

Bempefvivum.'] liii. crassulace^. . (C. B. Clarke.) 423 



3. S. mucronatum, Edgw. in Tram. Linn. Soc.xx. 49; basal leaves 

 rosulate mucronate ciliate on the edge or glabrous^ sepals glandular-pubescent 

 oblong-lanceolate acuminate. S. f. ^ T. in Jaum. Linn. Soc. ii. 92. 



^^P^NE Himalaya, from Ktjmaon to Kashmir, alt. 10,000-12,000 ft.; Kumaon, 



btrachet/^ Winterbottom ; TSwi, Edgeworth ] Gurwhajl, Falconer: Kashmir, Jacque- 

 mont. 



Stems 2-6 in, high. Eosulate leaves 1-1^ in. lanceolate; cauline sessile, oblong- 

 ianeeolate, more or less pubescent. Cyme somewhat dense. Petals white, scarcely 

 twice the sepals. Seeds narrowly obovoid, striated longitudinally, hardly half so big 

 ^ m 8, acuminatum, 



u. S. sedoides, Dene, in Jacq. Toy, Bot. t, 74 ; basal leaves rosulate oblong- 

 obovate minutely pilose^ sepals oblong or somewhat obovate obtuse or at least 

 not acuminate pubescent, carpels distinctly glandular-pilose upwards. S. f. ^ 

 i. w Joum. Linn. Soc. ii. 93. S. fimbriatum, Klotzsch in Reis. Pr. Waldem.^Sot. 

 ^' 43. S. album, Edgw. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xx. 49; H.f. ^ T. 1. c. 93. 



-.Western Himalaya. Gurwhal, and Pir Punjal Kxsman, Falcotier. Kunawur 

 and Kashmir, Jacquemont. 



. Stems 1-3 in. Eosulate leaves | in. long; cauline ^A in. somewhat densely 

 imbncate, sessile, oblong or elliptic, glandular-pubescent. Cyme dense. Petals lan- 

 ceolate (white or rose-white ?). Seeds narrowly ellipsoid, minutely striate longitu- 



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8. TRZACTZNA, H.f, 



. A weak succulent herb. Leaves alternate and verticillate. Flowers yellow, 

 ^lax leafy cymes. Calyx 5-partite. Petals 5, free, yellow. Stamens 10. Hypo- 

 gynous glands 3, linear. Carpels 3, connate to the middle ; ovules several in 

 ^^h carpel. Follicles 3, connate to the middle, divaricate above, 1-seeded. 



- !• T. verticUlata, //./. «§-. T in Joum. Linn. Soc. ii. 103. 



SiKKij^j^ alt. 10,000^12,000 ft. ; Lachen, J.D.H.; Tumbok, C. B. Clarke. 



Glabrous. Stems 4-10 in. long. Leaves J-lJ in. long, entire, narrowly obovate. 

 ^^^s subsessile. Sepals very small. Seed ellipsoid, somewhat obovoid, hispid 

 with elongate papilla. 



, J-nis plant by the characters of its carpels and seeds is very closely allied to 5!?- 

 aum perpusillum H. /. ^ T. H. f. # T. in Joum. Linn. Soc. ii. 90 characterise 

 ^J^actina as having polyspermous follicles ; the material collected by Sir J. P. Hooker 

 J scanty, and the subsequent collections of 0. B. Clarke have all the follicles 



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petioled leaves with automatically closing laminae. Flowers hermaphrodite, 

 . mr. Calyx 4-5- (rarely ^-)partite, or sepals free imbricate persistent. 



n^ 1 ^^^ ^idmens as many as the sepals, hypogynous or nearly so. Ovary 

 r^v free, globose or ovoid, 1-3-celled ; styles 5-3, capitate fimbriate or bifid ; 

 vules numerous, on parietal placentae equal in number to the styles. Capsule 



^embranous 5-3-valved, many-seeded. Seeds with fleshy albumen; embryo 



ani^ + ^ or minute.— DiSTRiB. Species 110, spread over nearly all temperate 



*^^ tropical lands except the islands of the Pacific. 



^ves glandular ; cauline or alternate 1. Drosera. 



^ine leaves whorled vesicular Mabrous • . 2, Axdrovanda. 



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