u] XVIII. CAHYOPHYLLE^. (Edgeworth & Hook, f.) 217 



Sect. II. Keterochroa. Herbs. Leaves flat. Calyx campaniilate 5-fid. 



2. G. sedlfolla, Kurz. in Flora, 1872, 285 ; perennial, tufted, hoary all 

 over, leaves linear obtuse, cymes capitate. G. Tibetica, H.f. & T. Kerb. 

 Ind. Or. 



Webteris Tibet, Zanskar and Dras, alt. 9-13,000 ft., Thomson. 



Soot very stout, woody, with very many short tufted pointed decumbent branches. 

 Stems pale. Leaves fascicled, \ in., nerveless, rather thick, pruinose. Heads of cymes 

 i-J in., on elongated branches 1-3 in. diam. ; bracts linear, obtuse. Calyx -tj in-, 

 6-lobed, teeth obtuse, margins scarious. Capsule not exceeding the calyx. Seeds 

 cochleate. 



3. G. cerastioides, Don Prodr. 213; perennial, hoary-pubescent, 

 branches many decumbent, leaves obovate-spathulate, cymes lax. Acosmia 

 rupestris, Bemth. in Wall. Cat. 644; Camh. in Jacq. Voy. Bot. 26, t. 28. 

 Timseosia rupestris, Elotzmh in Bot. Meis. Pr. Waldem. 138, t. 33 {styles 3). j 



Temperate Himalaya from Kashmir and Knnawar to Sikkim, alt. 6-12,000 ft. 



Very variable in fcize; branches 4-10 in. Leaves J-2 by J-| in., radical petioled, 

 cauhne sessile, all ciliate. Cymes usually lax, with leafy bracts. Flowers sessile or 

 pedioelled, very variable in size, J-4 in. diam. Calyx | in., cainpanulate, pubescent; 

 lobes obtuse, strongly ciliate with curved hairs. Petals lilac, spathulate, 3-nerved. 

 /Styles 2-3. /Seeds broad, black, tubercled. 



5. SAFONAXIXA, Linn. 



Annual or perennial herbsi Leaves flat. Flowers in dichotomous cymes. 

 Calyx more or less tubular, ovoid or oblong, 5-toothed, nerves obscure. 

 Petals 5, clawed : limb entire or notched, with or without a basal scale. 

 Stamens 10. Bisk small, or produced into a gynophore. Ovary 1-celled, or 

 imperfectly 2-3-celled ; styles 2, rarely 3 ; ovules many. Capsule ovoid or 

 oblong, rarely subglobose, 4-toothed. Seeds reniform or subglobose, hilum 

 marginal ; embryo annular. — Distkib. Species about 30, chiefly Mediter- 

 ranean and W. Asiatic. 



1. S. Vaccaria, Linn.; radical leaves oblong, cauline sessile, base 

 rounded or cordate, calyx-teeth triangular margins scarious, petals short 

 erose. Wall. Cat. 1503. S. Vaccaria and oxyodonta, Boiss. Fl. Orient, i. 525. 

 S. perfoHata, Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 445. GypsophUa Vaccaria, W. & A. Prodr. 42. 



In wheatfields throughout India, and in Tibet. — Distrib. A weed of cultivation. 



A tall, robust, simple or sparingly branched perfectly glabrous annual, 12-24 in. 

 high. Leaves 1-8 by J-f in., acute, cauline linear-oblong. Cymes corymbose, many- 

 flowered. Flowers erect; pedicels slender. Calyx 4 in., with 5 broad green nerves, 

 ventricose in fruit. Petals rosy, obovate. Capsule included, broadly ovoid. Seeds 

 large, globose, black, granulate. 



6. SII.ENZ:, Linn. 



Annual or perennial herbs. Flowers solitary or cymose, often secund on 

 the branches of the cyme. Calyx more or less inflated, ovoid campanulate 

 clavate or tubular, 5-toothed or cleft, 10- rarely many-nerved. Petals 5 ; 

 claw narrow ; limb entire bifid or laciniate, usually with two basal scales. 

 Stamens 10, 5 usually adnate to the petals. Disk usually produced into a 

 long gynophore. Ovary incompletely 3- (rarely 1-) celled ; styles 3 (rarely 5) ; 

 ovules numerous. Caiom^e 3-6-toothed or valved. fec/s reniform, usually 

 tubercled, hilium marginal ; embryo annular.— Disteib. Species about 250, 

 chiefly natives of temperate Europe and Asia. 



