OF THE GENUS ARENARIA. 373 
Petala nulla. Capsula ovata, valvis 3 latis emarginato-bifidis 
dehiscens. Semina brunnea globuloso-reniformia, striatim 
granulata. 
Species valde insignis, a plurimis meridionali-americanis diversa 
seminum structura. 
Hab. Bolivia: prov. of Larecaja, at 3300 metres. 
57. A. PENTANDRA, Maxim. in Bull. Acad. Pétersb. xxvi. p. 429 
(1880); Pl. Mongol. p. 96, t. 6 (1889). 
Suffrutex glaber, trunco crasso lignoso polycephalo, 30 centim. 
Folia subulata pungentia basi breviter membranacea, caulina 
connata margine scaberula. Cyma terminalis, ter trichotoma ; 
bractew abbreviate: lanceolate preter costam hyaline. Sepala 
lanceolata acuminata late hyalino-marginata, extima in alabastro 
breviora. Petala oblonga, calyce paullo longiora. Stamina 5, 
et staminodia 5. Ovarium ovatum, ovulis 2. Semina obtuse 
tuberculata. 
Hab. Soungaria; not far from the Mongolian frontier, in the 
mountains of Kitschni-ne-tau near the post of Saissan (Potanin), 
leonogr.—Masim. l. c. 
Sectio ii. SIKKIMENSES. 
Series A.—Stamina 10. 
Subsectio 1.— Folia margine incrassata aut nervoso-marginata. 
Calyx basi rotundatus. 
58. A. CTLIOLATA, Edgew. in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind.i. p. 240 
(1874); Duthie, List N. W. Ind. Pl. p. 22 (1881). 
 Eglanduloso-pubescens, laxe cæspitosa. Caules 5-7 centim., 
simplices bilineato-pubescentes foliosi. Folia ovata vel oblonga, 
cuspidata vel acuminata, obscure uninervia, basi attenuata vix 
petiolata, utrinque puberula, margine pilis longis articulatis his- 
pidis ciliato. Pedicelli villoso-pubescentes ebracteati. Sepala 
lanceolata acuta ciliata. Petala alba late obovata apice rotundata, 
calycem superantia. Capsula ovoideo-globosa. . 
B. pendula, Duthie, Pl. of Kumaon, no. 2761 (1884) in Herb. 
ew, 
Habitulaxior. Pedicelli recurvati. 
Hab. Napalcha, in Byans. 
Geogr. area, Sikkim Himalaya; also Kumaon and Garhwal 
(Duthie), 
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