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A CENSUS OF THE INDIAN POLYGONUMS. 
II. — Central Provinces : Saugor, Vicary ! Khandwa, Duthie^ 
No. 8402 ! Chanda Distric, Duthie^ Nos. 9712 and 9713 ! 
III. — Peninsular India : G. Thomson ! Wight^ K. D., No. 2454 ! 
(5) Travancore ; Lawson^ No. 159! 
IV. — Upper Gangetig Plain : Dehra Dun, Vicary \ 
V. — Bengal: (2) Chutia Nagpur; Ranchi, 1,500 ft., C. B. 
Clarke^ No. 21360! Domree, Hazaribagh, 1,000 ft., 
C, B. Clarksy No. A I Palamow, GamblOy 
No. 8795 1 Bokaro River, Prain 1 Parasnath, T, Thomson ! 
(5) North Bengal, 7 *. Anderson 1 (6) Central Bengal ; 
Sibpur, Gammie 1 
VI.— North-West Himalaya : Royle 1 (22) Kumaon, Wallick, 
No. 1708 A 1 
VII.— Nepal: Buchanan- Hamilton ! 
VIII. — Eastern Himalaya: (i) Darjeeling District, 2,000 ft., 
King\ (2) Bhutan, 1 
IX. — Assam: (4) Khasia Hills; Herb, Kurz\ (6) Naga Hills; 
Prain ! (8) Brahmaputra Valley, Jenkins 1 
X. — Burma : (2) Lushai Hills ; Changsil, Prazer 1 (6) Shan Hills ; 
Bhamo, T. Anderson \ Indine and Saga, Abdul KhalilX 
Meingyan, Abdul Huk\ Maymyo Hill, Badal Khan^ 
No. 98 1 Makhaye Hill, King's collector 1 (7) Pegu 
Yomah; Myodwine River, Kurz^ No. 527! Pansway, 
KurZj No. 528! (9) Arracan ; Akyab, Kurz, No. 528! 
(11) Sittang Valley; Tonkyeghat, Kurzy No. 528! 
(12) Tenasserim ; Moulmein, Falconer y No. 324! Mar- 
taban, Kurz^ No. 528 1 
XI. — Malay Peninsula and Andamans: (i) Malay Penin- 
sula ; Malacca, Griffith ! Singapore, Hulletty No. 10 1 
Ridley y Nos. 1604 and 3756 ! Penang, CurtiSy No. 2785 ! 
Perak, CurtiSy No. 3179! (2) Andamans; Port Mouat, 
King's collector \ Anikhet and Bajajagdah Hill, South 
Andaman ; King's collector ! Table Island, Prain ! 
Were it not that it is the writer’s purpose in this paper to follow the 
Flora of British India as far as possible, he would certainly consider 
P. stagninum and P, barbaium as one species, placing P, stagninum 
as a variety of P. barbatum. The difference between the two is merely 
a matter of more or less tomentum. The plants with thickly silkily 
strigose leaves and branches have invariably the pubescence extending 
on to the bracts, the plants which are almost glabrous or show only a 
very moderate amount of scabridity have always glabrous bracts. The 
writer has in vain attempted to lay hold of any more satisfactory 
character. Accordingly all the plants with hairy bracts have been 
