Seckm.] ^ liii. ceassulace^. (C. B. Clarke.) 419. 



Stems 6-14 in. high, glabrous, or the cyme puberulous. Hypogynous scales black 

 purple, broadly cuneate-quadrate (ex H. f. & T.). 



_ 8. S. elon^atum, WcM. Cat. 7233; leaves J-2 in. long loosely im- 

 l)ricate oblong narrowed at base almost petioled or elliptic sessile, cymes large 

 loose, petals lanceolate black-purple. S.f. 8r T. in Jowrn. Linn. Soc. ii. 98. 



AtPiNE Himalaya, from Sikkim to Kashmib, alt. 10,000-12,000 ft. 

 Stems 8-20 in. high, glabrous, as are the leaves. Cymes puberulo-pubescent, 

 '« laneeolate-linear. Hypogynous scales broad, cuneate-quadrate (ex H. f. & T.). 

 scarcely J in. 



9. S> fastlglatum, S.f. Sp T. in Jaurn. lAnn. j^oc. ii. 98; stems numer- 

 ous, leaves i- J in. long crowded terete oblong-Unear, cymes 3-8-flowered, sepals 

 lanceolate, petals | in. long linear twice the sepals. 



SiKKiM, alt. 14,000-17,000 ft. ; Kankola, Lama Kangra, J. S. H. 



Stems 2-5 in., curved, glabrous, as are the leaves. Cymes puberulo-pubescent. 

 Hypogynous scales quadrate. Follicles more than J in. long, black-purple. — A species 

 resembling S. guadrifidv/m, but larger with lafger flowers and fruit. 



10. S. humile, S.f. 4r T. in Jowrn. Linn. Soc. ii. 99; densely tufted, 

 stems 1-2 in. glabrous or minutely pubescent, leaves j— |- in. long, linear or 

 linear-oblong, cymes l-4rflowered, sepals ovate acuminate, petals lanceolate 

 wider upwards twice the sepals. 



Snnrrw, alt. 15,000-16,000 ft. ; Yeumtong and Tunkra Pass, J. D. H. 

 Flowers large for so small a plant. Hypogynous scales broad quadrate (ex H. f. & 

 T.). — This species is distinct from t^e other Indian species by its sepals. 



11. S. corlaceum, Wall. Cat. 7238 ; rootstock thick, stems numerous 

 pubescent, cymes and leaves on both surfaces puberulous, leaves ^ in. flat 

 obovate, cyme with few leaves. S.f. ^ T. va Jowrn. Linn, Soc. ii. 99. 



NrpAL, TVallick. 



Like S. tibetieum, var. Straeheyi, but wholly puberulous ; the leaves obovate and 

 the cymes few-flowered. 



Sect. II. Sootstock thick. Flowers hermaphrodite, rarely imperfect. Folli- 

 cles narrow oblong-lanceolate ; style nearly straight, slender, not (or scarcely at 

 all) recurved. Seeds ellipsoid, compressed, testa loose produced beyond the end 

 of the nucleus, often as a short bent tail. 



12. S. asiatlcum, DC. Prodr. iii. 401; stems 6-12 in., leaves 1-1^ 

 in. approximate near the cyme linear remotely dentate, cymes dense, flowers 

 yellow, petals lanceolate-spathulate twice the sepals. Wall. Cat. 7239. S. 

 crassipes. Wall. Cat. 7234; S.f. 8f T. in Jowrn. Linn. Soc. ii. 99. Ehodiola 

 asiatica, Don Prodr. 213. 



SiKim to Kashjue, alt. 11,000-16,000 ft., frequent ; WalUeh, Faleoner, J. D. H., 

 &c. 



Glabrous or the cyme branches minutely puberulous. Hypogynous scales very 

 short, subquadrate (ex H. f. & T.). 



Vah. WallicManum, H. f. # T. in Jowrn. Linn. Soc. ii. 100 (sp.) ; Hook. Ic. PI. 

 t. 604 ; leaves broader more denticulate sometimes subpinnatifid. — ^H. f. & T. say 

 that this differs by its red flowers ; but Sir W. Hooker says that the plants which 

 flowered at Kew had yellow flowers. 



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