Stellaria.] xvm. CARYOPHYLLE.E. (Edg-eworth & Hook, f.) 233 



^densely tomentose cordate thick almost coriaceous leaves. The Javanese have recurved 

 much more glabrous and acute leaves. 



** Glabrous, or leaves ciliolate towards the base only. 



15. S. graminea, Linn. ; glabrous, stem very slender (rarely short) 

 suberect 4-angled, leaves sessile narrow linear-oblong acute, margins 

 thickened smooth often ciliate towards the base, cymes terminal branched 

 or reduced to one flower, sepals linear-oblong 3-nerved margin narrow equal- 

 ling the petals, stamens 10, capsule shorter than the sepals. Boiss. Fl. Orient. 

 i. 707. 



WESTERN TIBET; alt. 11-15,000 ft., T. Thomson. DISTRIB. Affghanistan to W. 

 Europe. 



Everywhere glabrous except the margins of the leaf towards its base. Stems 

 3-10 in., suberect or decumbent and tufted, shining, 4-angled. Leaves \-\ in., sessile, 

 narrowed at the base, sides almost parallel, opaque, somewhat glaucous, midrib and 

 nerves obscure, margins thickened, quite smooth, sometimes undulate. Cymes spread- 

 ing; pedicels very slender, divaricating, |-1 in.; bracts oblong-lanceolate, with broadly 

 scarious margins. Flowers erect, about | in. diam. Sepals green, shining, obtuse or 

 acute. Petals 2-partite. Filaments slender. Styles 3. Capsule always shorter than 

 the sepals, 5-6-valved. Seeds orange-brown, granulate. 



VAR. montioides ; stems short densely tufted, leaves small short, cyme reduced to 

 1 flower. Alt. 15-17,000 ft. 



16. S. glauca, Withering ; quite glabrous, stem suberect or erect 

 4-angled, leaves sessile oblong or linear-lanceolate acuminate, margins 

 thickened perfectly glabrous, pedicels subsolitary terminal and axillary 

 slender spreading in fruit, sepals linear-oblong half as long as the broad 

 2-lobed petals, stamens 10, capsule equalling the sepals. Boiss. FL Orient, i. 

 708. 



WESTERN TEMPERATE HIMALAYA; Lahul, Jaeschke; WESTERN TIBET, Indus val ] ey, 

 T. Thomson. DISTRIB. Siberia, W. Asia, Europe, Greenland. 



Perennial. Stems 1-2 ft., slender. Leaves 1-2 in., sessile, base rounded, ascending 

 or erecto-patent, midrib distinct, nerves obscure. Flowers |-| in. diam. ; pedicels 

 rather stout, strict, 13 in.; bracts membranous. Sepals ^oblong- or lanceolate-oblong, 

 acute or acuminate, green, 3-rierved, margins broadly scarious. Filaments slender. 

 Capsule broadly ovoid, equalling the sepals, on rather spreading pedicels. Seeds 

 strongly granulate. 



17. S. uliginosa, Linn.; glabrous or with a few hairs at the base 

 of the leaves, stems slender 4-angled, leaves sessile small ovate or oblong, 

 lanceolate, cymes axillary and terminal, pedicels at length deflexed, sepals 

 lanceolate acute, petals minute or 0, stamens 10, styles 3, capsule equalling 

 or a little exceeding the sepals. Boiss. Fl. Orient, i. 708. S. thymifolia, 

 Wall. Cat. 636 (apetalous, leaves short broad). S. aquatica, Poll. ; Wall. Cat. 

 635 (glaucous, leaves oblong). 



TEMPERATE and ALPINE HIMALAYA; in wet places, from 4-10,000 ft. (to 16,000ft. 

 in Sikkim), common. KHASIA MTS., alt. 5-6000 ft. NILGHIRI MTS., Wight. DISTRIB. 

 Temperate N. Hemisphere. 



Annual, very variable in size and habit, much branched, very leafy and copiously 

 flowering, often glaucous. Stem 6-18 in., erect or diffuse. Leaves rarely in., with 

 often thickened sometimes undulate margins and mucronate tip. Cymes slender, 

 peduncles short or long ; bracts scarious. Flowers % in. diam., sometimes solitary, 

 pedicels slender. Calyx-tube obscure. Filaments slender. Capsule ovoid, 6-valved. 

 Seeds small, minutely tubercled. 



18. S. subumbellata, Edgew. ; perfectly glabrous, stem very slender 

 ascending, leaves sessile linear or elliptic-oblong acute, cymes terminal or 



