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LXXXII. POLYGOXACE.E 
acute, more or less downy on both surfaces, margins fringed ; 
stalks very short, usually with 2 rounded ears at their base ; 
stipules tubular, in., glandular-hairy. Flowers pink, in dense 
heads in. diam., on hairy and glandular stalks, usually 2 
together, one being often nearly sessile ; bracts flat, acute. 
Perianth 5-parted. Stamens 8. Styles 3, united for § of their 
length. Nut 3-angled, dull black, enclosed in the adherent 
perianth. (Fig. 134.) 
Simla, very common on rocks, walls, etc. ; June-November.— Temperate 
Himalaya, 4000-6000 ft. 
16. Polygonum chinense, Linn. ; FI. Br. Ind. v. 44. A nearly 
erect shrub, 3-5 ft. ; stems glabrous, angled, finely grooved. 
Leaves rough with minute prickles, oblong-lanceolate, 5x14 in., 
long-pointed ; stalks shortly winged near the top, sometimes 
2-eared at the base ; stipules tubular, white, very long, nerves 
numerous, parallel, base glandular. Flowers white or pink, in 
heads in. diam., on glandular stalks forming a corymb ; bracts 
flat, ovate. Perianth 5-parted. Stamens 8. Styles 3, united for 
about half their length. Nut 3-angled, dull black. 
Simla, the Glen ; September, October. — Hilly districts throughout India, up 
to 8000 ft. — Tropical Asia on hills and mountains. 
In the FI. Br. Ind. this species is divided into five varieties, of which only 
one, corymbosum, occurs at Simla. 
