xviu. CARYOPHYLLE^E. (Edgewortli & Hook, f.) [Arrnaria. 



very strict. Leaves -1^ in. in distant pairs, or spuriously whorled, subacute, thick, 

 opaque, 1-nerved, acute, margins somewhat recurved. Cymes very lax, stiict. slender, 

 branches arid pedicels very long ; bracts and bracteoles small. Flowers 4 in. diani., 

 erect. Calyx rounded and not hardened at the base; sepals quite glabrou-, obscurely 

 1-nerved. Styles 3, slender. Capsule subglabrous, 3-vaIved. Seeds striolate, much 

 compressed, pale red-brown. 



2. A. Xtfeyeri, JBoiss. Fl. Orient, i. 682 (Alsine) ; annual, fastigiatdy 

 dichotomous, clothed with spreading glandular hairs, leaves subercct snbu- 

 late 7-nerved, pedicels short, sepals rigid subulate-lanceolate strongly nerved, 

 petals very short, seeds small granulate. 



PANJAB, near Peshawur, Vicary, Stewart. DISTRIB. Afghanistan, and westward to 

 Syria and Asia Minor. 



A small rigid erect annual, 4-6 in. Stems cylindric. Leaves $-\ in., more or less 

 recurved. Calyx in. long; base rounded or Kul'.-n -ute ; si-pals erect, rigid. 

 slightly recurved, pungent, outer 5-, inner 3-netved, nerves and margins white. 

 ovate-oblong. Statm- n* sometimes 6 and 7. Mi/les 3. t'ajtfrule. oblong, much shorter 

 than the M-pals, ;j valved. /*V< /.< red-brown, orbicular reniform. compressed. 



3. A. foliosa, Royle mss. ; quite glabrous, loosely tufted, stems much 

 branched, branches slender leafy, lea\\> very narrow linear siibacute spread- 

 ing often flexuous 1-3-iiervnl. eyines Loog-pedoneied subuinbellate, brac- 

 teoles short ovate, sepals ovate-lanceolate acuminate strongly 3-m-rved 

 shorter than the entire petals, capsule ovoid rather longer than the sepals, 

 valves recurved, seeds reniform dorsally granulate. Alsine lu>ylei, i'<n-J 

 in Herb. Urttf/t. 



WESTERN Si -HAM-INK HIMALAYA, alt. 9-13,000 ft., from Garwhal to Kashmir, //"///''. 

 Jacquemont, &c. 



Perennial, branched from the ba>e ; ln-anchcs 2-6 in., loosely or densely leafy. 

 Leaves ^- in., usually spreading, never rigid or pungent, not ,',, in. broad, bright 

 green. Peduncles sparingly leafy, strict, erect ; bracts and bracteolus coriaceous, acute, 

 concave; pedicels equalling or e.xce. .ling tin- sepals. CV////.r rounded and not indu- 

 rated at the base; sepals j in., coriaceous, pungent, nerves much raised, inner with 

 scarious edges. Capsule 3-valved. St-nl* small, pale brown. Perhaps a form of A. 

 Fenzl (Boiss. Fl. Orient, i. 077), a native of IVisia and \V. Asia. 



4. A. kashrairica, K<l<ji-w. ; glandular-pubescent rarely glabrous, 

 densely tufted, stems much branched, branches leafy, leaves narrowly linear- 

 subulate acute spreading strongly 3-nerved, cymes peduncled subuinbellate, 

 bracteoles ovate-subulate strongly nerved, sepals ovate-lanceolate acuminate 

 strongly 3-nerved shorter than the entire petals, capsule ovoid rather longer 

 than the sepals, valves recurved. 



WESTEKN '\ I.MIM i: \ i r. HIMALAYA, alt. 6-7000 ft., T. Thomson; Lahul, Jaeschke; 

 \\'J:STKJ{N TIHKT, falconer. 



Very similar to A. foliosa, but usually glandular-pubescent throughout, leaves more 

 subulate and rigid, very strongly nerved, lateral nerves often marginal, and bracts very 

 different ; flowers smaller ; pedicels often shorter than the sepals ; petals lunger ; the 

 capsule and seeds are similar. 



B. Capsule with twice as many valves as there are styles. 



SECT. IL Erexnog"oneaB. Perennials, usually densely tufted. Leaves 

 crowded, subulate rigid setaceous or grass-like. Stpals often hardened at 

 the base. Disk-glands usually large. 



* Peduncles elongate. Flowers usually cymose. 



5, A. festucoides, Benth. in Royle III. 81, t. 21, f. 3 ; densely tufted, 



