CARYOPHYLLACE.E. 87 



Var. a, Smithii. 



C. latifoliura, Sm. Eng. Bot. No. 473. 



C. ali)iuuni, var. jiiloso-pubescens, Benth. Lind. Syn. Brit. Fl. p. 51. 



Plant growing in loose tufts, Avith elongated flowering stems. 

 Leaves at the base of the stem not crowded, oblanceolate. Stem- 

 leaves elliptical or oval. Sepals ovate-lanceolate, with articulated 

 hairs and few or no gland-tipped ones. Stem with numerous 

 articulated hairs intermixed with short gland-tipped ones. Plant 

 yellowish-green. 



Var. 3, compactum. 



C. latifoliura, Auct. Seand. 



Plant densely tufted. Flowering stems very short. Leaves 

 at the base of the stem not crowded, oblanceolate. Stem-leaves 

 elliptical. Sepals ovate-lanceolate, and as well as the stem clothed 

 with articulated hairs and shorter gland-tipped ones. Plant light 

 green. 



Var. 7, nigrcscens. 



C. nigrescens, EdmonsUm MSS. 



C. latifolium, Edmonston, in Phytologist, Ser. i. Vol. I. p. 498. 



C. latifolium, var. Edmonstonii, Bab. Man. Brit. Bot. ed. v. p. 37. 



" Plant growing in dense tufts." Lowest leaves crowded, 

 obovate ; stem-leaves roundish or oval. Sepals broadly oval-ovate, 

 and as well as the stem clothed with gland-tipped hairs, but 

 without longer articulated ones. Plant deep green, often tinged 

 with brownish-purple. 



On rocks or mountains. Rare. Var. a on Snowdon, Carnar- 

 vonshire; Ben Lawers, Perthshire; Ben Lomond, Stirlingshire; 

 Ben Hope, Sutherlandshire, &c. Var. 3, on the granitic mountains 

 on the confines of Aberdeenshire and Moray, Braemar. A'^ar. 7, on 

 loose serpentine gravel near Baltasound, Unst, Shetland. 



England, Scotland. Perennial. Summer and Autumn. 



Var. a very similar to C. alpinum, but growing in looser and 

 more straggling tufts from the barren stems being longer; it is, 

 moreover, a much greener plant, and the pubescence is shorter and 

 more rigid. The flowers are very similar, and the upper and 

 secondary bracts are entirely (or almost entirely) herbaceous. The 

 seeds (as in var. |3 and 7) about x^s i^ch across, rugose, w'ithout 

 sharp-pointed tubercles, and with the seed-coat fitting less closely 

 to the seed. 



Var |3 is much more densely tufted, the barren stems being very 



