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GOORINGIA 



A NEW GENUS OF 



GARYOPHYLLACE^] 



Frederic N. WILLIAMS 



Gooringia. — Sepala 4, iinâ basi connata. Petala 0. Stamina 2. 

 Discus perigynus, staminifer, annularis, glandulis inconspicuis. Ova- 

 riuni uniloculare; styli 2, a basi distincti. Capsula oblongo-ovata, fere 

 a basi in valvas 4 dehiscens. Senrina estrophiolata, a latere compressa, 

 longe funiculata, lsevia. — Herba annua?, pusilla, dense raniosa, foliis 

 carnosis brevibus. Flores minuti, axillares vel pseudo-terminales. 



Genus Arenarise et Buffonise affine ; habitu autem planta speciem 

 Saginse revocat. 



Species unica. — Gooringia Littledalepß 



Syn. Arenaria Littledalei, Hemsley in Kew Bulletin, 1896, p. 209. 



Hab. Gooring Valley, in Central Tibet, at 5000 mètres. 



It is only after due considération, and a detailed examination of 

 Mr. St. George Littledale's spécimens from Central Tibet, in the Kew 

 Herbarium, that I bave ventured to propose the plant as the type of a 

 new genus of the suborder Alsinirïese. 



A well characterized description of the plant has been given by 

 Mr. W. B. Hemsley in the Kew Bulletin, who places it in the section 

 Alsine of the genus Arenaria in its more comprehensive sensé. As 

 Godron long ago pointed out, if Lychnis is to be considered as a genus 

 distinct from Silène, then Alsine should be considered as distinct from 

 Arenaria; for in each case a primary differential character is the 

 number of the teeth of the capsule in relation to the number of the 

 styles. Mr. Hemsley would evidently refer the plant to Alsine, and 



