226 
18. M. multicaule (Wall.) Walp. 
-Caules caespitosi elongati strieti erecti, inferne glahriu- 
sculi, superne pilis paneis hirsuti; folia lineari-lanceolata glahra 
margine dense scahride ciliatas flores nutantes in racemo valde 
elongato panei, ramis Iateralibus longis unifloris ereetis; ealyx 
ampliatus campanulatus, praeserlim ad strias virides superne 
coninnetas scahride pahescens, dentibus ovatis ohtusiuseulis late 
albo-marginatis eiliatis, petala vix e calyce exserta, unguibus 
e basi sensim dilatatis, lamina purpurea perparva ohtuse den- 
ticulata, appendicibus binis valde elongatis; capsula ovato - ob- 
longa; semina parva .... 
Lychnis multicaulis Wall.! cat. 622. 
Melandryum multicaule (Wall.) ‚Walp. rep. 1, 2380. 
Hab. in Nepalia (Wall. 622!), Sikkim 2370—3600 m. 
(Hook. fil. et Th!) 
19. ML. triste (Bunge) Fenzl. 
Caules strieti erecti leviter pnbescentes; folia oblonga vel 
Iineari-oblonga acutiuscula, inferiora in petiolum longissimum 
attenuata, pilis paucis vestita eiliolata, caulina pauca, suprema 
et bractene minora; flores sub anthesi nuiantes magni solitarii 
vel terni, lateralibus breviter pedicellatis; calyx sub anthesi le- 
viter ampliatus oblongo -eampanulates, fructifer valde. iufla- 
tus, vesiculosus, ereetus, glanduloso-pnbernlus, striis rubello-ni- 
grieantibus vix coniunetis, dentibus late ovatis oblusis albo- 
marginatis ciliolatis; petala sordide atrosanguinea vix e calyce 
exserta, unguibas sensim dilatalis, Jamina emarginato - bifida ; 
capsula magna ovato-campanulata; semina dorso dense muri- 
cato-tubereulato ei faciebus plana. " 
Lychnis tristis Bunge! in Ledeb. fl. alt. II, 183. 
Melandryum triste (Buuge) Fenzl in Ledeb. fl, ross. 
I, 326. 
