Stellaria.} xviu. CARYOPHYLLE.E. (Edgeworth & Hook, f.) 231 



axillary capillary very long, sepals lanceolate acuminate much shorter than 

 the 2 fid petals, stamens 8, styles 2. Benth. in Royle III. 81, t. 21, f. 2. 



WESTERN TEMPERATE HIMALAYA, alt. 5-6000 ft., from Kumaon to Sirmur, BlinJc- 

 worth, &c. 



Stems zigzag, 6-12 in., 4-angled. Leaven \ in., shining, with long acicular points, 

 1-nerved, sessile, rather rigid. Flowers axillary, suberect, \ in. diam. ; pedicels strict, 

 1-2 in., erect in fruit. Sepals shining, \ in. ; back striate, margins broadly scarions 

 shining. Pefals 2-fid to about the middle, lobe? narrow obtuse. Capsule equalling the 

 sepals, ovoid, o'-valved. Seeds pale-brown, renifcrm, compressed, back echinate with 

 long processes. 



9. S. latifolia, Benih. in Wall. Cat. 643 (Leucostemma) ; glabrous 

 below, tomentose above, stems decumbent flaccid laxly tufted, leaves sub- 

 sessile margins acuminate, lower broad-ovate or cordate, upper elliptic, 

 pedicels very slender, sepals oblong or subulate-lanceolate much shorter 

 than the 2-fid petals, stamens 8, styles 2, capsule much shorter than the 

 sepals. Benth. in Royle III. 81, t. 21, f. 1. 



WESTERN TEMPERATE HIMALAYA, alt. 6-8000 ft. ; Kumaon, 'BlinJcworth, &c. ; Gar- 

 whal, Falconer. 



Stems 2-10 in., flexnous, 4-angled, glabrous, shining except the young, which are 

 laxly tomentose, much branched. Leaves; lower, |-| in., almost orbicular at times, 

 shortly petioled, suddenly mucronate, margins thickened, veins diverging, upper smaller 

 narrower. Flowers 4 in. diam. ; pedicels terminal and, in the uppermost axils, capil- 

 lary, glabrous. Sepals green, with a narrow scarious border. Petals 2-fid to about the 

 middle, lobes oblong obtuse. Capsule short, ovoid, included, membranous, hyaline, ap- 

 parently bursting irregularly. Seeds orbicular, brown, 'nearly smooth.. 



10. S. bulbosa, Wulf. ; rhizome slender creeping tuberiferous, stem 

 slender simple with a line of hairs, leaves few obovate or elliptic-lanceolate 

 subacute, pedicel solitary subterminal capillary erect, sepals 4-5 much 

 shorter than the broad petals. DC. Prodr. i. 397 ; Cesatiin Linncea, xxxii. 

 253, t. 1. Kraschninnikowia rupestris, Turcz. in Led. Fl. Ross. i. 373. 



TEMPERATE HIMALAYA, in woods at the roots of trees,; Bhotan, Griffith; Sikkim, alt. 

 10-12,000 ft., /. D. H. Jamu to Mam, alt. 6-9000 ft., Jacquemont, Thomson, &c. 

 DISTRIB. Siberia, Carinthia, N. Italy. 



A very peculiar and interesting little plant in respect of structure and distribution, 

 confined to Carinthia and Transylvania in Europe, and to Siberia and the Himalayas 

 in Asia. Stem 1-5 in., erect, very slender. Leaves 2-6 pairs, l-l in. long, rather 

 fleshy, sessile or contracted into a petiole; margins sometimes ciliate ; midrib slender, 

 nerves very obscure, blowers often dimorphic, the lower on the plant from the inferior 

 pedicels or rhizomes being minute apetalous and ripening seeds, the subterminal large, 

 4 in. diam , rarely or not producing seed. Sepals herbaceous, oblong-lanceolate or lan- 

 ceolate, 4~1 in- shorter than the white petals. Anthers purple. Styles filiform. Capsule 

 8-angled, 4-valved to the base. Seeds few, large, tuberculate. The seeds of Siberian 

 specimens have long processes on the back. 



11. S. tibetica, KurzinRegensb. Flora. 1872, 285 ; whole plant densely 

 glandular-pubescent, stem ascending rather robust, leaves sessile oblong 

 subacute or acute, cymes erect peduncled few-flowered, peduncle and pedi- 

 cels stout, bracts ovate coriaceous, sepals much shorter than the petals, 

 elliptic acute margins submembranous. 



WESTERN TIBET; on limestone rocks near Trantse Lundo, in Karnag, alt. 

 14-17,000 ft., Dr. Stoliczka. 



Stem 3-5 in. , cylindric, base glabrous shining. Leaves suberect, ^-f in., opaque, 

 midrib slender, nerves obscure. Cymes axillary and terminal, robust ; pedicels longer 

 or shorter than the flowers, the lateral 2-bracteolate. Flowers $ in. diam., erect. Calyx 



