Polygonum aubertii, Henry. Resembles P. baldschuanicum, but said to be inferior to it: climbing to 25 ft. and more, becoming woody at base : lvs. ovate-lanceolate, cordate, obtuse or very short-pointed, reddish bronze or pale green and when young red at the apex: fls. small, whitish, rose-colored or green, in slender axillary panicles 6-8 in. long. W. China, Thibet, discovered by P. Georges Aubert, missionary. R.H. 1907, pp. 82, 83. —Said to grow with great rapidity, and to cover a large space; blooms in spring and again in autumn.