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XVIII. CARYOPHYLLE^. (Edg'ewortli & Hook, f.) [Arcfiaria 



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Tibetan re-ion of the Sikkim Himalaya, alt. 14-17,000 ft., /. I). H. 

 Forming heniisphirical moss-like tnfts of densely packed cylindric stems 1-4 in. long, 



Iiche aLout i m. diam. Leaves i-\ in., 



Calyx roundi^d and 



clothed with old leaves bebw, together with dKo^ .*^v.w. 4 

 hriglit green, shining. Peduncles lengthening a little in fruit, 

 mnch thickened at the base; sepals jV i"-> ^'^^7 obtuse, concave, without scanous mar- 

 gins, obscurely 3-nerved. Petals broader and longer than the sepals, obovate. FilamenU 

 slender, ^ttfles- 3. Capsule broadly ovoid, coriaceous, 1-celled, shortly 5-6-vatvea. 

 Seeds small, black, rather angular, nearly smoi.th. 



9. A. xnontlcola, Edgew.; glabrous, very densely tufted, branches 

 densely leafy, leaves short spreading and recurved subulate from a broad 

 soarious sheathing base rigid tip acicalar margin thickened minutely 

 ciliate, midrib prominent on both surfaces, floral larger lanceolate-subulate 

 fecavious, flowers large sessile, sepals ovate-lanceolate acuminate with 3 close- 

 set green nerves in the axis much smaller than the broad obovate petals. 



Tibetan region of the SiKkim Himalaya, alt. 15-16,000 ft., J. D. H. 



Forming large subsquarrose green patches, 6-12 in. broad; roots long, woody, 

 branches with the leaves about § in. diam. L aves ^ in., rigid, midrib very 

 briuht green, shining. ^Flowers | in. diam., bracteate by the 2 upper pairs of ^^^J^?' 

 Calyx truncate, not thickened at the base; sepals i in., nerves very strong, ai'^oxi- 

 Tiiate. Pttals 4 in. long, persistent, white, shortly clawed. Filaments slender, otyti^s 

 B, slender. Capsule apparently never fertilized, small, subglobose, 6-valved. 



10. A. pulvinata, Edgew.; densely tufted, branches densely leafy, 

 leaves short subulate from a scarious sheathing base semi- cylindric niucro- 

 nate margin not thickened strongly ciliate, midrib usually obsolete, no ^yew 

 sessile, sepals ovate-lanceolate subacute with 3 close-set nerves in the axi 

 much smaller than the obovate petals. " ■ 



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Tibet|iu region of the Sikkim Himalaya, alt. 15-18,000 ft., J.D,H, 

 Forming small subglobose densely compacted subsquarrose tufts ; branches wit 

 .leaves cto ^-^ in. diam., pale green. Leaves spreading and recurved, g-i ^"*' 

 strongly ciliate, almost (inibriate towards the base, flat above, back convex up to luj 

 tip, which is abruptly mncronate. Flowers \ in. diam., not bracteate by the ^"^^^"^K 



'' - '- •■■ ' ' - --• ' ^ Calyx rounded and thickened at the l>^sej,^JJ^^ 



with hard scarious margins, about half as larire as the petals. D isk-i, lands ai^^ ^^^^ 



upper leaves (as in A, monticola). 



Filaments slender, 

 sepals; 6-valved. 



11. A, 



>:^(yhs 3, slender. Capsule ovoid, about a in., shorter than 

 Seeds obovate-reniform, nearly smooth, pale. 



oreophila, Ilooh. f, ; nearly glabrous, densely *"^*^^,^' p^^ar- 

 shoit densely leafy, leaves spreading and recurved rigid narrowly^H"^ 

 subulate from a broad sheathing base semi-cylindric acute ^^'^^Sj^.^.^iigj 

 thickened quite glabrous, midrib obsolete, flowers very shortly P^^^^^v.^^^ 

 sepals nearly orbicular concave nerveless half as long as the na 

 obovate-spathulate petals. 



Tibetan region of the Sikkim Himalaya, alt. 18,000 ft., J". D,JL ,3 in. 



Forming small subglobose dens dy compacted tufts; brandies with the leaves * *^] 

 diam. Leaves nearly J in. long, spreading, nearly fiat above, convex to the P ^^ 

 neath; uppermost pair short, bract-like, ciliolate. Floivers i in. ^^^^^""^ w thick- 

 pcdicel shorter than the calyx, stout, puberulous Calyx rounJed and soi^ewhat ^^^^ 



eoed at the base; sepals conaceous, ciiiolate. Petals very "^^■*'^^^'', "^ i/"^ ovoi4i 

 Filaments e'ender. Disk gin vds prominent. Styles short. Capsule l^r^adiy 

 obtuse, rather exceeding the yfepaU, coriaceous, 6-valved to the base, 

 shaped. 



Seeds ear-,- 



14. A, grlobiflora, Wall Cat 639; densely tufted, stems short pubes^^^^^^ 

 densely leafy, leaves spreading subulate lanceolate pungent from a p^^^^^ 



membranous base concave 1 -nerved, margin scaberulous, flowers ©i 



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