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^es^ent.^ Capsules typically in erect clusters, lowest peduncle usually less than } in. 

 -7 -This IS one of the best marked forms of Indian Epilobiums and may be a good spe- 

 cies ; it IS common in herbaria marked E. montanum var,, ovE. origanifoUuni var. (by 

 H. f . & T., roseum var.). 



VAR. anagallidifolium, Lamk. (sp.) in Syme Engl. Bot. t. 506 ; stem 4-12 in. gla- 

 brous near the base with hairy lines in the middle uniformly minutely pubescent near 



• the top, leaves small oblong obtuse nearly glabrous beneath, seeds most minutely 

 papillose.— West Tibet; I'komson. —Agreea exactly with the figure of Syme : reduced 



: to E, alpinum Linn, iu Boiss. FL OrlenL ii. 750 and in HJc.f, Studenfs Brit. FL ]4o. 



; It differs slightly from £'. alpinum by the less elongate seed very obtuse at the 



summit and the more petioled leaves ; but runs into var. indicum, 



WVar. cylindricum, Don Prodr. (sp.) 222- stem glabrescent often with distinct 



■ hairy lines, leaves linear-lanceolate on longer petioles very little pubescent, capsules 



long-peduncled, seeds obovoid most minutely papillose. DC. Prodr, iii. 43 ; WalL 



^at 6328.— From Kashmir to Sikkim, alt. 6000-10,000 ft.— This plant has numerous 



,. axillary short branchlets covered with linear-lanceolate leaves and has thus a general 

 resemblance to E. palmtre, but the petioles are long and the seeds not elongate. 



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7. B. Kookeriy C 7?. Clarke] stem -without lines uniformly pubescent, 

 middle cauline leaves opposite nearly sessile elliptic-oblong broad or rounded at 

 the base, glabrous beneath except the greatly raised nerves, seeds ellipsoid. 

 J^pilobium No. 11, Herb. Ind. Or., -ff./. ^ T. 



Khasia Mts., alt. 3000-6000 ft., common.— Distrib. Japan. 



oiem 2-3 ft., quite round, usually thick set with leaves. Leaves IJ by | in., den- 



. icuiate; nerves much impressed above, elevated and covered with crisped pubescence 



Deneath. Petals^ in., purple. iS/f_5r;/;rt clavate, elongate. Capsules 2-3 in., scattered, 



A^yr^: peduncles often | in. Seeds obtuse, not narrowed at the apex, only slightly 



arrowed at the base, most minutely papillose, coma fulvous. 



- 8. IS. khasianum, C B. Clarke) stem *without lines uniformly villose, 



«iiad.e cauline leaves opposite subsessile elliptic-obloug villous over both sur- 



; ^aces, seeds ellipsoid. Epilobium No. 6, Herb. Ind. Or., ILf. 4- T, 



; Khasia Mts., alt. 4500-5500 ft.: T. Lobh, Griffith, H.f. ^ Z, C. B. Clarke, 



oiem 2-3 ft., quite round. Leaves IJ by | in., approximate, clothed with tawny 



i^^»^^rves impressed. Pe^^fe ^ in. and upwards. Stigma clavate, very obscurel}' 



obed. Capsttles 2-3 in., scattered, little pubescent, lower peduncles ^-I in. Seeds 



^otuse, not narrowed at the summit, only slightly narrowed at the base, most mi- 



^!^*^% papillose, coma fulvous.— This differs fronr 



from E. Hookeri in its villous influ- 



^entum and very hirge flowers, bnt may be a form of it. It also in its hairiness and 

 , ape of the leaves resembles E. paroiflorum var, vestitum-, but the stigma in E, 

 j r ^^f^sianum is hardly lobed. 



.. 9; B. palustre, Limi.\ DC. Prodr. iii. 43; stem without lines glabrous 



^^^ith scanty sparse pubescence, leaves narrow-oblong rarely elliptic sessile or 



early so glabrous or nearly so, seeds (in the Indian forms) obovoid not nar- 



upwards. Boiss. FL OnenL ii. 748. 



p,^^«THERN Kashmir and Baltistan; alt. 8000-14,000 ft.; T, Thomson, C. B. 



^jj *^*— DiSTRiB. Northern Asia, Europe and America ; but the Indian three forms 



m\ v^^*^® ^^^ ^be European type in their abbreviatf d seeds. 



8ca 1 * ^^P^^^'^y stem 8-I0' in., middle cauline leaves 1-1 J by ^ in., entire or 

 m tJ^ntate, capsules 2 in., scattered, lower peduncle often f in., seeds ellipsoid, 

 com^V^^ Hiirrowed at top not greatly narrowed at the base most minutely papillose, 

 '^nf , ^?us.— This form agrees closely with the European type, but the seed is 



IHH V without the beak or production of the testa at the apex. 

 80m r^*^^^^^' stem 1-2 ft., middle cauline leaves 2-3 in. often much denticulate 

 Wtimes petioled and sometimes broader elliptic when the plant can only be dis- 



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