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Solostaim.] XVIII. caryophylle^. (Edgewortli & Hook, f.) 227 



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_1. H. umbellatum, Limi. ; 



Bom. FL OiienL I 709. 



leaves rosulate petioled elliptic-oblong. 



'^Kashmir, Jacquemont, &c. — Djstrib. W. Asia, X. Africa, Europe, 

 ofeni 4-8 in., very slender, branclied below. Leaves 4-1 in* Flowers (ew, ereot ; 

 Faiceis ^ in., deflexed after flowering, erect after fruiting; bracts small, membranous. 

 ^pm white, obtuse, e<]ges scavious. Petals rather longer, \ in., wbite or pale pink. 

 oiamens and stjleb otteu 3 each. Capsules exceeding the sepals, ^eeds black. 



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10. CERASTIVBX, Linn. 



"Pubescent rarely glabrous herbs, often glandular, annual or perennial 

 ^aves usually small. Flowers white, in terminal dichotomous cymes. Se/mls 

 5, rarely 4, Petals as many, rarely 0, notched or 2-fid, rarely quite entire or 

 ^^^- Stamens 10, rarely 5 or fewer, hypogynous. Ovary 1-celled; styles 

 iiiiUally 3-5 j ovules many. Capsule cylindric, often curved, with twice as 

 ^any short valves as styles. Seeds compressed, not arillate; embryo 

 annular.— DiSTRiB. Species about 40, all natives of temperate and cold 



Cera>i(ium like Holo.^fcum is with difGculty distinguished by technical characters 

 If^m Arenarla and Stellaria. 



Sect. I. Dlchodon. Styles usually 3. 



alf^' ^V^^^S'y^u^f VU.lars; perennial, tufted, stem procumbent witlx 

 aiiemutuig haif-y lines or glabrous, leaves oblong-lanceolate glabrous, cymes 

 1-^3-flowered, bracts herbaceous with membranous edges. Boiss. Fl Orient. 

 a-Li .Stellaria cerastioides, Linn. Sp. PL (i04. Diplodon cerastioides, 



*«^^-/c./y. 6V7n.f. 4915. 



^T^^^^^'**^^ ^^'estern Himalaya, alt. 11-17,000 ft., from Kulu to Kashmir, and in 



kr^^r.^^^ . ^^'^' ^^//^^. Jacquemont, &c.— Distkib. Aff-hanistan, Siberia, W. Asia, 



/^-^^c regions, Alps of Europe, 

 ^.'^eaiij glabrous. Leaves |-4 in., dis , 



olui P^^'^^^^ ^^^y slender, glandular-pubescent, fruiting reflexed. ^epa 

 of doSnlTi "^^' 1-nerved. Petals deeply 2-fid. Styles usnally 3. Seerls wi 



dorbal tubercl 



stant, obtuse, often recurved. Flowers ^ in. 



jSepals linear- 

 ih 8 rows 



Srct. II. 



es.— Altogether intermediate between Ctrastium and Stdlaria, 



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Strephodon. Styles 5. 



recurvp^VT --*'"""""■ *^ti"e« ^- V^^^^^ «/ the capsaU convolute or 

 ea at the tip, margins not revolute. 



uiZ' ?^^»»ricum, Fisch. in Spreng. Pugill ii. 65 ; tall, gkbr9us or 

 f - '*^scent beluw, leaves lar-e oblons sessile or auricled, petals twice as 



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as the 



e. sepals, claws bearded, capsule straight, seeds tubercled. 

 ■ I. 717. 



IjOUS. 



"Won^ LI *''' '*''t«'' -Te Blender, cbiacteolate. Mowers | in. diam. bejmh eliiptic- 

 ii lobed r^*^"**'', «l^i<nng, with narrow 8Cari..U3 edges. Pelah twice as loug, obcordate, 

 • ^ajjsuk twice as long as the calvx, striate, many-nurved ; valves revolute. 



leaves ^,ff***^y°*' ^^^'J^^i '^ Am. Prodr. 43 ; slender, glandular-pubescent, 

 ^he caW *^^^^^^ elliptic ovate or lanceolate acute, ]>etals a little exceeding 

 III. ll^l^^^V^^Q straight, teeth recurved. Thwaites Emm. 24; Wight 



'^^i^^^'^^^'^^^, ^'ilglnri and Pulney ilts., WigU, Sec. Cevlox, alt. 6-7000 ft., 



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