OF THE GENUS ARENARIA. 431 
164. A. arANDULOSA, Williams. 
Syn. Odontostemma glandulosum, Benth. ex G. Don, Gen. Syst. Bot. i. 
p. 449 (1831). 
A, Benthami, Edgew. in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. India, i. p. 242 (1874), 
non Fenzl (1840). 
Caules graciles ramosissimi glanduloso-pubescentes, pilis 
patentibus articulatis. ^ Folia inferiora petiolata, superiora 
sessilia, utráque facie pubescentia, margine ciliata, vix obtusa. 
Flores nutantes. Sepala oblongo- vel lineari-lanceolata, apicibus 
recurva. Petala alba obovato-spathulata lacerata. Anthere 
ovales luteæ. 
Hab. Temperate Himalaya: Kumaon and Sikkim. 
165. A. DEBILIS, Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. i. p. 242 (1874); 
Franch. in Bull. Soc. Bot. France, xxxiii. (1886) p. 432. 
Caulis sæpius solitarius, simplex vel parce ramosus, glanduloso- 
pilosus, gracilis debilis. Folia oblonga vel oblongo-ovata, 
obtusa, utrâque facie pubescentia, margine ciliata. Flores 
solitarii vel in eymis paucifloris; pedicellis divaricatis debilibus 
gracilibus. Sepala lineari-lanceolata acuta. Petala rosea obovata 
denticulata. 
Very like a small form of the preceding, but smaller in all its 
parts; the leaves more obtuse ; the flowers not 6 mm. across ; 
petals broader and not lacerate, merely irregularly toothed at the 
tip; filaments much shorter. 
Hab. Sikkim: alpine Himalaya, 4200-4800 metres. 
166. A. Dzravarr, Franch. in Bull. Soc. Bot. France, xxxiii. 
P. 432 (1886). 
Caules breves ramosi intricati, pilis brevibus glanduloso- 
hispidulis inspersi. Folia vix obtusa, oblonga, inferiora petiolata, 
superiora subsessilia. Pedicelli glandulosi, inferiores axillares 
solitarii, superiores 3-5 cymosi. Calyx basi rotundatus, leviter 
glandulosus ; sepala lanceolata acuta, apicibus nunc recurva. 
Petala alba late obovata, nune fere rotundata, laciniata. Antheræ 
ovate luteæ. Ovarium multiovulatum. 
Hab. China: prov. of Yun-nan, summit of Mt. Tsang-chan, 
above Tali, at 4000 metres (1884). 
