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xvni. CAHYOPHYLLE^. (Edgeworth ife Hook, f.) [Arenark 



16. A. orbioulata, Eoyle mss,; biennial or perennial?, branches very 

 slender nearly glabrous decumbent, leaves sessile or shortly petioled orbi- 

 cular or elliptic obtuse or apiculate l-nerved, petiole ciliate, sepals ovate or 

 lanceolate l-nerved glabrous. 



Temperate Himalaya, from Bhotan, Oriffith, and Sikkim, alt. 8-13,000 ft., to 



Kashmir, alt. 5-8000 ft. ' ^ . , 



Much more slender and less dichotomously branched than A. serpyllifolid, to wmca 

 it is closely allied. Branches 2-10 in., thinly pubescent chiefly oti one side, -^^f'^'^^ 

 J-:J in., nearly glabrous. Floioers solitary or in few-flowered cymes. SejMls about 



1 in., nerve often faint. Petals shorter than the sepals. Seeds many, smooth.—Appa- 

 rently very near the West Asiatic A. rotundi folia, M. Bleb. (Boiss. Fl. Orient, i. 700;, 

 but the branches do not root, and the cymes are much fewer-flowered. 



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** Flotvers solitary.— Usually sviall tufted large-flowered alpme species. 



17. A. ciliolata, Edgew.; perennial, hairy, eglandular, laxly tufted, 

 stems short leafy pubescent, leaves ovate or oblong acute cuspidate "^^^*^^* 

 minate nerveless fringed with long flexnous jointed hairs, A^^'^^^. ^^^° 

 solitary sessile or shortly pedicelled, sepals lanceolate acute ciliate suorie 



than the broadly obovate white petals. 



SiKKiM Himalaya; alt. 15-17,000 ft., J. D. R. . -.[j 



Perennial, forming rather lax patches ; roots fibrous. Stems matted, 2-3 in., ^ 



2 obscure lines of hairs. Leaves spreading, \ in., sometimes elliptic, rather » 

 obscurely l-nerved, shining when old, margin obscurely thickened, hairs ^rown 

 dry, sometimes scattered over the surfaces, but chiefly confined to the margin, r ^ 

 nearly 4 in. diam. ; pedicels shorter th in thu leaves, very pubescent, ebrac e • 

 Ca7//x- rather roundeil at the base; sepals of the texture of the leaves, ^^o^^.^^^g/ 

 membranous, nerve obscure. Pttals with rounded tips. Filaments subulat*', "^ ^ ^^ 

 connate at the base. Styles 3, slender. Capsule iuiperfcct, small, globose, 6- valve 





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18. A. glanduligera, Edgew.; densely glandular-pubescent, stems 

 short laxly tufted suberect, leaves lax ovate or elliptic-oblong ^^^^ . ^^ 

 acuminate flat, nerves obscure, flowers solitary pedicelled ^^^^^ f^y .-.q^x 

 inclined, calyx rounded at the base, sepals spreading and ^^^^^^^ i cap- 

 acute or obtuse glandular much smaller than the obovate rosy petals, r 

 sule 6-valved shorter than the sepals. ' 



Alpine Himalaya; Kashmir, Falconer; Barji Kang pass, Kumaon, alt. H, | 



Strach. & Wint.; interior of Sikkim, alt. 14-18,000 ft., /. D,H. , „^ular- 



Allied to A, cdiolata, and of the sani6 habit, but smaller and densely ^^J'^^y^b 



pubescent, without the long flexuous articulate hairs of that plant, navmg a ^^^ 



smaller flowers. Stems numerous from the root, 1-2 in., rather ^^*^"V l|,'"snrface8, 



?low, laxly leafy. Leaves J-| in., pale green, glandular on bom ^^^^^j^ 

 le, margins hardly thickened. Flowers ^-J in. diam.; peuic _^^^-j,g. 



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soft, opaque, margins hardly thickened. Flowers ^-J in. diam.; pe -jj.^j-'i"-' 



shorter, slender. Calyx thickened at the base; sepals with membranous ^° jj^ 



Filaments flattened and united at the base iu a glandular ring, otyles 6. i' 

 membranous, few-seeded. Seeds pale. 



19. A. Straoheyl, Edgew. ; quite glabrous, stems short J^^^^ ^^ o6- 

 suberect, leaves lax narrow liuear-oblong acute or acuminate flat, n , ^j-gct 

 scure, flowers solitary pedicelled terminal erect or inclined, sepals ^^^^gd 

 lanceolate acuminate smaller than tlie obovate petals, capsule 

 shorter than the sepals. \ a LA 



Western Tibet, north of Kumaon, near Rakas Tal, alt. 15,500 ft-» ^.^^ 



Winterh.; Ladak, Stewart, i vlie^*^^^' 



o^ This belongs to the same group as A. glanduligera and ciliolata, and ^^^^^^^^ flefib^ 

 nised by being perfectly glabrous. Sterns 1-2 iu., ascending, simple. .-^ 





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