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Plants of the Punjab. 



Prostrate Herbs with Alternate Stipulate Simple Leaves. 



Ploygonum 

 vaccinifolium, 



Polygonace^. 

 F. B. I. V. 33. 

 Himalaya, 

 9-14,000 ft. 

 Kashmir. 



Polygonum Emodi, 



Polygonace^. 

 F. B. I. V. 33, 

 Himalaya, 

 8-11,000 ft. 

 Simla, Jaku, 

 Matiana, Narkanda, 

 on dry rocks. 

 (Collett). 



Polygonum 

 amphiblum. 



Polygonum 

 lanigerum, 



Polygonace^. 



F. B. I. V. 35. 



The foot of the 



Himalaya, 



east of the Beas, in 



wet places. 



Polygonum minus, 

 Slender Polygonum, 



POLYGONACEiB. 



F. B. L V. 36. 

 The Plains to 

 6,000 ft. 



Petals none. 



small, perennial, f-mooth, tufted, rootstock sometimes 

 f in. thick, twisted, 'branches trailing, creeping leafy, 

 leaves ^-| in., circular, or narrowed at each end or long- 

 pointed, shortly stalked, stipules ^-| in., rigid, with long 

 segments, with many, long, strong, far-projecting nerves, 

 flowers I in. diam., rose red, ia nearly sessile spike-like 

 racemes without glands, bracts long-pointed, stamens 

 4-10, projecting beyond the calyx ultimately, styles 2-3, 

 thread-like, free, nuts 3-angled, or biconvex ; for other 

 characters see the above species. 



hke the last species, but not tufted, leaves larger, 

 l|-2 in. linear-lanceolate, long-pointed at both ends, stipules 

 long, flowers ^ in., red, flowers stalked, racemes shorter, 

 few-flowered, stamens not protruding. 



see Water Plants, Alternate, Stipulate, Simple. 



large, perennial, white-felted, much branched, stems 

 24-60 in., prostrate, creeping with erect branches, branches 

 slender, much divided, white, deep red at the joints, leaves 

 4-8 in., narrowly lanceolate-long-pointed, thickly felted 

 beneath, stipules short, thin, without bristles, mouth un- 

 equal, flowers small, red or white without glands in si nder 

 crowded racemes 1-2 in., on branching felted stalks, 

 bracts very small, crowded, blunt, or pointed, smooth or 

 felted, without bristles, calyx deeply divided mto 4-5 

 lobes, stamens 6, styles 2, nut round, small, flat, black, 

 shining ; for other characters see the above species. 



small, annual or perennial, slender, erect or standing, 

 smooth, stems sometime-! creeping, 6-10 in., high or long, 

 much branched, or simple, leaves hnear or oblong-lan- 

 ceolate, almost |-2 in., short-pointed, sessile, stipules 

 |-| in., with closely lying stiff bristles, flowers minute, 

 pink or red, in slender, erect, terminal racemes, |-1 in. 

 long, bracts tubular, short, fringed with bristles, calyx 

 deeply divided into 5 lobes, stamens 5, styles 2 united for 

 half their length, nut round, flattened, smooth, shining ; 

 for other characters see the above species. 



