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apice recurva. Petala obovata acuta, alba basi lilacina. Capsula 
inclusa. 
Mr. Duthie's Garhwal specimens show the five glands most 
distinctly. None of the undamaged petals in the Kashmir 
specimens examined seemed to be rounded at the apex as stated 
in Edgeworth’s description. 
Hab. Alpine Himalaya, from Kashmir to Sikkim, up to 
5450 metres. 
B. Petala sepalis breviora, vel ea subsequantia. 
147. A. BIFLORA, Linn. Mant. Plant. p.71 (1767); Tunf.in 
Parl. Fl. Italiana, ix. p. 543. 
Forma elongata, Heer, in Herb. Polyt. Helvet. (1867). 
Laxior, caulibus magis elongatis. 
B. apetala, Vill. (sp.) Prosp. Fl. Dauph. p.48 (1779); Hist. 
Pl. Dauph. ii. p. 622, t. 48. 
Corolla evanescens. 
Linnsus's short description is :—“ Caules procumbentes. 
Folia subrotunda seu obovata, levia, obtusa. Pedunculi laterales, 
folis duplo longiores, bifidi et biflori: bracteis 2, linearibus ad 
divisionem, ut et in altero pedicello. Calyces ovati. Petala 
alba. Capsule subglobose.” 
Geogr. limits —N. Austrian Poland. S. Albania. 
E. Transylvania. W. Dauphiny (var. B). 
Iconogr.—Jaeg. Ic. Rar. Plant. 88 ; Ic. Taurin. xv. t. 91. f. 45 
All. Fl. Pedem. no. 1699, t. 44. f. 4, ett. 64. f. 4; Reichb. Ie 
Fl. Germ. Helv. 4949.—(Var. B) Vill. Hist. Pl. Dauph. ™ 
p. 622, t. 48. 
Syn. Alsinanthus biflorus, Desv. Journ. Bot. 1814. 
Arenaria multicaulis, (non Linn.) Schur ez Simonk. 
148. A. Gayana, Williams. tes 
Inferne subpubescens, superne glabra. Caules jm 
graciles ramosissimi paullum angulati. Folia shores 
apice rotundata mucronulato-apiculata, enervia petiolata - 
basin versus parce ciliata. Flores pauci solitarii longe po" 
ure 
lati. Calyx late campanulatus; sepala ovata obtusa pen 
3-nervia erecto-patentia, margine anguste hy alina, Capsula 
obovata, calyce triente breviora. Anthere albidæ. “ap 
valvis 3 bidentatis dehiscens. Semina reniformi gin 
(A. balearica var. brachypetala, J. Gay herb. in Herb. Kew. 
Hab. Pastriciale in Corsica (Serafino, 1828). 
