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230 xviii. CARYorHYLLE^. (Edgewortli & Hook, f.) [Stellark. 



Temperate Himalaya; from Nipal to Marri, alt. 4-8000 ft.— Distrib. N. and W. 



Asia, N. Africa, Europe. 



Perennial. Stem 1-3 ft., brittle, Lrancliecl, often trailing oyer bushes. Leaves 



1-1 i in., membranous, lower shortly petioled- acute, Roraetimes ciliate. Flowers ^i^ 

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diam., axillary. Sepals lanceolate, enlarged m hujl. o-cvk^vo »...." ° ^u i' ? 



Capmle 1 in., ovoid, rather exceeding the sepals; peduncle deflexed, curved at the tip. -^ 

 Seeds globose, tubercled. 



Sect. III. Stellarla proper. Sepals free to the base. StameM \\W' \ 



gynous or subperigynous. Ovary 1-celled; styles 2-3< Capsule with 4 o ; 

 entire valves. Seeds numerous, rarely few. 



5. S. media, Linn. ; stem procumbent with a line of hairs, leaves ovatj ,. 

 acuminate lower petioled upper sessile, cymes many-flowered, sepals gree 

 subacute or obtuse, petals shorter than the glandular sepals <^^ }^' , ^"i.^^^ 

 3-10, styles 3, seeds opaque strongly tubercled or ecliinate. WalL tat K)6iy 

 Wight Ic, t. 947; Boiss. FL Orient i. 707. S. raonogyna, Don Fr'odr. tio. 

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A very common and most variable weed. Stems 6 in. 2 ft., genera 

 flaccid, green. Leaves 4- 

 elliptic or lanceolate. Flo 

 slender, glabrous or glandular-pubescent. 



ost vanable weed. Steins 6 m. 2 tt., generally uiuo.i "* — - 

 4-1 in., lower long-petioled, ovate or cordate, upper ^ess'^^^ 

 lowers axillary and in terminal cymes, J-^ in. dnira., F 



„ ^ ' . ' Sepals obtuse or subacute, ^^^^i^S^^^^'^^ljl^^vl 



covered with raised points. Capsule ovoid, longer than the sepals, ^eea^ 

 acutely tubercled. — Flowers 4-merous and apetaluus in Alpine Sikkim specimens. . 



6. S. Bikkimensis 



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branched laxly pubescent or villous with spreading hairs, leaves small se. 

 ovate or ovate-lanceolate rarely cordate, cymes terminal ^^^^^^ ^^.f^i/ 

 sepals lanceolate acuminate pilose nmch exceeding the 2-partite p '7 

 stamens 10, styles 3, capsule not exceeding tiie sepals. 



Sikkim Himalaya; common, alt. 5-9000 ft., Herh, Griffith, LD- S. , - f^^^^^ 

 Often furraing matted tufts, clothed with flaccid brown spreading hairs. 

 2 :„ AX ,1 ^j, reflexed, acute, very shortly-petioled, o-«'i>ie. n. 



Flowers J in. diam. ; pedicels I'^^t her longer tu""'--^^^-^^ 



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spreading, decurved in fruit. Sepah with broad* scarious margins. ^-^^ ypaqiW* 



ovoid, rather longer than the sepals; valves 5, entire. Seeds many, """" ' /'-^rith 

 scarcely tubercled. — !^uba]pine specimens have more coriaceous deflexed 1^^*^^ ' ^^^^6 

 strongly recurved margins. Nearly allied to S, saxatills, but less perigynous, _ ^ 

 laxly hairy, and cymes much shorter peduucled and terminal 



7. S. semivestita, Edgew. ; more or less woolly, stem ^^^^^^t u^^^^^ ^^ 



decumbent much branched leafy, leaves spreading and recurved ^^| ^^^^^e 

 peduncles axillary much exceeding the leaves, sepals lanceolate acvi ^ 

 with broad scarious margins shorter than the petals, stamens 10, siy ^^ 



Western Temperate Himalaya; Kumaon, alt. 6-8000 ft.; Lohoo-g a « 

 Dadooka Taola, T. Thomson; Chaur, Sirach, (t Wint. . ascentt* 



Forming large compact or Lix tufts. Stems 6-18 in., terete below; *^^^"^| rec«rvei 

 ing, crowdtd, very leafy, white with woollv hairs. Leaves \-\ ^"'^ ?^^ } ;„ tli'^"^''^ 

 from a broad base, 1-nerved, woolly on both surfaces or glabrate. Flowers ^ .^^^^ose* 

 peduncles 1 in., very woolly. Sepah \ in., very acuminate, back striate, ^ 

 Feials 2-partite, rather broad. Fruit unknown. 



' 8. S. Webbiana, WalL Cat. 642 (Leucostemma) ; glabrous, s^^^^^jjcels 

 decumbent branched leafy, leaves spreading linear or acicuiiir, f ^ 







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