430 MR. F. N. WILLIAMS ON THE 
tata apice acutata, superiora linearia acuta, omnia uninervia. 
Calyx fructifer ampliatus ovatus hirsuto-pubescens, nervis reticu- 
lato-venosis, dentibus triangularibus aeutis. Petala bifida ex- 
auriculata inclusa. ` Capsula ovato-globosa sessilis, dentibus 
recurvis. Semina purpureo-fusca, dorsi sulcati margine cristato- 
tuberculata, faciebus depressis vel planis haud tuberculata. 
Planta Melandryo brachypetalo, Fenzl, affinis, speciei bene 
definite qu& in regione Tibetana et in Mongolia occurrit, ab 
eadem nihilominus habitu valde diversa; etiam foliis angusti- 
oribus, petalis exauriculatis, et seminum structura, satis differt. 
Hab. Tachien-lu (Soulié, n. 820, 1893). 
8. MELANDRYUM GLANDULOSUM, Williams. 
Syn. Lychnis glandulosa, Maxim. Fl. Tangutica, p. 83, t. 29 
(1889). 
Tota dense glanduloso-pilosa, 32-35 centim. Radix fusiformis 
simplex pleiocephala. Caulis subsimplex vel fastigiatim pauci- 
ramosus, suleatus. Folia pleraque basi conferta, oblonga vel 
oblongo-linearia, infima obtusa, reliqua subacuta, radicalia in 
petiolum attenuata, caulina pauca sessilia, basilaria 50-80 mm., 
superiora 18-22 mm. Flores nutantes, longe pedicellati, ramos 
terminantes et ex axillis orti. Bractee 2 lineares uninervie 
herbacez. Calyx campanulatus, dentibus ovatis obtusis dense 
ciliatis, costis nigricanti-viridulis apice conjunctis. Petala 
purpurea bifida, lamina exserta in lobos oblongos divisa, ungue 
glabro sensim versus basin attenuato obtuse lateque biauriculato, 
appendicibus rotundato-obtusis fornicatis. Filamenta ciliata. 
Styli breves recti. Semina reniformia exalata, dorso plano 
seriebus 5 tuberculorum obtusorum dense papillata, disco leviter 
concavo. 
Habitus M. tristis, Fenzl, quod tamen eglandulosum, flores 
majores, calycem distinete reticulato-nervosum, petala laminá 
patente majuscula exserta, ungue subito basin versus attenuato 
habet, atque semina duplo majora possidet: confer etiam M. ca- 
bulicum, Boiss., ex Afghanis alpibus. 
Hab. Tachien-lu at 2700-4000 metres (Pratt, n. 550, 1890). 
The plant exactly agrees with Col. Przewalsky's specimens 
from N. Tibet (1884), and with Maximowicz’s excellent plate. 
