albi, brevissime pedicellati ; 



penanthii segmenta oblonga obtnsa ; stamina 8 inclusa, antherae locu- 



3 dls cretia. Nux glabra nuda, exserta ; cotyledonibus subconvolutis. 



A very distinct species with long, very slender, almost leafless green 

 branches resembling an Ephedra or some of the leafless Genistece.— 



2. Perianth laid open. 3. An anther and upper 



TmJ ii; Portlon of ^florescence. «, x aiouuu «« v^. >w _ r - 



P*rt.oJ filament, showing the attachment. 4. An ovary. 5. Fruit. 6 and h Embryo 

 l & different positions. All enlarged. 



