o/" Polygonum ffw^Z Fagopyrum. 119 



This differs from P. emarginatum, Don, by not having the fruit " apice 

 truncate et emarglnato." It differs from Roth's plant by the faces not being 

 " latioribus quam longis." 



Cultivated in the hills for food. Cheenee in Kunawur, September 8. 



4. F. cymosum. Meisn. 



" Paniculis long^ pedunculatis subaphyllis dichotomis trifidisve, racemis con- 

 jugatis subconfluentibus divaricatis subrecurvis, achenio maturo calyce 

 plus dimidio longiore, angulis acutis integris, faciebus ovato-rhombeis 

 apicem versus attenuatis, foliis inferioribus cordato-triangularibus hasta- 

 tisve lobis obtusiusculis, supremis oblongo- v. lanceolato-sagittatis, caule 

 orgyali annuo radicibus perennibus stoloniferis." Meisn. 



F. cymosum. Meisn. in Wall. iii. 63. 



P. cymosum. Trevir. in Nov. Act. Nat. Curios, xiii. 177- Meisn. Mon. 94. 

 Reich. Icon. Exot. t. 176. 



Stem upright, hollow, striated, downy. Leaves stalked, the lower ones cordate- 

 triangular, the lobes slightly pointed, the points themselves rounded, the 

 upper ones nearly sessile, much more triangular, and the angles acute, 

 the highest sessile, lanceolate, sagittate and amplexicaul, all of them 

 slightly downy on both sides, particularly upon the nerves. Stipules 

 rather long, blunt, downy. Panicles terminal and axillary, on long 

 stalks, forked or trichotomous, consisting of spiked, patent, or slightly 

 recurved racemes, the peduncles downy, the flowers small, the segments 

 of the calyx blunt, the pedicels jointed in the middle. Fruit wanting 

 upon our specimens. 



Mussooree, and on the road to Cashmere. 



