Arenaria.] xviii. CARYOPHYLLEiE. (Edgewortli & Hook, f.) !341 



1"4 in., very pale when dry, tip acnte rather cartilaginous, margins not thickened, mid- 

 nb very obscure. J^lowe.r 4-| in. diam. ; pedicel short, stout, ebracteate. Sepals coria- 

 ceous. PtiaU apparently white. Steds small, somewhat ear-shaped, pale, opaque, 

 nearly smooth. ^ ^ r * i: i y 



^0. A- JJielandryoldes, Edgew, ; glandular-pubescent, stems laxly 

 tufted suberect, leaves lax oblong-elliptic or oblong-lanceolate obtuse coria- 

 T* K^ k^^^^^^' flowers terminal solitary pedicelled nodding, calyx truncate 

 at the base, sepals erecto-recurved obtuse glandular much shorter than the 

 linear rose-coloured petals, capsule 4-6-valved exceeding the calyx. 



SiKKiM Himalaya, alt. 14-18,000 ft., J. D. H. 



rerennial ; roots slender fibrous. Stem 2-4 in. long, laxlv fascicled, branched from the 

 ase ; branches cylindric, erect or ascending, simple or sparingly divided, naked below. 



eflve« |-§ in.j in rather distant pairs, sessile, dull green or purplish, glandular on both 

 sortacHs almost fleshy. Flowers solitary, terminal, rarely axillary, f-1 in. diam., 

 puicel short and curved in flower, densely glandular, much elongated strict and erect 

 "iiruit. Calyx subcampanulate, thickened at the base; sepals | in. long, narrow, 

 green, nerveless, margins not membranous. Petals very variable, sometimes | in. long, 

 ^^^^^^^M. FUaments slender. Disk-glands inconspicuous. Styles 2-3. Capsule 

 fomi 1^^*^^^^^"^ the calyx, 4- or 6-valved, membranous. Seeds large, irregularly 

 dW ^^\^^ ^^^^ ^P^'ngy (young seeds orbicular and broadly win^'t^d). — A very curious 

 C r Ta ^*^^^thing of the habit of Stellaria cerastioidta, verv glandular, with pink or 

 prpiifiii flowers. It unites this section wiih the following. The testa is very lax and 

 ppeara m the immature seed as a broad white wing around the undeveloped nucleus. 



h^W' ^®Pyj*odiolis, Fend (gen.). Flaccid usually tall herbs, leaves 

 or oh w -^^^^^^ften erose or lacerate. Flowers cymose. Disk annular 

 Seld^ ^x"' ^^^^^^ ^' rarely 3. Capsules 2-6-valved, membranous, I-6-seeded. 

 ppnn. 3^ ^ "^^^'^ or tubercled testa.— This section is usually upheld as a 



Ct;^^^ ^escribed as having a distinct disk, 2-3-valved capsule, and only 



'^^eos, but we find nmiA nf fh^cso r>linrn/-fpr« f.n hnM tynnd. 



we find none of these characters to hold good. 

 Innc^" ^?^®steoides, Edgew. ; a tall slender flaccid glabrous or p\ibe- 



sessiJp '"'^1 ^'■^^^^^ed herb, leaves linear or linear-oblong from a broad 

 <Kvarip f *^ ^^^^ *^*® ^^ acuminate, cyuies fevv-flowered, pedicels slender 

 caosulp* o' ^^"^^^^ obtuse and petals very variable, tip retuse not lacerate, 

 steoiwl V'''?V^*i 1-6-seeded, seeds large tubercled. Lepyrodiclis holo- 



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^- 7-l?nnnT^^^r^^™ Himalaya and Western Tibet, from Kumaon to Kashmir, 

 **»ARiaM- ' •''^5^^^^'^^j &c.— DiSTBiB. Affghanistan, Soongaria, aud Wcbtward 



^fanched «lf-°- S'abrous or glamlular-pubescent. Stem 2-3 ft., much dichotomoiisly 

 "•"Se ner^'"'°^ ^^^ ^^"*^® ^^ea dry. Leaoea 1-3 in., spreading, luidrib and very 

 "•^ine- rl!r ®^*=^edingly slender. Cymes pedicelled. Flowen i-^ in. diam., white, 

 •'"^r-iancpAlT '~* ''^' ebracteate. Calyx not tliickened at the base ; sepals from 

 ^"■Jbairva 1 /° ^^'^^'^^y ovate-oblong, green with membranous edgts, glabroua or 

 fPatklate nr 1.^ , ?"'**•■ ^^ ^^^ ^»ck. Petals equalling or exceeding the sei^als, linear- 

 ^««- hil ,^ ^^"'y obovate, notched or retuse. Filaments with broad flattened free 

 *?'?«. verv L I, ^^y^" 2-3, filiform, elongate. Capsule subglobose, shorter than the 

 ''^< variablA •**"""•"• ^^"^l*le in size, 2-6-valved to the base.' Seeds on tumid funi- 

 ?*««te tu^r'? number and size, turgid, red brown or blackish, with concentric rows 

 *?P0K}'no.,s^1^, ', ''"'y'^'^^^'s long flattened, radicle short.— Wo <^" °°.* ^^^ the =*ul>- 

 ^° f^llowin! . described by Fenzl (in Ledebour, I.e.), nor any disk m this and the 

 **<* "iinber of Sr* ^ ^"^^^ variable plant, especially in the sepals petals capsule 



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