q/" Polygonum ««</ Fagopy rum. 103 



bracteis subimbricatis muticis, pedicellis exsertis, floribus 6-rarius 7- 

 andris, semi-2- vel 3-gynis, calyce 5-fido, achenii lenticularis, rarihs tri- 

 quetri, faciebus convexis tenerrim^ punctatis nitidis, ochreis muticis 

 superioribus internodia \ongh superantibus, foliis lanceolatis glanduloso- 

 punctatis, caule erecto subsimplici, omnibus plantee partibus glaberrimis 

 etj preeter folia, eglandulosis." 



" |8. glandulosissimum. Meim. Foliis, maxime subtiis, punctis glandulosis 

 fuscis subimmersis densissim^ conspersis, pedunculis interdum apice 

 obsolete glanduliferis." Meim. 



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 internodes 

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

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

 brous, rugose, not ciliated, 2 — 3-flowered ; flowers 5-fid, usually G- 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 longfe remotis setoso-ciliatis sub-1-floris, pedicellis exsertis, 

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

 "calyce 5-fido subimpunctato, ochreis laxis adpressfe pilosis longfe ciliatis, 

 foliis lanceolatis oblongis acuminatis subtus hispidulis margine ciliatis, 

 caule basi radicante adscendente ramoso." Meisn. 



P. Donii. Meisn. in Wall. iii. 57- $ s'Ij.!.. 



a, tenerum. Meisn. " Omnibus partibus flaccidis, caule decumbente pauci- 

 ramoso eglanduloso glabro, foliis utrinque eequaliter attenuatis laet^ viri- 



