Slellana.] xviii. caryophylle^. (Edg-eworth & Hook, f.) 231 



axillary capillary very long, sepals lanceolate acuminate much shorter than 

 the 2 fid petals, stamens 8, styles 2. Bentk in Roijh III 81, t. 21, £ 2. 



■ Western Temperate Himalaya, alt. 5-6000 ft., from Kumaon to Sirmur, BUnh' 

 ^^orth, &c. ' 



Stems zigzaa:, 6-12 in., 4-angled. Leavefi | in., shining, with long acicular points, 

 1-nerved, sessile, rather rigid. Flowers axillary, suberect, ^ in. diam. ; pedicels strict, 

 -^m., erect in fruit. Sepals shining, ^ in. ; back striate, margins broadlj scarions 

 siumng. Petals 2-fid to about the middle, lobe? narrow obtuse. Capsule equalling the 

 sepals, ovoid, 6-vaIved. Seeds pale-brown, reniform, compressed, back echinate with 

 long processes. ^ t i 



9. S. latifolla, Benth, in Wall, Cat 643 (Leucostemma) ; glabrous 

 Delow, tomentose above, stems decumbent flaccid laxly tufted, leaves sub- 

 sessile margins acuminate, lower broad-ovate or cordate, upper elliptic, 

 Peaicels very slender, sepals oblong or subulate-lanceolate much shorter 

 inau the 2-fid petals, stamens 8, styles 2, capsule much shorter than the 

 sepals. BentK in RoyU IlL 81, t. 21, f. 1. 



Westerx Temperate Himalaya, alt. 6-8000 ft.: Kumaon, Blinkworth, &c. ; Gar- 



^"^i, ralconer. 



la 1 T* ^~^^ **^*' flexnous, 4-angled, glabrous, shining except the young, which are 

 short! ^^^^**^^' inuch branched. Leaves; lower, 4-| in., almost orbicular at tim»i8, 

 Barr ^^^^^'^^^ suddenly mucronate, margins thickened, veins diverging, upper smaller 

 larv^TV ^^^^^^^ 4 ^"- diam. ; pedicels terminal and in the uppermost axils, capil- 

 middl iT^^' ^^I^^^^ green, with a narrow scarions border. Petals 2-fid to about the 

 Darp 1 k ^Wo"g obtuse. Capsnle short, ovoid, included, membranous, hyaline, ap- 

 y ently bursting irregularly. Seeds orbicular, brown, nearly smooth. 



8le!!!i ^•.^^l*«>sa, Wulf.; rhizome slender creeping tuberiferous, stem 

 g i^^^^'^i^^ple with a line of hairs, leaves few obovate or elliptic-lanceolate 

 slini^ fj pedicel solitary subterminal capillary erect, sepals 4-5 much 

 25-^ f 1 1)"^^^ broad petals. DC. Prodr. i. 397 ; Uesatiin Linncea, xxxiu 

 •^^ ^- 1- Kraschninnikowia rupestris, Turcz. in Led. FL Ross. I 373. 



Tem 



Griffith 



respect of structure and distribution, 



and to Siberia and the Himalayas 



Leaves 2-6 pairs, 1-1 J in. long, rather 



times ciliate ; midrib slender, 

 on the plant from the inferior 



,,Q ^ -o apetaious ana npening seeds, the subterminal large, 



ceolatA T? ^'^^^^^ ^^ ^^^ producing seed. Sepals herbaceous, oblongdancoolate or lan- 

 8-anX'^V^'J'^'*''^'^^''*^^'^^^'^^ white petals. ^In^A^r.? purple. Styles mhvm. Capsule 

 8t>er?mn ' '^-v^^lved to the base. Seeds few. large, tuberculate.— The seeds of Sib.jnan 

 P^^^^mens have long processes on the back. 



riandn?" **\®"ca, Ivurz in Regensb. Flora. 1872, 285 ; whole plant densely 

 snbaonf ^*"^^^^^^^^' s^^"^ ascending rather robust, leaves sessile oblong 

 eels sto t^^K*^^*^^' (^ymes erect peduncled few-flowered, peduncle and pedi- 

 ^^liptic a i. ^^^^'^ ovate coriaceous, sepals muc 



acute margins submembranous. 



much shorter than the petals, 



l4~lSnl '^i??^'' ! o" limestone rocks near Trantse Lundo, in Karnag, alt. 



">idribsUnV"*' ^>'in^^ric, base glabrous shining. Leaves suberect, i-J in., onaque, 

 ** shorter fl^'^''' 'f ^^^ obscure. Cymes axillary and terminal, robust; pedicels longer 



man the flowers, the lateral 2-bracteolate, Fbwers j in. diam,, erect. Calijx 



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