Plants of the Punjab, 



459 



Herbs, Unbranched, with Alternate Stipulate Simple Leaves. 



Petals none. 



Polygonum 

 delicatulum, 



POLYGONACE^. 

 F. B. I. V. 24. 



Himalaya, 

 10-16,0000 ft. 

 Kashmir, on wet 

 rocks. 



Polygonum filicaule, 



POLYGONACE^. 



F. B. I. V. 25. 

 Himalaya, 

 9-16,000 ft. 

 Kashmir, Hattu 

 (Collett). 



Polygonum 

 viviparum, 



Maslun, mamech, 

 bilauri. 



POLYGONACE^. 



F. B. I. V. 31. 



Himalaya, 

 9-15,000 ft. 



Kashmir. 



Polygonum 

 sphserostachyum, 



POLYGONACE^. 



F. B. I. V. 32. 



Himalaya, 

 11-15,000 ft. 

 Scinde Valley, 

 Kashmir. 



Polygonum 

 amplexicaule, 



POLYGONACE^. 



F. B. I. V. 32. 

 Himalaya, 

 6-8,000 ft. 

 Simla, Mahasu 

 (Collett). 

 llxxuee. 



small, amiual, very slender, smooth, tufted, stem 

 4-12 in., thread-like, jointed, leaves ^-| in,, ovate or ovate- 

 heart-shaped, short-pointed, leaf-stalk -jij in., flowers -jig- 

 in. long, in axillary clusters, scarcely longer than the bracts, 

 stamens 2-3, nut 3-angled, usually much longer than 

 the^calyx lobes ; for other characters see the last species. 



small to medium size, annual, somewhat bristly, stem 

 very slender, 4-18 in., leaves ^-f in., ovate or ovate-lan- 

 ceolate, blunt or short-pointed flowers ^o i^^- long, whito, 

 in axillary and terminal sessile clusters, calyx lobes round- 

 ed, 2 outer smaller, stamens 3-4, nut 3-angled, slightly 

 longer than the calyx lobes ; for other characters see the 

 last species. 



small, perennial, rootstock woody, stem 4-12 in., slen- 

 der ; leaves 1-6 in., linear or linear-oblong, short-pointed 

 or blunt, minutely round-toothed, base sharp, blunt, or 

 heart-shaped, leathery, stipules tubular, without bristles ; 

 flowers pink, nearly erect, lower ones replaced by bulbils 

 in solitary erect slender spikes, 1-4 in. long, bracts ovate, 

 long-pointed, calyx lobes 4-5, not enlarged in fruit, stamens 

 4-10 protruding or not beyond the calyx lobes, styles 2-3, 

 long, thread-like, stigma simple ; nutlet very small, 

 8-angled or biconvex. The root is very astringeni iind 

 is used to cure gleet, diarrhoea and sore-throat. 



very like the last species, but differs in its dense spike 

 of bright crimson drooping flowers. 



large, perennial, smooth, tufted, rootstock woody, 

 stout, stems 2-3 ft., green, almost leafless ; lower leaves 

 3-6 in. long, long-stalked, ovate-heart-shaped, long-point- 

 ed, minutely round-toothed, upper leaves stem-clasping, 

 stipules 1-2 in., narrow, tips torn; flowers red or white, 

 ^-J in. diam., sometimes |- in. diam., in 1 to 2 erect 

 long-stalked racemes, 2-6 in. long, bracts ovate, calyx 

 lobos 5, stamens 8, stylos 8, long, free ; nut 3-anglod, 

 smooth, shining. 



