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254 xxiT, HYPERiciNEiE. (W. T. Thiseltou Dyer.) [Hypericum. 



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Ckntkal Himalaya; Nipal, Wallich; Kumaon, at Kamari, alt. 4500 ft., Strach 

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A glabrous shrub, 1-2 ft. ; branches long, slender, brown ; branchlets siibtetragonous. 

 Leaves 1-2 in., coriaceous, opaque with translucent lines, penninerved Vith one or two 

 lateral veins and midrib darkly marked below. Cymes many-flowered; flowers \\ in. 

 diam. Sepals ^-\ in. Petals obliquely obovate. jStamens equalling the styles, | the 

 length of the petals. Styles 1 J times as long as the ovary. 



5. B. lysimachioides, Wall. Cat. 481 7 /leaves ovate subsessUe glau- 

 cous beneath -with dark veins, sepals linear-lanceolate. H, coriaceum, Eoyi^ 

 III. 131. ^ 



Western Temperate Himalaya ; from Kumaon, alt, 8-9000 ft., to Wardwan, 

 alt. 5-6500 ft., Stewart , . 



A glabrous shrub, branchlets subtetragonous. Leaves |-lf ^n., ^^"*^ j°r ^^. ^j^ 

 obtuse, penninerved, the veins connected marginally, pale and black-dotted benea . 

 Ci/mes loose, leafy, 2-3-chotomou8 ; flowers 1 in. diam. Sepals ^ in. Fetals Vancto- 

 late. Styles slightly longer than the ovary, not exceeding the stamens. Lapsu 

 about J in. 



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Styles not longer than the ovary. 



6. K- Bookerianum, W. d: A. Prodr. 99; branches terete, leaves 

 ovate to ovate-oblong, sepals obovate, styles recurved exceeding the stamens. 

 WiyJU Ic. 949. H. oblongifoliuui, Hook. Bat. Mag. t. 4949. 



SiKKiM Himalaya, alt. 8-12,000 ft., /. D.B.; Mishmi, Griffith; Khasia Mts., alt. 



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4-6000 ft.; Lobb., &c. ; Nilghiris, Wight, &c. 



A glabrous shrub 6-8 ft.; branches red-brown. Leaves 1-4 in., sessile *^^^^.|^ 



, shortly stalked, obtuse, mucronate, firm, glaucous or rusty beneath, faintly peHi^cM - 



punctate. Cymes few-flowered or corvn»bose, leafy-bracteate ; flowers about 2 in. ^^^^"^ 



golden-yellow. Sejyals ^-^ in. Peiai^'obliquely-obovate, longer than the stamens, -bf^^^*, 



i in., shorter than the ovary. Capsule | in., obtusely conical to egg-shaped. 



Var. Leschenaultii, Choisv in DC. Prodr. i. 145 (sp.) ; Deless. Ic. Sel. »i- *• f ^^^*V 

 sepals acute. H. triflorum, Blume, Fl Ned, Ind. 142. H. oblongifolium, WalL tau^ 

 4810 {not of Choi.^y). H. Choisianum, Wall. Cat. 4805.— Nipal, Wallich; bikfcin^- 

 alt. 8000 ft., /.i>.ir.—DiSTRiB. Java. • 



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• 7. K, patulum, Thunb. Fl. Jap. 295, t. 17; branches spreading pyra-' 

 midally 2-edged, leaves elliptic-lanceolate, sepals elliptic obtuse, styles ex-^ 

 ceeding the stamens. WaU. Cat. 4809 : IIooL Bot. Mag. 569.3 ; ^^«/ ^^tJ. 

 218. H. Uralum, Ham. ex Don I.e.; Bot. Mag. t. 2375; DC B^'odr y^, 

 H. oblongifolium, Wiall. PL Asiat. Mar. t. 244 {not of Ch)isy in WaU. Cat^J' , 



Throughout the Temp. Himalaya (Sikkim excepted); alt. 3-7000 ft., from Bhutan,. 

 Griffith, to Simla, Lady Dalhovsie, and Chamba, Stewart. Khasia Mts., alt. 5-6000 u., 

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few flow^ered, terminal; peduncles 2-bracteate ; flowers 1 in. diamT Sepals | in 

 orbicular, twice the length of the stamens. ' Styles equalling the ovary. Capsule i^J^t 

 obtusely conical.— Nearly allied to H. Hookerianum but smaller, more rigid, and ^i^" 

 smaller flowers. 



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' Var. attenuatum, Choisy in DC. Prodr. i. 545 ; more slender In every part 



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'8. K. teniilcauXe, //./. <fc T. ms.; branches diflfuse slender terete, 

 leaves elliptic or ovate pellucid striate, flowers solitary or geminate, sepals 

 elliptic, styles not exceeding the stamens. 





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Tbmpkrate SiKKiM HIMALAYA; Lachen valley, alt. 8000 ft., /. D. JET. , , y. . 



A glabrous shrub. Leaves 1-1 \ in., taperiug below, subacute, pule and glandular-^ottea 





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