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leaves densely crowded subulate pungent rigid recurved 1-nerved beneath 

 ciliolate, peduncles 1- or few-flowered glandular-pubescent, sepals lanceolate 

 Of subulate-lanceolate straight or recurved 1-3-nerved, margins broadly 

 scarious shorter than the petals, capsule oblong 5-6-valved to the base 

 shorter than the sepals, seeds flat with a narrow fimbriate wing. 



Western Alpine Himalaya, from Kumaon to Kunawar; alt. 11-13,000 ft., Soylcj 

 Jacquemont, &c. Western Tibet, Karnali river, alt. 15,500 ft., Strach, & Wint. 



Very variable in stature, 2-8 in. Leaves with axillary fascicles, J-l^ in., shining, 

 rather concave above, usually recurved, pungent, margin ciliolate, nerve strong beneath. 

 Peduncle 1-6 in., erect or curved, leafy, 1- rarely 2-5-flowered, always very glandular ; 

 bracts ovate-subulate, with broadly scarious margins; pedicels shorter or longer than 

 the sepals. Calyx scarcely thickened at tiie base ; sepals \ to nearly \ in., from ovate- 

 lanceolate to subulate lanceolate, sometimes falcate, long acuminate, pungent, margin 

 ^oadly scarious, back green with 3 approximate nerves, glabrous or glandular-pubescent. 

 ■Petals sometimes twice as long as the sepals, obovate, variable in length and breadth. 

 Capsule coriaceous, rarely equalling the sepals. Seeds very flat, pale. 



Var. imhricata; smaller, stems verv short densely tufted, leaves \ in., peduncles 

 'yeiy short. ? A. imbricata, J/, Bieh. FL Taur. Cauc. i. 344, which dlifers only in the 

 capsule exceeding the sepals.— Lcdebour and Boissier {FL Orient, i. 673), both refer 

 -4. imbricata to AlsinCj but the capsule in original specimens is distinctly 6-valved. 



6. A. G-riffithii, Boiss. FL Orient i. 697 ; suffruticose, tufted, glabrous 

 or glandular, leaves densely crowded short subulate pungent rigid straight 

 or recurved 1-nerved beneath ciliolate, peduncle several-flowered, sepals 

 ovate acute concave obscurely nerved shorter than the petals, capsule glo- 

 bose 6-valved shorter than the sepals. 



Western Tibet ; Dras valley, alt. 8-10,000 ft., T. TAomson. —Distrib. Affghanistan. 



A more robust species than A. festvcoides^ with usually shorter tliough quite as li^d 

 leaves, short concave ovate-subulate bracts, more numerous and smaller flowers, calyx 

 rounded and much thickened at the base, broader sepals, and a globose or very broadly 

 <>void coriaceous capsule. 



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root long woody, stem very short densely leafy, leaves subulate spreading 

 and recurved rigid minutely ciliate, liowers sessile solitary, sepals oblong- 

 ianceolate acute 3-nerved rather shorter and narrower than the linear 

 Obovate petals. 



Alpike Eastern and Western Tibet, alt. 16-18,000 ft., Welh, Jacquemont ; 

 ^Kalch pass, StracTi. & WhiterK; Karakoram and Parang passes, &c., T. Thomson; 

 Tibetan Sikkini, alt. 15-16.000 ft., /. D.H. 



l^ormnig matted hard tufts; roots very loug, strong, woody. Leaves subsquarrose 

 ^en dry pale green, ^-^ in., with broad sheathing scarious bases, 1-nerved below. 

 •flowers sessile, solitary, J in. diam. Calyx narrow subtruncute and hardened at the 

 ase ; sepals green wit'h broad scarious margins, outer 3-, inner 1-norved. Petals per- 

 «sient tip roiuuled. Filaments long, slender. Stifles 3, slender. Capsule apparently 

 \T^^ *^^^'^2ed in the specimens collected, small, globose, 5-6-valved to the base.— The 

 hT^'^ ^^^ ^ikkim specimen are I in., which is longer thau those of the W'estern 



•J; ■^- Polytricholdes, Edgew.; most densely tufted, branches together 

 «un the most densely imbricating leaves cylindric, leaves short spreading 

 ru/^^n ^^^^ subulate from a broad scarious sheathing base rigid nnngent, 

 tm <? 1 ^^ ^^^"*^ convex on the back, margins thickened obscurely ciliate 

 ftViS 1 ^^^^' flowers minute subsessile, sepals broadly elliptic obtuse, 

 i^eiais larger broadly obovate, capsule broad equalling the sepals. 





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