JHanthus.] xviii. cahyophylle^. (Edgeworth & Hook, f.) 215 



' tt Surface of petals bearded or pubescent. 



7. D. Seg^uierl, VUl. ; Boiss. Fl. Orient, i. 504 ; leaves broad, flowers 

 usually fascicled, bracts 4-6 4-| the length of the calyx,' with leafy points. 



Westekn Tibet, I^adak, Stewart. — Disteib. Siberia, Caucasus, Greece- 

 /S'tem 6-10 in., leafy, erect, simple or panioulatelj' branched. Leaves strict, linear , 

 obscurely 5-nerred. Flowers usually surrounded with leafy bracts below the 4-6 

 ovate abruptly cuspidate ones, which are themselves often tipped with an herbaceous 

 point. Calyx-teeth mucronate. Petals rosy, blade obovate acutely toothed. 



** Petals fimbriate. 



8. D. fimtiriatus, Bieberst. ; Boiss. Fl. Orient, i 495 ; rigid, leaves 

 rather broad subacute obscurely serrulate, bracts 6-8 short broad-ovate 

 acute, calyx |-1 in., petals fimbriate for \ the length of the blade. 



Westerh Tibet; Falconer. — Distrib. N. Persia, Caucasus. - 

 Stoeh stout, woody, often elongate, much branched and suflfrutioose ; stems many, 

 strict, erect, 6-10 in., 1 -flowered. Leaves f-lj in., rigid, erect. Bracts ^ the length 

 of the calyx, sometimes cuspidate. Calyx-teeth long, lanceolate, pungent. Petals 

 white, fading into lilac or pink. 



9. D. ang-ulatus, Royle III. 79 ; rigid, leaves linear acute serrulate, 

 bracts 4-6 ovate acuminate or the lower cuspidate, calyx j-f in., petals 

 fimbriate for | the length of the blade. 



Western Himalaya, from Kunawar to Kishtwar, and in Piti and Zanskar, alt. 

 7-13,000 ft. 



Quite similar to D. finibriatus, and probably a variety of that plant, with the bracts 

 often coloured and varying exceedingly in length, from \-^ the length of the calyx, 

 which rarely exceeds 4, and never | of an inch. 



Vae. 1. bracts rather lax ovate suddenly cuspidate. 



Vae. 2. bracts with a foliaceous point ^-| the length of the calyx, leaves dark green, 

 cauline 3 in., petals less deeply cut. Habit of D. deitoides. — Kishtwar. 



Var. 3. incertus, Jacquem. Herb, (sp.) ; bracts 4 rarely 6 lax ovate acuminate 

 J-4 the length of the calyx, petals not so deeply cut. — Kunawar. 



10. D. crinitus, Smith ; Boiss. Fl. Orient, i. 496 ; bracts 4r- 8 lanceolate 

 long-acuminate, calyx l-lj^in., teeth long lanceolate, petals fimbriate nearly 

 to the base of the blade. 



Western Punjab ; Salt Range, Fleming, &c. ; Peshawur, Vicary, &c. Western 

 Tibet, Fahoner. — Qistrib. Beluchistan, Turkestan, and westward to the Levant. 



Suffrutieose below; branches rigid, 8-18 in., few flowered. Leaves rigid, acute, 

 cauline us'uaily shorter than the joints. Bracts \-\ the length of the calyx, acute or 

 cuspidate. Petals white, sweet-scented, segments capillary. 



. D. larbatus, Linn., is enumerated by Royle, together with D. caucasicus, Sims,, but 

 both are unknown to us as Indian plants. 



2. TUNICA, ScopolL 



Annual or perennial slender herbs. Calyx tubular, 5- (15-) toothed, with 

 or without imbricate bracts. Fetals 5, clavped, gradually widening into the 

 entire or emarginate limb. Stamens 10. Torus small. Ovary 1-celled ; styles 

 2 ; ovules numerous. GapsuJ,e oblong, dehiscing by 4 teeth, many-seeded. 

 Seeds discoid or orbicular, peltate ; embryo straight. — Disteib. About 10 

 species, chiefly South European and West Asiatic. 



