o/ Polygonum and Fagopyrum. 97 



'' y. flagelliforme, Meisn. Spicis in apicibus ramorum sœpè snbpaniculatis, 



caulibiis raniisqiie longissimis debilibus prostratis." — Meisn. 

 P. vaccinifoUum. Meisn. in Wall. iii. 54. 



Sfem shrubby, prostrate, very much branched ; in /3 the branches are short and 

 nearly erect ; in y long and prostrate. Leaves ovate, attenuated at both 

 ends, usually having a short acute point, the margin slightly revolute, 

 glabrous, reticulated with numerous slightly prominent nerves, particu- 

 larly on the upper surface, shortly stalked. Stipules long, witli numerous 

 strong brown nerves, soon torn so deeply as to present the appearance of 

 a tuft of long stiff hairs. Flowers in rather long subcylindrical spikes, 

 which are usually solitary, but sometimes slightly panicled, the segments 

 of the calyx oval, stamens 8, styles 3, rather long, the pedicels jointed 

 just below the flower. Fruit trigonous, the faces lanceolate, shining, and 

 minutely granulate-punctate. 



The variety " a ohtusifoUum,"' Meisn. does not occur amongst Prof. Royle's 

 specimens. 



Kedarkanta and Chandow Pass, September. 



5. P. affine. Don. 



Spicis erectis oblongis solitariis cylindricis, floribus magnis apertis, achenii 

 acutanguli faciebus minutissimè punctato-granulatis, stylis elongatis 2 vel 

 3 distinctis stamina superantibus, foliis lanceolatis basi attenuatis mar- 

 gine revoluto undulato-crispato, trunco ramisque hypogeis apice tantùm 

 epigeo, caulibus erectis simplicibus. 



P. ajffine. Don, Prod. JO. Meisn. Mon. 52. non Steph. in Spreng. Syst. II., 

 256. 



P. Brunonis. Meisn. in Wall. iii. 54. 



Stem woody, subterranean, the branches alone appearing just above the sur- 

 face, and terminating in short upright stems, each bearing one compact 

 cylindrical spike. Leaves broadly lanceolate, acute, the nerves numerous 

 and strongly marked, the margins revolute and crisped, the cauline ones 

 subsessile, the others narrowed into a short stalk. Stipules long, entire, 

 blunt, with numerous prominent nerves. Flowers in cylindrical, rather 

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