Lydmachia.] lxxxvii. peimulace^. (J. D. Hooker.) 503 



6. Xi. pyramldalis, Wall, in Roxh. Fl. Ind. ed. Carey ^ Wall. ii. 28 ; 

 Cat. 1486 ; erect, mucli branched, leaves lineaivlanceolate minutely gland-dotted 

 and margined, racemes long lax-fld., pedicels \ in., fruiting J in., bracts linear, 

 coroUa-segments oboyate longer than the sepals. Duhy in DC. Prodr. viii. 62 ; 

 Klatt, die Oatt. Lygimach. t. 16. L. heterophylla, Don Prodr. 84. Anagallis 

 multangularis, Ham. {ex Bon). 



Cbnteal and "Western Himalaya ; from Simla to Central Nipal, alt. 6-8000 ft., 

 Hawulbagh, Jamieson. 



Glabrous. Stem 10-24 in., branches erect. Leaves 1-2J in., rarely ovate-lanceolate. 

 Maeemes 6-10 in. ; lower bracts 1 in. Sepals narrowly lanceolate, with slender mem- 

 branous margins. Corolla ^ in. long, white, lobes crenulate or toothed. MlavmnU 

 short, glabrous ; anthers apiculate. Capsule as in the previous species, bursting 

 irregularly. 



6. Ii. obenopodloldes, Watt in Joum. Linn. Soc. ined. ; erect or de- 

 cumbent, branched, leaves petioled elliptic ovate or rhomboid acute or acumi- 

 nate gland-dotted and margined, flowers sessile and subsessile in the leaf axils, 

 sepals linear about equalling the obovate-oblong corolla-segments. L. glandu- 

 losa, Klatt, die Oattung Lysimachia, t. 17 {not of Mdge/wortK). 



Tempbeate Himalaya ; irom Kashmir to Bhotan, alt. 6-9000 ft. (not found in 

 Nipal or Sikkim). 



Very variable in habit, 12-18 in. high, glabrous, usually much branched. Leaves 

 \-\ in. ; petiole often as long as the blade. Flowers \ in. long, sometimes eubrace- 

 znose, with narrower recurved floral leaves. Sepals with several series of large long 

 glands down the centre. Filaments very short ; anthers obtuse. Capsule ^ in. diam., 

 bursting irregularly. 



7. Ii. prollfera, Klatt, die Gatt. I/ydm. 30, 1. 16 ; small, erect creeping or 

 ascending, leaves petioled subacute ovate or the lowest spathulate obtuse 

 gland-dotted but not margined, flowers in small terminal coiymba, pedicels very 

 short, sepals linear obtuse or acute, filaments equalling or shorter than the 

 linear-obovate corolla-segments. 



Temperate Himalaya ; Garwhal at Dordotoole, alt. 10,000 ft., Madden; Kamaon, 

 Madhari Pass, alt. 9000 ft., Strach. ^ Winterb. ; Sikkim, alt. 8-10,000 ft., J. D. H., 

 &c. 



Perennial, 4-6 in. high, glabrous or puberulous towards the ends of the branches, 

 simple or branched from the base. Leaves opposite and alternate, 1-1^ in., including 

 the petiole, which often equals the blade. Flowers in small terminal corymbs 

 amongst the uppermost leaves ; pedicels equalling the calyx, or longer. Corolla funnel- 

 shaped, J in., pale flesh-coloured or white. Filaments glabrous, very variable in 

 length ; anthers obtuse, often exserted from the expansion of the corolla. Fruit not 

 seen. 



B. Flowers yellow. Corolla rotate ; segments broad, oblong or oboyate. 

 Filaments connected at the base by a membrane or ridge. 



* Leaves alternate. 



8. Ii. ramosa, Wall. Cat. 1490 ; erect, branches winged, leaves lanceolate 

 faintly gland-dotted, pedicels capillary usually equalling or exceeding the sub- 

 tending leaves, sepals ovate acuminate, anthers subsagittate apiculate. Dvhy in 

 DC. Prodr. viii, 65 ; Klatt, die Gatt. Lysimach. t. 17. 



Bastekn Himalaya; Sikkim, alt. 6-8000 ft. Khasia Mts., alt. 4-6000 ft. 

 BiRMA, at the serpentine mines, Cfriffiih. — Distkib. Java. 



Quite glabrous, annual {?). Stem 2-4 ft, ; branches long, slender, erecto-patent. 



