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Hab. Northern India, Tibet, Mongolia, Manchuria, and Eastern Siberia. 

 The geographica! hmits of the species are as foUows : 



N. On bare hüls above Ajan in the Coasl Province of Easl Siberia, 

 where the plant here described under the name of var. apetala was col- 

 lecled by H. Tiling in 1846-1851, lat. 56° 28', during the term of his stay 

 in tlie district as médical officer to the factory of the Russo-American 

 Trading Company {Regel & Tiling Florula Ajanensis, 72 [1858], — 

 Cherleria sibirica). Spécimens in Herb. PetropoUt. 



E. In the Amur district of East Siberia, near the confluence of tiie 

 R. Dsega with the main stream of the Amur, where var. fascictilata was 

 collected by G. Radde in his journey of 1855-1859 (Regel PI. Raddeanae, 

 n. 340 [1862], — Stellaria petrœa var. fasciculata). Spécimens in Herb. 

 Petropolil. 



S. Sikicim, Lachung Valley, in lat. 27° 28', where Hooker, in 1849, 

 collected the plant here described under the name of var. typica forma 

 pygmaea. Spécimens are in Herb. Kew. 



W. Kashmir, where Royle collected spécimens of var. fasciculata 

 in 1832 (in Herb. Kew.). 



Yar. 1. typica Williams, nom. nov. — Cauliculi glabrati, vel linea 

 decurrente utrinque puberuli. Folia 2-5 mm., lanceolata vel lanceolalo- 

 linearia plana trinervia ciliolata. Cyma sessilis, 1-3-flora. Sepala 3 mm., 

 nee ssepius longiora, aculala, obsolete uninervia. 



Syn. — St. petraea Bunge in Ledeb. Fl. Altaica, U. 160 (1830); 

 Sl. petraea var. y, imbricata Fenzl in Ledeb. Fl. Rossica, I. 395; St. petraea 

 var. a alpina Turcz. in Bull. Soc. Nat. Mose. XV, 609 (1842), reimpr. Fl. 

 Baicalensi-Dahurica, I. 238; St. decumbens varr. 1, 2, 4, Hook. f.. Fl. Brit. 

 Fnd. L 234 (1874). 



Hab. — Northern India : in rocky and gravelly places, in the alpine 

 and subalpine zones of the Himalayas, from 3600 to 4500 mètres. Kash- 

 mir; in Baltistan (herb. Fnlconer, n. 252), Badzulkod Nala (Dutliie, 1893, 

 Fl. of Kashmir, n. 13403, in Herb. Mus. Brit.). Punjab; above Dharmsala, 

 on the Dhaola Dhar Range (C. B. Clarke, 1874, n. 23860, in Herb. Mus. 

 Brit.). Native State of Bashahr; in the Kunawar district, across the 

 Kionbrong Gliat and above Kanum (Jacquemout, 1828, n. 902, n. 903, 

 also in Hangarang, Werang, and Runang Passes {Thomson, 1847), — 

 these in Herb. Kew. Feudatory State of Garhwal; Tihri (J. S. Gamble, 

 1893), Ourie Gadb and Gangitsi (Duthie, n. 643, 1883, and n. 1388, 1881 ), 

 — these in Herb. Mus. Brit. Kumaon; Barjikang Pass, above Milam, and 

 Ralam (see also Duthie, Gal. PI. Kumaon, 21 [1906]), Kutti valley in 

 Byans district {Duthie, 1884, n. 2765), Panga Ghuli in Garhwal district 

 {Duthie, 1885, n. 3865), Badarinath {Edgeworth, 1844, n. 169, — these 

 are the original lype-speciraens o[ St. decumbens), Dhanrao {Edgeworth, 

 18'i:4, n. 178), — all these in Herb. Kew. Native State of Sikkim ; at great 

 élévations {llooker, 1849, in Herb. Kew. and Herb. Mus. Brit.), atlslunibo 

 (C. B. Clarke, 1875, n. 25578, in Herb. Kew.). Mongolia; in the lake 

 districts of Kosogol (Potanin, 1880, in Herb. Kew.) and Ubsa {Maxim. Fl. 

 Mongolica [1889], 102). Siberia; Allai Mountains, rocky and stony places 



