460 



Plants of the Punjab. 



Herbs, Unbiianched, with Alternate Stipulate Simple Leaves. 



Petals none. 



Polygonum affine, 



POLYGONACEiB. 

 F. B. I. V. 33. 



Himalaya, 

 8-14,000 ft. 

 Kashmir. 



like the last species, but very much smaller, stems 

 4-12 in., loaves sessile or very shortly stalked, 2-4 in. long, 

 Howers pink. 



Polygonum 

 rumicifollum, 



PoLYCtONACE^. 



F. B. I.v. 51. 



Himalava, 

 10-14,000 ft. 

 Kashmir. 



small to medium size, green, root perennial, stout, 

 stems 6-18 in., stem thick, grooved; leaves 3-5 by lJ-3 

 in., broadly ovate, or ovate-heart-shaped, blunt or nearly 

 short-pointed, wavy or even, stalk |-1 in., stout, stipules 

 large, loose, smooth ; flowers green, |-| in. diam., in small 

 axillary and terminal dense-flowered branching racemes, 

 calyx lobes 5, orbicular, spreading, stamens 5-8, with 

 alternate glands, styles 2-3, free, stigmas round ; nut 3- 

 angled, broadly ovate, about as long as the calyx lobes. 

 The young parts are acid and eaten as rhubarb. 



Polygonum minus, 



see Prostrate Herbs, Alternate, Stipulate, Simple. 



Elatostemma 

 pusillum, 



Urticace.e. 

 F. B. I. V. 568. 

 Himalaya, 

 7-8,000 ft. 

 Simla, on damp 

 rocks in shade, often 

 in moss (CoUett). 



annual, stem 1-6 in., slender, weak ; leaves | in., ovate, 

 few, sessile, entire, sometimes with a small opposite leaf ; 

 flowers and other characters like Elatostemma surculosum, 

 see Herbs, Unbranched, Opposite, Stipulate Simple. 



Herbs, Unbranched, with Alternate Stipulate Lobed Leaves. 



Petals none. 



Thalietrum 

 saniculseforme, 



see Herbs, Unbi'iinched, Alternate, Stipulate, Com- 

 pound. 



Monsonia 

 hielotropioides, 



see Herbs, Unbranched, Alternate, Stipulate, Simple. 



