Stellaria.] xviii. caryophylle^. (Edgewortli & Hook, f.) 233 



deDsely tomentose cordate thick almost coriaceous leaves. The Javanese have recurved 

 much more glabrous and acute leaves, 



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Glabrous, or leaves ciliolate toivards the base only. 



15, S, graxninea 



ouoereci 4-angied, leaves sessile narrow Imear-oblong acute, margins 

 thickened smooth often ciliate towards the base, cymes terminal branched 

 or reduced to one flower, sepals linear-oblong 3-nerved margin narrow equal- 

 ling the petals, stamens 10, capsule shorter than the sepals. Boiss. FL Orient 

 I' /07. 



^Vestern Tibet ; alt. 11-15,000 ft., T. Thomson. 



DiSTRiB. Afifghanistan to W. 



Everj\^here glabrous except the margins of t: 

 ^AOm suberect or decumbent and tufted, shining, 



the leaf towards its base. Stems 



, ..^^... .«...«, .,„ ^, 4-angled. Leaves \-l in., sessile, 



arrowed at the base, sides almost parallel, opaque, somewhat glaucous, midrib and 

 \17^^ r^ ^"^®' margins thickened, quite smooth, sometimes undulate. Cymes spread- 

 ™g;. pedicels very s'ender, divaricating, \-l in.; bracts oblongdanceolate, with broadly 

 scano-is margins. Flowers erect, about ^ in. diam. Sepals green, shining, obtuse or 

 ^"te. Petals 2-partite. Filaments slender. Styles 3. Capsule always shorter than 

 e sepals, 5-6-valved. Seeds orange-brown, granulate. 



VAR. niontioides; stems short densely tufted, leaves small short, cyme reduced to 

 1 flower. ^Ait. 15-17.000 fr ^ 



erect 



In" ] A ^^^^^^» Withering; quite glabrous, stem suberect or 

 thi L J leaves sessile oblong or linear-lanceolate acuminate, margins 

 slend^" P^^.fectly glabrous, pedicels subsolitary terminal and^ axillary 



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 W 



m r^^^^ Temperate Himalaya ; Lahul, Jaeselike; Westekn TiBET, Indus valley, 



^, ,ngled, leaves sessile oblong or linear-lanceolate acuminate 



,p^^ - ly glabrous, pedi , 



^'i^er spreading in fruit, sepals linear-oblong half as long as the broad 

 woea petals, stamens 10, capsule equalling the sepals. Moiss. FL Orient, i. 



l^erenniai. 



DiSTKiB. Siberia, W. Asia, Europe, (:rreenland. 



Stems 1-2 ft., slender. Leaves 1-2 in., sessile, base rounded, ascendmg 



net, nerves obscure. Floicers J-f in. diam. ; pedicels 



acute ' " "' *"" '"•' ^'^^^^^ membranous. Sepals oblong- or lanceolate-oblong, 



^ « or acuminate, green, 3-nerved, margins broadly scarious. Filaments slender. 



mlfJr^P^^*^°^> '^^^J'-'^ distinct 





Strongly "'*'*'^ ^^^^"^y equalling the sepals, on rather si)reaJiLig pedicels. 



Seeds 



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oftLf* ^^iffinosa, Linn.; glabrous or with a few hairs at the base 

 Iano7i f^^^' ^^^"1-'' slender 4-angled, leaves sessile small ovate or oblong, 

 hZfl^' ^^"^^^ axillary and terminal, pedicels at length deflexed, sepals 

 or a HI ^^"*^' Petals minute or 0, stamens 10, styles 3, capsule equalling 

 Wall f<, exceeding the sepals, i/om. FL Orient, i. 708. S. thymifolia, 

 a35 (lu ^'^6 (apetalous, leaves short broad). S. aquatica, Po//. ; ]\<M. tat. 

 ^ ^glaucous, leaves oblong). 



»n SikkilY^^ ^""^ '^^''•'^E Himalaya ; in wet places, from 4-10,000 ft. (t> 

 TemDerlt'^\?TT"°°- KhasiaMts., alt. 5-6000 ft. :NiLGinm Mts., W,gU. 



(to 16,000 ft. 



-DlSTlUB. 



Here. 



An^'1' N. Homispl.... 



flowering l^^^ variable in size and habit, much branched, very leafy and copiously 

 often il y\ glaucous. Stem 6-18 in, erect or diffuse. Leaves rarely i m. with 

 Huncuf ^^ sometimrs undtilate margins and mucronate tip. Cymes slender, 

 P^cel ll ,'^ "■■ '^"S; l""^ct8 scarious. VzoM;e»-« i in. diam., sometimes soli ary, 

 ^iid^ sin! i" • ^''^y^tuhe obscure. Fllamentt slender. CajpsuU ovoid, 6-vaIved. 



as4dfn.^^'*^^^®"ata. E'Jg^- ; perfectly glabrous, stem very slender 

 "^iig, leaves sessile linear or elliptic-oblong acute, cymes terminal or 



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