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T.i/chnis.] xviii. CAnYoPHYLLE^. (Edg-ewortli & Hook, f.) ' 225 



oroad aimcle<1, exceeiling the calyx; limb small, recurved; appendages notclicd. 

 Vapside exceeding the calyx, 10-cleft. 



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' fl^ ^^^^ ^/o/^gra^e, usualhj laxly dichotomomly branched {simple in L. 

 luflata). Leaves ovate elliptic or lanceolate. 



10, L. inflata, Wall Cat. n. 618; minutely pubescent, stem simple 

 erect l-3-flo\vered leafy, leaves elliptic or lanceolate lower petioled, flowers 

 t f^ ™^^^^^ drooping, calyx very inflated pale with dark brown nerves, 

 teeth rounded, petals with a broad claw 2 large appendages and a short 

 rounded limb, carpophore short vroolly, seeds reniform compressed, back 

 lurnished with rows of long soft setas. Benth. in Eorjle lU. 80. Melan- 

 aryum inflatum, Rohrb, m Limicea xxxvi. 225. Agrostemma inflata, Don 

 ^^i^ SysL i. 417. 



^ESTERN Temperate Himalaya ; Kumaon, Blinhwortlu . 



^^iC^m rather stout, 10-16 in., glandular-pubescent above, nodes sw'ollen. Leaves 

 Ion r ^ in, acute or acuminate. Pedicels slender, ebracteolare. Calyx fin. 



j'* & nearly as broad, membranous; nerv^es free or uniting in or below the broad nya- 

 of *^r"i? ^^^^\ which are not ciliate.— A very curious and distinct form, the fcct-ds 

 coll ! ^^ ^"^^'^ peculiar. It is singular that it' should have escaped the notice of all 

 tW -^ ^^ Kumaon since the days of Blinkworth, the first explorer of the Flora of 



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1 3 ^r indica, Bentk in Eoyle III 81 ; finely-pubescent, stem leafy dif- 



«eiy dichotumously branched, leaves elliptic or ovate-lanceolate or orbi- 



Ir w ^f^}"^^^ ^^^ many-flowered, calyx oblong inflated, nerves green or 



a S' i*^^ ^^^^^^ rounded, carpophore short broad pubescent, petals with 



*^M or timbriate limb, seeds reniform granulate. 



aTu^'^^? Himalaya, alt. 5500-10,000 ft., from Nipal to Marri. 

 times 1 .'f ^^«u«ly branched spreading weak herb, 2-3 ft. high; stem below some- 

 PetioleH^ 1 ^^ ^- *^^^'^"'^ *i"^^'- Leaves variable, more or less ovate-lanceolate, lower 



openn ^'"^^^^1"- lf>^g) nieiubranouR, flaccid. Flowers drooping when young, in 

 lone ^|^*^7^.^*^*^d panicled glandular-hairy cvmes; pedicels ebracteate. Calyx |-| in. 

 troad ^f ^^"^"^^'^^^"* > nerves 10-15, free or combined, simple or branched; teeth 

 8i.]e-'ft ^^®i ^^^^^y ^^"^^- Pe^aZo,- very variable, usually white inside and puq^lish out- 

 ■ ^ppendages short, obtuse, often crisped. Capmle ovoid, teeth 5, simple or bifid. 



V^R^^i^^Ky^^y dark, the granulations on the back stronger than on the sides. 

 Btvle« n Ty^ i>rc)per; petals with a short 2-fid blade, lobes entire or 2-toothed, 

 2647n!i''f >\^: , Silene indica, Eoxh. Ilort. Bevy. 34; FL Lid. ii. 447 ; Wall. Cat. 



Var 9 J? Melandryum indicum var. genuinum, Bohrb. in Linna^a, xxxvi. 234.^ 

 llad^V'/v'*^';^^^' ^^'^^I- Cat. 619 (Sp.) ; petals with a longer lacerate or fimbriate 

 Btemon uw; 'J"'^^' ^-f^^' ^^y^^^ usually 5. BentK in RoyU III 80, t. 20 B. L. eno- 

 ' ^««. tat. n. G20. Mclaudrvum indicum var, fimbriatum, Jiohrb, Ic, 



12. L. 



colar ^,^".^[^i^^«^ly branched, leaves ovate - 



, finely pubescent, stems dif- 

 or elliptic-lanceolate or orbi- 





'^-12Sfr ^"'"^^-^^'^S from Sikkim to Kunawar, alt. 7500-11,000 ft; Marri, alt. 



"^«rt«?Dior!'^i*l''*"^ t° ^- «"«^'ca, but apparently a smaller plant, more flacciJ, witli a 

 ^"'etimes r?ri^ r'^ ^^'>"^. aud short crenulate corona-limb. The upper leaves are . 

 mes orbicular-cordate. 



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