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Silene.] xviii. caryophylle^. . (Edgewortli & Hook, f.) 221 



cymes lax opposite long-peduncled, calyx glandular cylindric, teeth lan- 

 ceolate-subulate, basB' truncate intruded, capsule narrow oblong, rather 

 longer than the gynopliore. S. viriditiora, var, Rofirb. Monog, SUene^ 215. 



Western Hi\fALAYA, Sirmur, Wehh. 



We have seen b^t one specimen, itself a frac^tnent, 16 in. tall, of what is evidently a 

 tall spare lax-flowered species of a plant resembling closely S. vmdljloray Linn. — 

 , -^*ay^s 14 in. broad, pubcrulons on both surfaces. Branches of panicle (peduncles of 

 cymes) 3-6 in., terminated by two ovate foliaceous bracts Flowers droopinc;; pedicels 

 2-4 ^n., densely tomentose. 6V/^//x | in., very slen^ler, 10 nerved, ventricose in fruit; 

 teeth with s 'arious edges. Petals long, greenish-whltc ; limb bifid, lobes Hgnlate ; 

 scales 2. Filaments glabrous. Ovary cylindric, top globose; styles 3. Capsule 

 Oiwnatare, cylindric-obl»ng. 



Sect. V. Cucubaloideae. Calyx cylindric, rounded at the base, pale, 



inembranous. Petals without auricles at the sides.— Scandent or subscandent 

 sleuder lax perennials. Flowers in very lax few-flowered panicled cymes. 



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_ 11. S, ? Stracheyi, Edgew, ; glabrous, flaccid, subscandent, leaves 

 P^tioled lanceolate acuminate membranous, cymes 3-flowered bracteate, 

 ^lyx membranous, teeth broad with orbicular tips, capsule half tlie length 

 ; 01 the gynophore. ^ 



^ Temperate Himalaya, Piti river, Kumaon, alt.7 500 ft., StracLd' Wlnterb. Sikkim 

 . in woods, Lachen river, alt. 9-10,000 ft., /. D. E, 



rtabit and foliage of Cucithalus haccifer^ but glabrous or nearly so, leaves longer 



Pftiolei. Calyx cylindric, and ovary with a very long crynophore and 5-lobed callous 



. ^P' ^^I'cating a 5-Yalved dehiscence.- -Stems shining. Leaven 2-24 1^}' i"! i"-> ciliolate, 



^7 ''^" j"^ramarginal nerve. Pedicvh 4-1 in., very slender, minutely pubescent. 



fptfV^"*' P'^^^' ^"^^'^ ^^ green nerves and anastomosing veins between them above; 



., leetu hyaline, contracti^d below the orbicular ciliolate tips. Petals white, very narrow; 



«v not auricled ; limb retuse or 2-Iobcd. Filaments glabrous; anthers short, didy- 



510U8. 



ifln V — ^-^vutuiu-ij^ curious piant, iii 



«ap3 better referred to the latter genus. 



Cv/yuhal 



ah fehasiana, BohrK in Linnrea, xxxvi. 259 ; glandular pubescent 



aoove, subscandent, leaves sessile ovate acuminate, flowers solitary and ni 

 ao'T^t ^""3-flo^^'ered bracteate cymes, calyx shortly cylindric, teeth broad 

 *=^te, base rounded, capsule oblong, gynophore very short. 



. Khasia Mt8., at Molira and Aloflong, alt. 5-6000 ft., H. f.&T. 

 not ^*?-^^^"g brittle hardly flaccid herb, with rather rol)ust branches. Leaves 1-2 in., 

 cilLrf^ '^''^^' 3-5-nerved at the base, paler beneath, glabrous or sparsely pubescent, 

 iioiate. Flowers erect; pedicels 4-1 in., shict. Calyx ^ in., with 10 broad nerves 

 FiJn ^^^^^' -^""^''^^ P'll*^ P"^^; claw cuncate; limb 2-p^trtite, obtuse; scales smah. 

 jjr?,*^^^^ S'^il^i'ous ; anthers didymous. Capsule broad, with very small teeth. Seeds 

 'J rounded, sides convex striate-tuberculate. 



7. CUCUBAIiITS, Linm 



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flot«??^^® subscandent herb. Leaves ovate-Ianccolate. Flowers in 1-3- 

 camf 1 *^y ^y^^^ or solitary in the forks of the branches. Ca/vx broadly 

 •apanulate, lO-nerved, 5-toothed. Petals 5 : claw narrow toothed at the 

 . H> ^iiib 2-fiil wifii o c.„,.i„„ „4. u^ u„=,„ c/^.^^we 111 Di'jik nrudiiced into 



» kcr^ ^"^'^ ^^'^^ 2 scales at its base. 

 n>JtJ^ gynophore. Ovar?/ 1-celled. .3-st 



Stamens 10. Disk . 



ofa of flif> base ! stvles 3 : ovules 



uin 





. 1, 



nibryo annular. 



I witn an emire caims, 31.1111115, wx^ v^i 

 ig irregularly. Seeds remfurm, shining ; 



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