Bplolium.] Lxii. ONAGEACE^. (C. B. Clarke.) 583 



in long terminal spikes. E. spicatnm, Lamk. Diet. ii. 373 : DC. Prodr. iii. 40 ; 

 Wall. Cat. 6324. 



Temperate Western Himaiata, alt. 8000-12,000 ft. ; from Kashmir and Baltis- 

 tan to Gtjbwhal. — Disteie. Western Asia, Europe, North America. 



Glabrous or nearly so, except the calyx-tube which is covered with close white 

 tomentum. Stem 2-4 ft. Leaves often 4-6 by \ in., all scattered, nearly sessile, 

 acute, entire or obscurely denticulate. Spike of flowers sooq naked, bracts narrow, 

 caducous. Calyx-segments lanceolaie, acuminate, purplish, aubpetaloid, free to the 

 base. Petals ^— | in., rose-purple, obovate, clawed. Style somewhat hairy above the 

 base; stigmas 4, distinct, spreading. Capsule 2J-3J in., closely pubescent. Seed 

 narrowly obovoid, smooth, coma fulvous. 



3. E. reticulatuxn, C. B. Clarke ; leaves narrovy-lanceolate pubescent 

 beneath reticulating nerves prominent primary nerves diverging at acute angles 

 from the midrib, peduncles distant in the axUs of leaves that are not bractiform 

 nor caducous. 



SniKiM ; alt. 10,000-14,000 ft. ; Lachoong and Kongra Lama ; J.J). H. 



Stem round, uniformly pubescent, apparently of the height of that of E. angusti- 

 folvwm. Leaves 4 by ^ in., all scattered, nearly sessile, minutely denticulate, acute. 

 Calyx-segments broad-lanceolate, acuminate, purplish, subpetaloid, free to the base. 

 Petals ^1 in., rose-purple, obovate. Style densely hairy above the base ; stigmas 

 4, distinct, spreading. Capsule (not ripe) 3 in. on a peduncle 1^ in. — This species has 

 leaves somewhat like those of E. angustifoUum but the inflorescence of E. latifoliwm. 



3. E. latifoliuiu, Linn. ; DC. Prodr. iii. 40 ; leaves oblong narrowed 

 at both ends glabrous or minutely pubescent without reticulating veins, pedun- 

 cles distant in the axils of leaves that are not bractiform nor caducous. E. spe- 

 cioaum, Dene, in Jaeq. Voy. Sot. t. 69. E. Gerardianum, Wall. Cat. 6326. 



Alpine Westeen Himalaya; alt. 11,000-14,000 ft. Kashmie; Jacguemont, C. 

 B. Clarice. Sibmore ; Gerard, Edgeworth. 'Kdmaon ; Strachey ^ Winterboitom. — 

 LiSTEiB. Dahuria, Altai, Arctic Asia, Europe and America. 



The typical plant is 1 ft. high and glabrous except the calyx-tube ; some of the 

 Himalayan examples have the stem pubescent apparently much taller and the leaves 

 minutely pubescent. Leaves 1^-3 by J-| in., scattered and opposite, entire or very 

 obscurely denticulate, obtuse rarely somewhat acute. Ca^yx-segmemts broad-lanceo- 

 late, acuminate, purplish, eubpetaloid, free to the base. Petals ^-f in., rose-purple, 

 obovate. Style with a few scattered hairs above the base ; stigmas 4, distinct, spread- 

 ing. Capsule 3 in., closely pubescent. Seeds narrowly obovoid, smooth, coma 

 fulvous. 



Sect. II. Xiysimacliion. Flowers regular. Stamens and style erect. 



* Stigma distinctly deleft ivith spreading lobes. 



4. E. hirsutum, linn. ; DC. Prodr. iii. 42 ; hairy, middle cauline leaves 

 opposite or alternate sessile obovate-lanceolate narrowed nearly to the base 

 denticulate-serrulate. Boiss. Fl. Orient, ii. 746. E. serratum, Jacq. Journ. 



Tempeeate Westeen Himalaya; alt. flOOO-7000 ft. ; from Kashmir to Kumaon ; 

 Boyle, Madden, Jacquemont. T. Thomson, &c.— Disteib. Europe, Africa, Asia from 

 the Himalaya northwards and westwards. 



Stem 2-5 ft., round, uniformly hairy with glandular pubescence, and with scattered 

 long white hairs numerous towards the ends of the branches. Middle cauline leaves 

 usually opposite, often 3 in. or more by | in., sessile, semi-amplexicaul but not decivr- 

 rent as lines down the stem, green and softly pubescent on both surfaces. Sepals 

 green, oblong, acute in the expanded flower, in sestivation mucronate. Petals %\n. 

 Stigmas 4, distinct, spreading. Capsule 2-3^ in., hairy, lower peduncles ^1 in. 



