OF THE GENUS ARENARIA. 407 
laya, at 4150 metres (Herb. Kew.); also by Mr. C. B. Clarke 
above the Yak Pass at 5100 metres. 
Iconogr.—Ann. Wien. Mus. i. p. 03, t. 71 (1836). 
125. A. KUMAONENSIS, Maxim. Fl. Tangutica, i. p. 86 (1889). 
Dense pulvinata. Folia e latiore scariosà basi subulata 
triquetra pungentia glabra; ramulorum floriferorum latiora 
breviora fere tota scariosa, suprema bracteiformia decrescentia, 
omnia ciliata. Pedicelli viscido-villosi. Sepala uninervia hya- 
lino-marginata. Petala alba elliptica obtusa, petalis parum 
longiora. Authere atre. Ovarium globosum. | Capsula inclusa, 
oblongo-ovata. Semina margine dense cristato-tuberculata, disco 
levia. 
A precedenti longe distat aspectu, characteribus autem ad 
dignoseendum liquida: in prov. Tibeticá haud occurrens. 
Hab. Himalayas: District of Kumaon, in the North-West 
Provinees (1884). 
126. A. rerraayna, Willd. herb. no. 8748, et ex Schlecht. 
Gesellsch. naturf. Fr. Berl. Magaz. vii. p. 201 (1813) : &ohrb. in 
Linnea, xxxvii. p. 256 (1871-72). 
a. imbricata, Fenzl, ex Rohrb. in Linnea, xxxvi. p. 256 
(1871-72). 
Caulis ramuli breves eonferti, internodiis abbreviatis, glaber- 
rimi Folia valde approximata, subaeuta, 6-8 mm. Flores 
breviter pedicellati, pedicellis glabris calyce sesquilongioribus. 
Hab, The Andes of Ecuador: Mt. Antisana, at 4200-1500 
Metres, 
B. laxa, Fenzl, 1. c. p. 257. 
Caules plus minus laxi diffusi, internodiis elongatis. Folia 
remota, nune acutiuscula nune obtusiuscula, longiora, usque 
àdl0 mm. Fiores sepalis paullum longius pedicellati. 
Lusus 1 :—Caules et pedicelli glaberrimi. 
Hab. Mexico, Peru, and Chile. 
Lusus 2:— Caules unifariam pilis brevibus vestiti, pedicelli 
florum dense pilosi, rarius in eodem specimine glabrescentes. 
SYN. A. inconspicua, Poepp. Coll. Pl. Chil. iii. p. 127, Diar. p. 746. 
A. cryptopetala, Kunze, Syn. Pl. Amer. Austr. MSS. 
Hab. Chile. 
Herba polymorpha est, et var. 8 lusu altero ad Á. palustr en 
Accedit, a Quá tamen habitu multo laxiore, glandulis conspicuis, 
Capsule forma seminibusque satis diilert. 
