A CENSUS OF THE INDIAN POLYGONUMS. 
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pules fimbri- 
. ate not wool- 
ly 
,Flowers and 
nutlets of 
average size 
Flowers and 
nutlets very 
minute 
** Leaf lamina linear or subulate, length more 
than four times the breadth, usually a good 
deal more 
t Internodes, especially upper ones, almost 
or quite hidden by the very promi- 
nent white hyaline stipules which also 
considerably overlap the leaves 
§ Plant very dwarf, 2’5-5 cm., and 
of thread-like slenderness 
§§ Plant always at least over 10 cm., 
with stoutish branches, as thick 
as the lead of a pencil or thicker 
Root slender, annual 
Root-stock very stout and 
woody ... * 
’ft Stipules confined to the base of the 
internodes, leaving the greater part 
(I — I) of each internode uncovered 
§ Branches erect and rigid or erect 
and flexuous or erect and geni- 
culate ' 
X Leaves comparatively large;, 
2-4*5 ‘ 4"*6 
cm. broad, narrowly 
lanceolate with lateral 
nerves coming off at an 
acute angle from the 
midrib , 
X X Leaves minute, never more 
than I cm. long, linear, 
subulate; no lateral 
nerves 
P. plebejum 
VARS, indica and 
brevifolia. 
P. plebejum 
VAR. micranthema. 
P. molliseforme. 
P. tubulosum. 
P. paronychioides. 
P. setosum. 
