q/' Polygonum ««^/ Fagopyrum. 109 



of the leaves in that species is 4^ inches long and 3 inches broad. Tiiat plant 

 has the heads two together, the peduncles hairy, the flowers 6 — 8-androus, 

 the bracteœ and segments of the calyx acute, and the stipules hairy. 

 Rogee in Kunawur. 



Siibsect. Corymbocephalon. Meisn. 

 21. P. chinense. L'mn. 



" Octandrum semitrigyniim, corymbis simplicibus paniculatisve, peduncnlis 

 scabriusciilis, bracteolis foliaceis cordatis suftultis, foliis subcoriaceis 

 ovatis vel oblongis acuminatis basi attenuatis cordatisve, plus minus 

 pellucido-punctatis, petiolis brevibus basi appendice foliaceo reniformi 

 subdeciduo utrinque auriculatis, caule suffruticoso erecto ramoso glabro." 

 — Meisn. 



P. chinense. Linn. Sp. PI. I. 520. Meisn. in Wall. iii. 60. 



a. Thunbergianum. Meisn. 



P. chinense. Meisn. Mon. 60. 



Stem erect, smooth, striated, branclied. Leaves ovate and acuminate, rounded 

 and slightly cordate at their base, the margin obsoletely crenulated and 

 crisped, glabrous, the nerves beneath being sometimes downy, the 

 petioles short, with 2 often very fugacious reniform auricles at their 

 base. Stipules semicylindrical, very long, lax, white, often torn, glabrous, 

 with numerous parallel nerves, their base glandular. Flowers white, in 

 small heads aggregated in a corymbose manner, 5-sepalous, the segments 

 acute; 8-androus, semitrigynous ; the bracteœ paleaceous, about equal to 

 the flowers ; the peduncles covered witii minute glandular pubescence, 

 and a large white reniform appendage at each subdivision. Fruit about 

 ^ the length of the calyx, triquetrous, tlie faces ovate-lanceolate and 

 granulated. 



Bhudraj. 



y. brachiatum. Meisn. ? 



P. patens Don, Prod. 73. Meisn. Mon. 60. 



Stem procumbent. Leaves ovate-cordate, the nerves hairy beneatii, the mar- 



