PLANTS OF THE PUNJAB. 477 



HEllBS BltECT WITH OPPOSITE ExSTIPULATE SlMPLE LEAVES. 



Leap Margins Entire. 



Petals Ununited. 



styles 3 ; capsule oblong, much shorter than the 

 sepals, 3-valved ; seeds many, red-brown, round, 

 notched, flattened. 



Arenaria foliosa, 



C All YOPH YLLAUE.E . 



F. B. I. i. 236. 

 Himalaya, 9-18,000 ft. 



Arenaria kashmiriea, 



Cakyophyllace.e. 

 F. B. I. i. 236. 

 Himalaya, 0-7,000 ft. 

 Lahoul (Jaeschke). 



small, perennial, quite smooth, branched from 

 the base, slender, leafy ; leaves *-§ by ^ T in., 

 spreading, never stiff or sharp, very narrow, linear, 

 bright green ; flowers white, -j- in. diam. on long- 

 stalked, almost umbelled, clusters, bracts and 

 bracteoles leathery, concave, short-pointed, calyx 

 rounded and not thickened at the base, sepals 5, 

 g in., leathery, sharp; petals o, longer than the 

 sepals ; stamens 5, styles 3, capsules ovoid, larger 

 than the sepals ; valves 3, recurved ; seeds many, 

 small pale brown, kidney-shaped, granulate on the 

 back. 



very like the last species, but glandular, velvety, 

 leaves stiffer and sharper, flowers smaller with 

 longer petals. 



Arenaria holosteoides, 



Kakua, yandial. 



CaKYOPHYLBA<JE.E. 



F. B. 1. i. 241. 

 Himalaya, 7-12,000 ft. 

 Murree (Douie). 

 Baluchistan (Boissier). 



large, slender, pliable, smooth or velvety, much- 

 branched, leaves 1-3 ins., linear or linear-oblong, 

 sessile, base broad, short or long-pointed; flowers 

 r[-v,- in. diam., white, nodding in few-flowered clus- 

 ters, flower stalks slender widely separated, no 

 bracts, calyx not thickened at the base ; sepals 5, 

 blunt, linear-lanceolate to broadly ovate-oblong, 

 green with thin edges, smooth or very hairy and 

 glandular at the back ; petals 5, equal to or longer 

 than the sepals, tip with a shallow notch, broad ; 

 stamens o, styles 2-3, thread-like, long ; capsule 

 nearly round, shorter than the calyx, very thin, 

 2-6-valved to the base ; seeds <t, red-brown or 

 blackish, with rows of sharp tubercles. 



