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XVIII. CARYOPHYLLE-aE. (Edgewortli & Hook, f.) [Lychnis, 



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\3. Xi. pilosa, Edgew. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xx. 34; clotbed especially 

 above with long spreading flaccid hairs, stem erect or diffusely branched, 

 leaves ovate or elliptic-lanceolate, panicle lax few-flowered, calyx oblong, 

 nerves green, lobes short, petals with a 2-lobed limb, lobes bifid, carpophore 

 short or long, seeds renifurm, granulate on the sides, back with long pro- 

 cesses. Melandryum nutans (a form), Rohrb. in Linnc^a^ xxxvL 229. 



Western TEMrEUAXE Himalaya, from Garwhal to Kashmir, alt. 9-12,000 ft., 



Boyle^ Edgeicorth, &c. , c ih i 



Very closely allied to L. nutans, if not, as Rohrbach considers, a variety ot tnai 



plant; it is best distinguished by the long flaccid hairs, and echinate doisal ^^^^J. ^^^ 

 seeds; the latter character is not a very good one, as a passage can be establishe 

 between the seed of i. ihdica in which the dorsal granulations are but little iar):er 

 than the lateral, throngh that of L. nutans to that of L. pilosa. There are two terms 

 of this species, the original, with the calyx nearly an inch long and a long woolly car[K)- 

 phore ; and another with smaller calyx (altogether like that of L. nutans), and a sUoii 

 carpophore. The styles are 5. 



14. Xi. cancellata, Jacqiiem. mss.; densely hoary-pubescent, stem erec, 

 simple, leaves elliptic-lanceolate or orbicular, panicle contracted le 

 flowered, flowers suberect, calyx 5-lobed to below the middle viscid gia - 

 dular, lobes subacute, petals with an auricled claw and short 4-iid u^ » 

 carpophore woolly, seeds granulate. 



KuNAWAR, alt. 11-12,000 ft., Jacquemont^ Royle, &c. . i » 



Erect, rather slender, covered with close-set often rather long and spreading la » 



glandular above. ^ ' ■" ^ -' ' l-i -..*:.i..i .anhne sessiie, 



acute or acununatc ~LLi/u.crs lu iaiiit^r uiHiaiit uaiiH, Miumj- ^\^^^-^ — * -a 



Calj/x J-^ in. long, subcampanulate, green, densely tomentose or woolly ; "^^^'^^j^^ J 

 meeting in the segments, broad, green ; lobes oblong, erect or somewhat sprea ^B^ 

 ciliate, tips often recurved. Petals with the claw woolly, limb about i in. l^"f '-^^.1.;. 

 2-fid. Stamens woolly. Styles 4-5.— The deeply cleft calsx is the best i^^'^. . j^^g 

 species, but possibly not a good one, as I observe some irregularity in the ai^^s ^' 



suggesting an abnormal condition of that organ. ^ ■ M 



The following Indian species of Lychnis contained in the Kew Herbarium are m , 

 imperfect a condition for determination. . _„ rMeW- 



L. PUMiLA, Royle; Benth, in RoijU III, 80 ; Rohrh. in Linnoea, xxxvi. 21 1 [^ 

 dryum). • -g 



L. CUNEIFOLIA, Royle; Rohrb. Ic. ; a densely tomentose short large-rooted spe 

 with spathulate leaves, in a very yonng state from Kunawar. . , , jg^jie 



Melandkyum INTRUSCM, Rohrb. in Linncea, xxxvi. 242, is unquestionaoiy 

 colorata,&n introduced plant, alluded to at p. 218. 



There is a Lychnis in the Heiburium differing from any of the above dcsc 

 species, in the upper leaves being linear and rounded at the tip ; its flowt 

 that of L. indica. I have seen scraps oidy from the Shiri Pass in Tibet, c 

 Heyde, and from Dr. Stewart (locaHty uncertain but probably from Tibet). 



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Leaves very variable, 1-2 in, long, radical petioled, cauhne sessi , 

 e. Flowers in rather distant pairs, shortly pedicelled, ^^^^'^"^ ' 



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9. HOX.OSTEUM. Linn. 



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Flou-ers in termin«- -_ ^^j- 

 Capsutesnhcylindnc^. 



with 



:SW^ peltate- con- 



Annual glandular herbs. Leaves narrow. 

 like cymes. Sepals 5. Petals 5, toothed or notched. Stamens^ 

 10. Ovary 1-celled ; styles 3 (-5) ; ovules many. 



twice as many short terminal valves as there are styles. O'^^"^ *'''' haped- 

 cavo-convex, dorsally compressed, rough ; embryo horse-shoe s p 

 DiSTRiB. Species 3. Europe and W. Asia. . [ - r ^y 



, . This genus is distinguished from Arenaria and SteUaria more by habit I ^ 

 easily defined character, . , - - - -^l , 



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