42 POLYGON ACEM. [ RUMEX. 



Kashmir, up to 9,000 ft. or more ; also on the hills of W. and S. India 

 and extending to W. Asia and S. Africa. Its habit is that of R. 

 obtusifolius, a common European species. 



R. MARITIMUS, 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 Ke\v 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 Plain 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 S. America. 



R. HASTATUS, Don Prod. 74 ; Boyle III. 314 ; F.B.I.v, 60; Watt E. 

 D. ; Brandis Ind. Trees 521 ; 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 

 \*ocdy. Leaves 1-2J in. long, broadly triangular or hastately 3-lobed. 

 Flowers minute, polygamous, pedicels lengthening in fruit. Inner 

 enlarged sepals - 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. VESICABITJS, Linn. ; Roxb. FL Ind. ii, 209 ; F. B. I. v, 61 ; Duthie; 

 Field and Gard. Crops Hi, 45 ; Watt E. D. ; Collett FL Siml. 428 ; 

 Prain Beng. Pi. 889. Vern. Chuka-sdk. A pale-green rather fleshy 

 glabrous annual. Leaves ovate. Flowers monoecious. 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 372 ; Ind. Trees 

 520 ; 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, s 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 



