o/" Polygonum r/«(/ Fagopyniin. 103 



bracteis subimbricatis inuticis, pedicellis exsertis, floribus 6-rariùs 7- 

 andris, seini-2- vel 3-gynis, calyce 5-fido, achenii lenticuUuis, rariiis tri- 

 quetri, faciebus convexis tenerrimè punctatis nitidis, ochreis inuticis 

 superioribus internodia longé superantibus, foliis lanceolatis glanduloso- 

 punctatis, caule erecto subsiinplici, omnibus plantée partibus glaberrimis 

 et, prietei" folia, eglandnlosis." 



" f3. glandulosissimum. Meim. Foliis, maxime subtils, punctis glandulosis 

 fuscis subimmersis densissimè conspersis, pedunculis interdum apice 

 obsolete glanduliferis." Aleisn. 



P. glabrum. Willd. Sp. PI. ii. 447. Meisn. Mon. 78. Meisn. in Wall. 57- 



Stem erect, branched, glabrous. Leaves broadly lanceolate, acute, glabrous, 

 covered with minute immersed glandular spots, particularly on the under 

 side, slightly stalked. Stipules long, surpassing the upper internode^ 

 truncate, not ciliated, glabrous. Flowers in rather long densely-flowered 

 somewhat panicled and shortly-stalked spikes ; bracteœ turbinate, gla- 

 brous, rugose, not ciliated, 2 — 3-flowered ; flowers 5-fid, usually (3- or 7-, 

 but sometimes 8-androus, semi-2- or 3-gynous ; pedicels jointed just 

 below the flower. Fruit lenticular, the faces convex, orbicular and 

 acute, very minutely punctate, shining. 



The variety a. obscurum, Meisn. does not occur amongst Professor Royle's 

 specimens. 



Saharunpore, near water during the rains. 



14. P. Donii. Meisn. 



" Spicis subgeminatis paniculatisve longis filiformibus flaccidis interruptis, 

 bracteis arctis longé remotis setoso-ciliatis sub-1-floris, pedicellis exsertis, 

 floribus 8-andris semi-3-gynis, achenio triquetro faciebus" leevibus opacis, 

 "calyce 5-fido subimpunctato, ochreis Iaxis adpressè pilosis longé ciliatis, 

 foliis lanceolatis oblongis acuminatis subtus hispidulis margine ciliatis, 

 caule basi radicante adscendente ramoso." Meisn. 



P. Donii. Meisn. in Wall. iii. 57- 



« teneruni. Meisn. " Omnibus partibus flaccidis, caule decumbente pauci- 

 ramoso eglanduloso glabro, foliis utrinque œqualiter attenuatis leetè viri- 



