Rumex nepalensis Spreng. Syst. 2: 159. 1825; Meisn. in DC. Prodr. 14(1) : 55. 1856; 

 Wight, le. 5(2) : S. t. 1810. 1852; Hook. f. FI. Brit. Ind. 6: 60. 1886. 



Indo-Chix.a, Tonkin, Chapa, Pételot 2549, August 1940. along roads, altitude about 

 1500 m. Northern India to western and central China. "^^^^ 2^i<2 -H ' ^^J . /'f^J. 



The cited spécimen agrées very closely with a l^ge séries of Yunnan 

 collections, but Pételot 2549 and most of the Yunnan material differ froni 

 Sprengel's species as currently described, and as illustrated by Wight, in 

 the unbranched inflorescences and in the lower leaves being rounded rather 

 than cordate. 



