CXI. POLYGONACEiE. 
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Polygonum .] 
acute, base truncate or round, sometimes cordate, glabrous, 
nerves conspicuous, 5 in. long, 3 in. wide; petioles -4 in. long with 
round auricles at base; sheath *5 in. long. Inflorescence of paniclea 
cymes 1 to 3 in. long with leafy bracts. Flowers few in small 
clusters, *1 in. through, white or pink. Stamens 7 to 8, in 2 whorls. 
Ovary trigonous; style trifid above. Nutlet trigonous, pulpy, 
black. Hab. Mountains at 4000 ft. altitude, very showy. Pahang, 
Bukit Fraser (Foxworthy). Perak, Gunong Berimbun near Telom; 
Fig. 135.—Polygonum pedunculare. 
Jor; Tapah; Gunong Kerbau (Haniff). Distrib. India, Malay 
isles, China and Japan. rr 77 _ 
(8) P. strigosum R. Brown Prod. FI. Nov.-Holl. 420; Gage, 
l c 22 
Straggling plant 2 to 4 ft. long, angles, petioles and nerves of 
leaves prickly with recurved thorns. Leaves linear or linear-oblong 
acuminate, base truncate, x to 5 in. long, -15 to -5 in. wide; 
petioles o to -5 in. long. Racemes oblong, panicled, -13 to *3 m. 
long with slender peduncles. Flowers pink. Stamens 6 to 8. 
Nut trigonous. Hab. Penang (Wallich No. 16970), not seen again. 
Distrib . Indo-Malaya, China. 
