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A CENSUS OF THE INDIAN POLYGONUMS. 
^VAR. villosa. 
VII. — Nepal: Huanangi, 10,000 King^s collector \ 
VIII. — Eastern Himalaya: (i) Sikkim; Gnatong, 12,000 ft., 
Dungboo \ Gnatut, 15,000 ft., King^s collectorl 
This is a very distinct variety, named by Major Cummins, and easily 
distinguished by its very hirsute stem and leaves. 
Polygonum delicatulum ?nd Polygonum filicaule evidently grow 
not infrequently in close intimacy, as on several sheets in the Calcutta 
Herbarium, the two are inextricably mixed up, as if gathered in the 
same tuft. 
Section III. — Avicularia Meisn. 
4. *Polyg’onum biaristatum Aitch. & Hemsley, Jour, Linn, Soc,, 
vol. xviii, p. 90. 
A small prostrate glabrous shrub with twisted, often very short 
branches. Leaves small, crowded, subcoriaceous, elliptic or obovate, 
4-8 mm. long, often abruptly and shortly acuminate, sessile or very 
shortly petioled. Stipules large, bifid, with tw^o long excurrent 
nerves. Flowers axillary, solitary or in pairs, sessile or shortly pedi- 
celled, 2-4 mm. in diameter. Perianth red, 5-partite, segments alike 
and rather fleshy or with the two inner segments thinner. Stamens 
filaments dilated at the base. Ovary glabrous, styles terete. Nut 
triquetrous. 
I. — North-West Frontier: (i) Afghan border; Seratigah, 
Kurram Valley, 12,000 ft., Aitchison, No. 816 ! 
This description is adapted from that in the Journal of the 
Linnean Society quoted above. 
5 . Polygonum reciimbens Roy la. 
VI.— North-West H1MA.LAYA: (12) Kashmir; Basaoli, 4,500 ft., 
C, B, Clarke, No. 31542 B! (15) Kunawar-Bashahr ; 
Wangtu Valley, below Grammon, Brandis, No. 3547 ! 
Pasada, 6,000 ft., Lace, No. 1082! (19) Kulu ; Dharmsala, 
7,000 ft., C. B, Clarke, ■ No. 24003 B ! (20) Simla ; 
GriffithX Elysium Hill, 7,000 ft.. Gamble, No. 4715 C! 
(21) Garhwal ; Deoban Range, 7-8,000 ft., Duthie, 
No. 1222 ! Landour, 7,500 ft., Vica^y ! Mussoorie, 7,000 ft., 
King\ Duthie, '^o. '] (22) Kumaon ; Andersonl Gir- 
gaon, 6,000 ft., Strachey Cf Winterbottom, No. 41 ! 
6. Polygonum cognatum Meisn, 
VI.— North-West Himalaya: (4) Dras; Dras and north of 
the Zozi^la. Stoliczka ! Dras Valley, 11-12,000 ft., Duthie, 
