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glabrous, scarious. Perianth 5-parted. Stamens 8. Styles 3, 
united for half their length. Nut 3-angled, smooth, shining. 
Jako, Matiana, Narkunda, on dry rocks ; July-September. — Temperate 
Himalaya, 8000-11,000 ft. 
9. Polygonum glabrum, Willd. ; FI. Br. Ind. v. 34. Glabrous ; 
stems 2-4 ft., erect, branched. Leaves shortly stalked, broadly 
or narrowly lanceolate, 4-7 in., finely pointed, minutely glandular ; 
stipules tubular, § in., not fringed. Flowers pink or white, vary- 
ing much in size, in erect, slender racemes 2-4 in. long, forming 
a terminal panicle ; bracts tubular, glabrous. Perianth usually 
5-parted. Stamens 6-8. Styles usually 2, sometimes 3, united 
below the middle. Nut usually rounded and flattened, 3-angled 
in the 3 -styled flowers. 
Simla, in ditches, etc. ; May-October. — Throughout India, ascending to 
6000 ft. — Tropical Asia, Africa, America. 
10. Polygonum simlense, Boyle ; Bab. in Trans. Linn. Soc. 
xviii. (1841) 102, including var. nodosum and var. laxum of P. 
lapathi folium, Linn. ; FI. Br. Ind. v. 35. Stems 1-2 ft., glabrous 
on the lower parts, rough with minute glands upwards. Leaves 
gland-dotted, on short, narrowly winged stalks, the uppermost 
sessile, lanceolate, 3-6 in., finely pointed, narrowed to the base, 
the margins, midrib and nerves more or less covered with small, 
coarse, appressed hairs pointing upwards ; stipules tubular, not 
fringed. Flower red, T \-J in. long, in erect or half-drooping 
racemes 1 J-2 in. long, axillary or forming terminal panicles ; bracts 
tubular, short. Perianth 4-parted. Stamens 6. Styles 2, united 
close to the base. Nut round, flattened, minutely dotted. 
Near Matiana and in marshes near Theog. — N. India, ascending to 7000 ft. 
*11. Polygonum minus, Huds. ; FI. Br. Ind. v. 36. Stems gla- 
brous, 6-12 in., slender, angled and creeping at the base, then 
ascending. Leaves sessile, glabrous, linear or lanceolate, 1-2 in., 
pointed ; stipules tubular, J in., thinly hairy, truncate, fringed 
with short bristles. Flowers minute, pink or red, in slender, erect, 
terminal racemes in. long ; bracts tubular, short, fringed with 
bristles. Perianth 5-parted. Stamens 5. Styles 2, united for 
half their length. Nut round, flattened, smooth, shining. 
Throughout India, ascending to 6000 ft., common in ditches ; January- 
December. — Asia, Europe, including Britain. 
12. Polygonum Donii, Meissn. ; FI. Br. Ind. v. 38, under P. 
serratulum. Stems glabrous, 1-3 ft., procumbent and rooting at 
the joints, then ascending. Leaves variable, sessile, lanceolate, 
narrowed to both ends or nearly linear, 2-5 in., both surfaces 
rough with minute points, margins and midrib more or less 
covered with small, appressed hairs pointing upwards, otherwise 
