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surface glabrous or thinly hair} 7 , the lower softly and densely 

 hairy, especially in the mid-rib and nerves. Stipules tubular, 

 very long, hair} 7 , strongly nerved, pointed. Flowers white or ting- 

 ed with pink, in terminal, usually erect, panicles, 6-18in. long. 

 Bracts flat. Perianth 5-parted, £in. diam. Stamens 8. Styles 

 3, free nearly to the base. Nut 3-angled, pale-brown. 



Use : — It is used for the same purposes as P. Hydropiper 

 and P. alatum. It is astringent. 



1064. Rheum spiciforme, Royle, h.f.b.l, v. 55. 



Habitat: — Western Himalaya; in the drier ranges, from 

 Kumaon westwards to Western Tibet. 



A stemless herb. Root short or long, thicker than the thumb. 

 'Leaves all radical, 6-1 Sin. diam., very leathery, with prominent 

 radiating nerves and reticulated nervules beneath, red-brown 

 in age, orbicular, broadly ovate or cordate, glabrous or stellate- 

 ly puberulous beneath. Petiole 3-6in., very stout, glabrous or 

 puberulous. Racemes 1-3, glabrous, radical, 4-1 2in., strict, 

 dense-fid. Peduncle and rachis stout, glabrous. Bracts minute, 

 ovate, scarious. Flowers T oi n - diam., on capillary pedicels. 

 Fruit broadly ellipsoid or oblong, wings membranous, broader 

 than the disk, j~fin. long, 3-4-times as long as the oblong 

 obtuse sepals; tip rounded or notched, wings membranous. 

 Pedicel half as long as the fruit or less. 



1065. R. Mooreroftianum, Royle, h.f.b.l, v. 56. 



Habitat : --Western Himalaya ; Kumaon. 



Stemless species of stout herbs, with woody large roots. 

 Flowers in a spike like raceme. " This plant, " says J.D. Hooker, 

 " differs from R. spiciforme in the very much larger pubescent 

 peduncles and racemes which together are two feet long, and in 

 the form of the fruit." Leaves all radical, thickly coriaceous, 

 orbicular, glabrous or stellately puberulous beneath Racemes 

 pubescent, fruit ovoid, wings narrow. 



1066. R. emodi, Wall., h.f.b.l, v. 56. 



Vern.: — Revand-chini (II. and B.) ; Revande-hindi (Pers.) ; 



