Lychnis.] xviu. CARYOPHYLLEJE. (Edgeworth & Hook, f.) 893 



bifid, erect or recurved ; carpophore glabrous or tomerlose, always very short. Seeds 

 very variable, Tir-iV i n - diain., with a uarrow or' VoJ&d wing. I cannot distinguish 

 L. Palconeri, Bohr., even as a permanent variety ; it is characterized as having a more 

 open calyx in fruit. 



VAR. pallida, stems usually 2-flowered, calyx v6ry pale with green undefined veins. 

 Western Tibet, Falconer, Henderson. 



3. Xi. nigrescent, Edgew, ; stem simple glandular-pubescent 1-flowered, 

 calyx inflated subglobose with broad purple-brown nerves, petals with a 

 short retuse limb, carpophore 1-i the length of the capsule brown-tomentos ;. 

 L. tristiSj Herb. hid. Or. H. ./. <k T. Melandryum macrorhizuin, Iohr/\ i.-i 

 Linnoea, xxxvi. 228, neot of Royle. 



ALPINE SIKKIM HIMALAYA, alt. 11-16,000 ft., /. D. H. 



Similar in many respects to L. apetala, but stem more leafy, calyx larger and more 

 inflated;, almost | in. diam., with broader more membranous-edged teeth, and a very 

 different carpophore. The nerves of the calyx are simple and free in all the specimens, 

 and the seeds are like those of the rather narrow-winged forms of L. apetala. Rohr- 

 bach is certainly in error in describing this as wingless-seeded, and in referring it to 

 Royle's L. macrorkiza. 



4. Xi. himalay ensis, Edfjew. * stem very slender elongate 1-3-flowered 

 minutely pubescent, leaves usually very slender, calyx broadly oblong with 

 slender black-purple nerves, petals with a very small blade, carpophore very 

 short pubescent or 0, seeds angular very small narrowly- winged. L. apetala, 

 var. hirnalayehsis, JKohrb. in Linncva, xxxvi. 22. L. apetala, var. graciiis 

 Herb.Ind.Or.H.f.&T. 



SJKKIM HIMALAYA, alt. H-14,000 ft., /. D. H. WESTERN TIBET,- Falconer Sassar 

 alt. 15-17,000 ft., T. T. 



Probably only a slender form of L. apetala, but easily distinguished by its size 

 (8-16 in.), Blenderness, long narrow leaves, narrower smaller- calyx -4 ni. long, with 

 usually more slender and free veins, which however sometimes unite in the teeth, an<l 

 small seeds which are pale in Thomson's specimens, black in Hooker's and falconer's. 



** Seeds turgid, renif orm, wingless, granulate tubercled or echinulate. 

 t Stem short, single- rarely ^-flowered. 



6. If. macrorhiza, Royle ; Benth. in Royle III. 80 (not of Rohrb.} ; 

 stem short simple 1-fiowered and leaves closely glandular-pubescent, leaves 

 obovate-spathulate, calyx broadly oblong inflated pale, nerves faint free or 

 united in the calyx-teeth, petals short, carpophore stout brown-tomentoae. 

 L. madens, Jacq. mss, 



ALPINE WESTERN HIMALAYA, and WESTERX TIBET ; Kunawar, Royle, Jacquewnnt ; 

 Parang Pass, alt. 15-16,000 ft., T. T.; Topi dhunga, alt. 15,000ft., Straeh. & Winterb. 



Whole plant 4-~6 in., resembling L. apetala, but leaves broader and more densely 

 pubescent, pale, obtase or subacute. Calyx -4~| in. Petals apparently deep purple"; 

 limb short, 2-fld. Seeds pale chestnut, absolutely wingiess, minutely granulate concen- 

 trically, back rounded. Boyle's specimens are very imperfect, but I think referable to 

 this. 



ft Stem elongate, simple or branched; leaves narrow, linear-lanceolate 

 (rarely ovate in L. Cachemeriana). 



6. I*, brachypetala, Hart. Berol. ; stem 1-2 ft. slender 'hoary simple 

 few or many-flowered, leaves very narrow grass-like glabroUs or minutely 

 pubescent, flowers nodding opposite or in short few-flowered opposite cymes, 

 calyx ovoid pale with 10 dark or green simple free or connected nerves, petals 

 very short pale 2-partite, carpophore short glabrous or pubesceut-or 0, seeds 



