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Sagina] xYiii. caryophylle^. (Edgewortli & Hook, f.) 



Temperate and Alpine Himalaya, and Western Tibet, alt. 7-14,000 ft., ascending 



^^^6.000 ft. in Sikkim.— DiSTKJB. N. and S. Temperate Zones. 



_Who!e plant 1-6 in., bright green. Leaves p;lal)rous or ciliate, usually mucronate. 

 Jf^mers globose, green, rarely 5-merous, J in. diam., pedicels erect or curved at the tip. 

 ^mls obtuse. . Capsule a little longer than the sepals. 



YAK. pentamera; flowers pentamerous. — This may be referable to S, Linrwei^ Presl. 

 K^Qxatdxs^ Wimmer), but difi'ers in the short petals. 



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15, TKirZiACOSFERIIIUIlI, FenzL 



A most densely tufted herb. Leaves minute, most densely imbricate, 

 sfiort, acute; stipules 0. Flowers solitary, sessile in the tips of the branches. 

 J^ya;-^w6e obconic, 4-5-lobed, lobes suberect. Petals 4-5, small, obovate- 

 t bl /i^' '^to»^6n5 8-10, inserted on the edge of a disk lining the calyx- 

 ?K • ,^^y 1-ceIled ; styles 2-3, filiform ; ovules few. Capsule coriaceous, 

 spnencal, 4-6-valved. Seeds few, large, with a soft loose cellular testa. 



r ^' '^P*ft'a'grr«i»f Schreiik. Periandra csespitosa, Cambess. in Jacq. 

 fn ^iP ^^^ *' 2^ (Flourensia). Bryomorpha rupifraga, Kar, & Kir. 

 *»«m. n. Soong. Arenaria rupicola, Feml in Ledeb. Ft. Ross i. 780. 



LPiNE \y'EsTERN TiBET, alt. 15-18,000 ft., Jacqwmont, &c.— Distrib. Soongaria. 



^ rimng large hemispheric cushions a foot across and more, guite glabrous. Leaves 

 Pun^enf' v*^-^^*^*' ^^ spreading most densely 5-fariously imbricate, ovate, a^ 

 /ter ^.^^^y nerveless, back convex, concave above with thickened margins. 

 iITP^,;/^^ ^^' *^^*'^™- Capsules shining, 4- or irregularly 6-valved. Seeds very large, 

 ire/wi • J^^P*"^^^^*^' ^^^^^^ white.— A very singular plant in habit, closely alhed to 



acuminate, 



'^a demmima^ &c. 



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Annual 



16. 



Linn. 



Imlt^ k^^ perennial herbs, with forked or fascicled branches. Leaves op- 

 frhorlpH -^^^^ leafy buds in their axils, whence the foliage appears to be 

 fQ^V d'^^^^^ ^"^^^^' s^arious. Flowers m peduncled panicled cymes. 

 periXn I^^^ ^' ^"^ire. Stamens 5 or 10, rarely fewer, inserted on a 

 »ith-in^^ ■' ^^*''^ 1-celled; styles 3 or 5, ovules many. Capsule 

 tEiB ' W A ^"*i^® valves. Seeds compressed, margined or wmged.— Uis- 

 ^ ^^- " eeds of cultivated grounds ; species 2-3. 



^^ laot^l °^ ^'^^ capsule are described as opposite to the sepals, but this does not 

 ' • " ^'^^'■^ <^nere are but 3 valves and 5 sepals. 



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•teret 



ves 



apparently whorled. 



»-^rete !l ?*^' ^"^^' / green, leaves in false whorls linear-subulate 

 »f narrox. 1 '^.^*^ beneath rather fleshy, petals obtuse white, seeds keeled 

 »^iy wmged granulate or papillose. Boiss. Fl. Orient, i. 731. 



ated fields in various cool parts of India ; and throughout the Northern hemi- 



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«fe. 



Leaves 



^'"^ '"•> iklr S'*n'^"lar. Stems i-2 ft., branched from the root, geniculate. 



'ffsading o, /• ^P^ailing- Flowers i-i in. diam., subumbellate; pedicels slender, 



"^"'"g- .&£3rbi''^k' '^'^■^"^ ^''^^^' ^^^^^' -P«*«^ ^^^^^' C'ap«M/e sub-lobose, 



^^ teretel?!*'*^'"*' ^^^n. ; glaucous, leaves in false whorls linear-subu- 

 n'^Tressed ^i^"^??^^^ beneath, petals lanceolate-acute white, seeds piano-. 

 ^'^- 1 7-ii A*^' ^"Jg often as broad as the striate nucleus. Bom. Fl. 



^' Arenaria flaccida, lioxl. Fl Ind. ii. 447. " 



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