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141. C. grandiflorum D. Don, Prodr. a. Nepal. 216 (1825) — 

 "Hirsutum; foliis inferioribus spathulatis ; superioribus lanceolate 

 acuta i ; fl. _ terminalibus glomeratis, calycibus acutis pistillisque 

 corolla brevionbus ; caule decumbente ramoso." 



Hab. Narainhetty, in Nepal (Hamilton, 1803). I can find no 

 such name in Hunter's Gazetteer of India, vol/vii., nor in any 

 recent map of Nepal. 



Syn.— G. vulgatum var. grand 'iflorum Hooker f. Fl. Brit. Ind i 

 228 (Jan. 1874) ; G napalense Wall. List [n. 628j ex Hooker f. 



For this distinct variety I propose the new name of G. glomera- 

 tum var. nepalense. The brief description which follows (characters 

 which deviate from typical C. glomeratnm) is based upon examination 

 ot the following specimens in Herb. Kew. :— " G napalense Wall 

 n. 628 " (Nepal, 1821) ; a sheet labelled " G. triviale var. napalense," 

 with three specimens— " O. napalense var. elongatum" (Walhch 

 1829), »Q. napalense var. -ovalifolwm," and " G. qlomeratum 

 vnr.jtoridum, ' ; " G glomeratnm, Kashmir (Royle, 1832) • G triviale 

 var. nepalense," Kendrum, in Sikkim Himalaya, at 2100 metres (ex 

 coll. Hooker) ; " G. vulgatum var. nepalense;' valley of the Indus at 

 300 metres (S.Thomson); " C. vulgatum var. grandiflorum," Pir 

 Pungul in Kashmir, at 3300 metres (Levinge, 1877, comm C B 

 Clarke, sub n. 27150). With these I have examined and compared 

 the original type-specimen in Herb. Mus. Brit., dated 11 March 1803 

 on which the locality is spelled " Naramhetty." It is obviously an 

 annual plant, with stems of 25 ctim.,and the lower leaves 17-20 mm., 

 and with the characteristic " glomerate " flowers. There is also 

 another specimen by a later collector labelled " G. vulgatum var 

 grandiflora" 



G. glomeratum var. nepalense nobis.— Caules 1|-2| dcm., decum- 

 bentes ramosi, debiles et flaccidi. Folia inferiora 16-20 mm 

 superiora acuta. Pedicelli abbreviati tenues. Sepala 6 mm. Petala 

 12 mm., biloba. Capsula matura 10 mm. Semina ferruginea. 



llab. Temperate Himalaya, from Kashmir to Sikkim, at 1800- 

 3500 metres. 



142. C. grandiflorum Gilib. Fl. Litliuanica, fasc. v 150 

 (1782) ; et Exercit. Phytol. i. 299 (1792) ; et ex Ledeb., Fl. Rossica, 

 l. 412.— Gibbert's description is as follows :—" Caules plurimi geni- 

 culati semiprostrati cespitosi. Folia linearia ligulati. Pedunculi 

 uniflori: flores erecti subumbellati ; calyx subhirsutus ; petala calyce 

 duplo longiora, ad unguem bifida, lineata teneraj ca])sula ova'to- 

 acuminata curvata." He says that it is nearest G a.rvense. I do not 

 sae in what way it deviates from the common form, of which it 

 seems to be a state with weaker stems, somewhat narrower leaves 

 and larger flowers. As Willkomm rightly says — " attamen varietates 

 constantes vix distingui possunt : in stationibus subalpinis et alpinis 

 plusminus condensata, pauci- et grandifiora evadit." 



143. C. grandiflorum Pourret herb, ex Willk. & Lge. Prodr. 

 fl. Hisp. iii. 636 ; =G. gibraltaricum Boiss. 



144. C. grandiflorum Waldst. et Kit., PI. rar. Hung. ii. 183 

 t. 168 .(1805).— Originally described and figured from specimens from 



