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tinguished from E. roseum var. iiidlcum by its greater glabrousness and oLtuser 



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^•\X'^ y AR, minimum ; stem 3-4 in. with 1-2 capsules, flowers and leaves very small. 



— This in general appearance coincides with E. alpimmi, Linn, but the seeds are 

 broadly obovoid not at all elongate upwards. 



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opposite sessile or very shortly petioled ovate or ovate-oblong, seeds elongate 

 narrow obovoid somewhat narrowed at the top. DC. Prodr, iii. 41 ; Boiss, FL 

 Orient, ii. 750. 



Alpine Himalaya, alt. 9000-14,000 ft.; from Kashmir to Sikkim.— Distrib. 

 Northern cool temperate and Arctic zone. 



Greatly varying in the size of stem, leaves and flowers. S^e^Ti usually 8 in., some- 

 times 2 ft., usually with 2 hairy lines, sometimes exactly terete and uniformly pubes- 

 cent. Middle cauline leaves usually 1 in., sessile, ovate, pubescent only on the 

 somewhat raised ner^-es beneath ; but the leaves are sometimes petioled, nearly 3 in., 

 pubescent, sometimes \ in. sessile glabrous. Flowers usually few, approximatea 

 towards the ends of the branches. Pc^a/^ usually less than \ in. ; in the var.E. ha- 

 lanscB Boiss. (collected by J. D. H. also in Sikkim) the petals exceed f in. Capme 

 1^-3 in., peduncle also variable in length. Seed minutely puncticulate, coma 

 fulvous, 



Vab. villosum ; stem villous, leaves f-1 in. villous over both surfaces sessile ovate. 

 — Sikkim, alt. 10,000-12,000 ft. ; Latong, J. D, H. Epilobium No. 7. Herb. Ind. Of. 

 ILf. # T.—StcTn^ 4-8 in., little divided. Leaves acute, nearly^ all opposite. Flowers 

 few, approximated, not large. Stigma clavate. Ca.'pstde half-ripe, seeds not seen, 

 remarkable plant. The lowest leaves are small thick obovate rounded glabrou 



resembling the similar leaves in E, origanifoUum, 



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 !)escent, middle cauline leaves opposite small subsessile narrow-elliptic gi^^^>^^^^ 

 or pubescent on the nerves beneath, flowers few towards the end ot tne 

 branches. Boiss. FL Orient, ii. 750. 



white.— This is perhaps E. alpimim ofBoissier but is not the ordinary ^"^*^P^^?l ? ^^e 

 which has a beaked seed as described in Hk. f. Student's British Flora, p. 1^^ » 

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tetrag^onum, Linn. ; DC, Prodr. iii. 43; middle cauline lea^J^ 

 )site oblong or narrow-elliptic glabrous but with crisped hair o ^^ 



sneath usually denticulate-serrulate rarely acute. J^^^ 



E. brevifolium, Don Prodr. 222. 



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Orient, ii. 748. 



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Sikkim 



common.— DiSTKiB. Cold and cool temperate zones of both hemispheres 

 temperate elevations on mountains in the warmer zones 



Stems 1-3 ft,, with crisped pubescence on the four angles. Middle cam ^^^^^ 

 osite, \~2 in., usually sessile, but in some Indian examples distinctly petioie^,^^ 

 eafeh raised often verv T>rr»TninATitlv nhnT-A Tinnr>h imnrpssed. Flowers T . 



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beneath raised often very prominently, above much impressed. j!uj-w^i<^ 'ViTr^t^rt'iiot 

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narrowed at the finmmit. v^rv Ht.tie narrowed at the base, mmuteiy y a 



pie, rather small. Capmle li-2 in. 



coma fulvous. 



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