Linea.) 
Perennis. Caules 1-2-pedales uti tota planta breviter 
pubescentes, Folia angustiora et panicula strictior quam 
in ZL. nutante. Calyx L. nutantis paullo major, striis 
purpureo-rufescentibus pubescenti-hirtus, inter strias sub- 
reticulatus. Petalorum unguiculi cuneato-dilatati. Corone 
squame lamina breviores crenate. Styli 4-5. A L. indica 
differt calycibus fere duplo majoribus, petalis magis incisis, 
23. L. indica caule erecto ramoso, foliis ovatis vel ovato- 
lanceolatis pubescentibus, panicula stricta multiflora, floribus 
subnutantibus, calycibus fructiferis erectis oblongis inflatis 
THE HIMALAYAN MOUNTAINS. 81 
Herba 1-2-pedalis. Habitus L. fimbriate sed panicula 
angustior strictior et petalorum forma diversa. Calyces 
minus inflati. Styli 4 vel sepe 3. : 
Ad hane sectionem referende sunt L. apetala Linn. syl- 
vestris DC. divica Linn. et verosimiliter L. Magellanica. 
Lam. variegata Desf. et diclinis Lag. An cum Silenibus 
Behenanthis plurimis genus proprium ? 
Sectio Agrostemma. DC. Prod. 1. 386. excl. speciebus 
calycibus inflatis. 
24. L. coronaria, Lam. DC. 1.c, 387. 
striatis pubescentibus, petalis calyce longioribus, lamina 
bifida, lobis integerrimis bidentatisve. Silene indica, Roxb. 
Hort. Beng. 34. ' 
Has. Nepal.— Wallich. 
Has. Cashmere.—Royle. 
Trine ALSINEZ. 
In addition to his account of the Indian Silene, Mr. Bentham has been good enough to favour 
me with the following characters of the genus Leucostemma, and the two species named by him in 
Dr. Wallich’s Catalogue of the East-Indian Herbarium. These, as well as the following, will be 
included in M. Fenzl’s monagraph of the tribe Alsinee,and therefore short specific characters have 
only been given. 
LEUCOSTEMMA. 
Sepala 4. Petala 4, bifida. Stamina 8. Styli 2. Capsula 1-locularis, apice dentibus 4 dehiscens, 
polysperma. 
This genus differs from Stellaria in the number of parts, and cannot be joined to it without 
breaking through the principles upon which the genera of Caryophyllee have hitherto been established. 
It is, however, probable that, in a general revision of the order, much better characters may be found, 
and in that case Leucostemma may find its place as a section of Stellaria. 
_1. L. latifolium (Benth. in Wall. Cat. Herb. Ind. n. 643), foliis inferioribus cordato-ovatis, supe- 
rioribus oblongo-lanceolatis. (Tab. 2). fig: 1.)\—Habitus Stellari@. Caules teneri basi decumbentes 
ramosissimi. “ Rami apice dichotomi, junioribus pubescentibus. Folia inferiora 3-4 lin. longa, basi 
cordata, superiora semipollicaria, basi angustata, omnia acuminata. Pedunculi tenues elongati uniflori. 
Corolla magnitudine fere Stellarie nemorum, alba petalis calyce duplo longioribus. Sepala lanceolata, 
acutissima, viridia, glabra vel tenuissime pubescentia, margine membranacea. Capsula ovoidea. 
Semina numerosa, glochidiata—Hab. Bhogtibba between Ganges and Jumna rivers. Royle—Kemaon. 
Wallich. 
2. L. Webbianum (Benth. in Wall. 1. c. n. 642), foliis omnibus oblongo-linearibus basi angustatis. 
L. Angustifolium (Royle). Tab. 21. fig. 2. : 
A L. latifolio constanter distinctum foliis angustioribus longioribusque, ceeterum eo simillimum est.— 
Hab. Near the village of Mutrogh, on the side of Budraj. Royle.—Sirmore. Webb.—Kemaon. Wallich. 
Arenaria festucoides ; czespitosa, foliis gramineis subulato-filiformibus curvatis sub lente ciliato- 
scabris, radicalibus fasciculatis, caulibus simplicibus adscendentibus calycibusque glanduloso-pilosis 
unifloris, sepalis 5-nerviis acutissimis margine scariosis petala ovata } brevioribus.—A. nardifolie Ledeb. 
affinis—Hab. Kunawur. Tab. 21. fig. 3. 
21, LINER. 
This order, named from, and chiefly composed of the genus Linum, of which one 
species has been known for its important uses from time immemorial, is found chiefly 
in Europe and the north of Africa, but also in most other parts of the world, though 
not very numerous in species any where. In India, one species, L. Mysurense, has 
been found in the Peninsula, and by myself on the Mussooree and Kedarkanta moun- 
M tains. 
