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Herbs, erect, with Opposite Exstipulate Simple Leaves. 

 Leaf Margins Toothed. 



Dianthus Jacquemontii, 



CARYOPHYLLACEiE. 



F. B. I. i. 214. 

 Kashmir. 



Petals Ununited. 



small, stems many, slender from a woody stock ; 

 leaves 1-lf in., narrow, leathery, flat above, short 

 pointed, radical slightly toothed, stem leaves hardly 

 toothed, with thickened margins; flowers usually 

 solitary, bracts 4, very broad, suddenly contracted 

 into a thickened and blunt point, calyx f-1 in., 

 teeth long with sharp stiff points, petals 5, long 

 stalked, blade broad, rather deeply toothed ; other- 

 wise like the last species. 



small, stems many, stiff, much branched, from a 

 stout woody stock ; leaves radical, 3-6 in., stem 

 leaves f-l-g in., linear, short-pointed ; flowers pink, 

 solitary, terminal, bracts 4-6, pointed, calyx f-| in., 

 tubular, long and sharp pointed, petals 5, long- 

 stalked, blade fringed ; otherwise like the last 

 species. 



large, greenish blue, jointed, smooth or A r elvety, 

 perennial ; leaves 1-2 in. long, ovate or oblong, 

 stem leaves sessile, margins minutely toothed, short 

 pointed ; flowers ^-f in. diam., white in drooping 

 many-flowered clusters, bracts thin, dry, calyx J in. 

 long, ovoid, puffed out, base indented, 5-toothed, 

 10-or 20-veined, teeth broadly triangular, petals 5, 

 stalked, blade deeply 2-lobed with pouch-like enlar- 

 gement, stamens 10, styles 3; capsule round, opening 

 above by 6 teeth, seeds many, concave in front, 

 convex on the base, with lines of excrescences. 



Silence Faleoneriana, large, perennial ; stems several from the woody 



CARYOPHYLLACEiE. stock, branched, velvety and sticky below ; leaves 



F. B. I. i. 220. 1^-2^ in., linear lanceolate, narrow, velvety or smooth, 



Himalaya, 3-9,000 ft. minutely toothed ; flowers white in loose opposite 



Simla on grassy slopes axillary clusters, flower stalks slender, bracts minute, 



(Collett). calyx ^ in. tubular, narrow, teeth short, blunt, 



petals 5, very narrow stalked, blade blunt without 



scales, stamens 10, styles 3 ; capsule ovoid, seeds 



minute, many, sides flat or convex, back grooved. 



Dianthus angulatus, 



Caryophyllace^;. 

 F. B. I. i. 215. 

 Himalaya, 7-13,000 ft. 



Silene inflata, 

 Bladder campion. 



Caryophyllace^e. 

 F. B. I. i. 218. 

 Himalaya, 5-11,000 ft. 

 Simla, Mashobra 

 Narkanda (Collett). 



