884 BENGAL PLANTS. (Polygonum. 
sessile or in spiciform, capitate or ‘panicled racemes; pedicels 
nar usually jointed under the perianth; bracts and bracteoles 
embranous, ochreate. Perianth simple, green or coloured, 4-5-, 
rarely 3-cleft, the 2 outer segments usually is than the others. 
Stamens 5-8, rarely 1-4, perigynous; filaments filiform, usually 
dilated hele a or alternate with the lobes of an Ede or glan- 
dular disk; anthers 2-celled; cells discrete ; connective small. 
8 
$ capi 
Fruit a compressed or 3-gonous nutlet, angles obtuse or acute, 
covered or nearly covered by the pnt perianth ; pericarp 
usually hard, shining or dull. Seed albuminous ; ee lateral 
or excentric ; radicle tes ; cotyledons usually sm 
*Stems unarmed :—[p. 885] 
Inflorescence in axillary clusters :— 
Flow vs hidden among the stipules plebejum. 
showii all or mostly pedicelled plebejum var. effusa. 
epals narrow plebejum var. micranthema. 
Sepals 2 outer acute :— 
Leaves -25 in. long or less plebejum var. brevifolia. 
Leaves °5 in. long or longer plebejum var. elegans. 
Merron tant terminal, racemose, spicate or capita — 
Inflorescence in elongated, stout or filiform racemes or spikes :— 
[p. 885] 
mates biconvex :— [p. 885] 
ts hairy :— 
Bracke coarsely hairy or strigose 
eaves ovate; petioles long, 1-4 Fgh Sipwcdeneidas orientale. 
Leaves lanceolate; petioles short, less than -5 in. long :— 
imb of ochrea truncate, ciliate, erect ......... tomentosum. 
Limb of ochrea scabrid, ciliate, undies or recurv 
limbatum. 
Bracts ae woolly lanigerum. 
Bracts glabro 
§Bracts not oe —[p. 885] 
Perianth without sage ; limb of ochrea not ciliate 
glabrum. 
Perianth glandular ; limb of ochrea shortly gud 
thifolium. 
