fychnis.] XVIII. CABYOPHYLLEiE. (Edgeworth & Hook, f.) 223 



bifid, erect or recurved ; carpophore glabrous or tomentose, alwaya very short. Seeds 

 very variable, tV-A- •"• diani., with a narrow or broad wiug. — I cannot distinguish 

 L, Palconeri, Rohr., even as a permanent variety ; it is characterized as having a more 

 open calyx in fruit. 



Yar. pallida, stems usually 2-flowered, calyx very pale with green undefined veins. — 

 Western Tibet, Falconer, Henderson. 



3. Xi. nlgrescens, Edgew. ; stem simple glandular-pubescent 1-flowered, 

 calyx inflated subglobose with broad purple-brown nerves, petals with a 

 short retuse limb, carpophore i— f the length of the capsule brown-tomentose. 

 L. tristis, Herb. Ind. Or. H.f.&T. Melandryum macf orhizuin, Rohrb. in 

 Linncea, xxxvi. 228, not of Royle. 



Alpine Sikkim Himalaya, alt. 11-16,000 ft., J. D. H. 



Similar in many respects to h. apetala, but stem more leafy, calyx larger and more 

 inflitted, almost | in. diam., with broader more membranous-edged teeth, and a very 

 different carpophore. The nerves of ihe calyx are simple and free in all the specimens, 

 and the seeds are like those of the rather narrow-winged forms o{ L. apetala. — Eohr- 

 bach is certainly in error in describing this as wingless-seeded, and in referring it to 

 Boyle's i. macrorhiza. 



4. Xi. himalayensis, Edgew. ; stem very slender elongate 1-3-flowered 

 minutely pubescent, leaves usually very slender, calyx broadly oblong with 

 slender black-purple nerves, petals with a very small blade, carpophore very 

 short pubescent or 0, seeds angular very small narrowly-winged. L. apetala, 

 var. himalayensis, Rohrb. in Linncea, xxxvi. 22. L. apetala, var. gracilis, 

 Herh.Ind.Or.H.f.&T. 



Sikkim Himalaya, alt. 11-14,000 ft., /. D. H. Western Tibet, Falconer ; Sassar, 

 alt. 15-17,000 ft., T. T. 



Probably only a slender form of L. apetala, but easily distinguished by its size 

 (8-16 in.), sleuderness, long narrow leaves, narrower smaller calyx \-^ in. long, with 

 usually more slender and-free veins, which however sometimes unite in the teeth, and 

 small seeds which are pale in Thomson's specimens, black in Hooker's and Falconer's. 



** Seeds turgid, reniform, wingless, granulate tubercled or echinulate. 

 t Stem short, single- rarely 2-jlowered. 



5. Zi. macrorhiza, Royle ; Benth. in Royle III. 80 {not of Rohrb.) ; 

 stem short simple 1-flowered and leaves closely glandular-pubescentj leaves 

 obovate-spathulate, calyx broadly oblong inflated pale, nerves faint free or 

 united in the calyx-teeth, petals short, carpophore stout brown-tomentose. 

 L. madens, Jacg. mss. 



!!i.LPii(E Western Himalaya, and Westekn Tibet; Kunawar, Boyle, Jacquemont ; 

 Parang Pass, alt. 15-16,000 ft., T. T. ; Topi dhunga, alt. 15,000 ft., Strach. t& Winterb. 



Whole plant 4—6 in., resemljling L. apetala, but leaves broader and more densely 

 pubescent, pale, obtuse or subacute. Calyx 4-| in. Petals apparently deep purple ; 

 limb short, 2-fid. Seeds pale chestnut, absolutely wingless, minutely granulate concen- 

 trieally, back rounded. — Boyle's specimens are very imperfect, but I think referable to 

 this. 



tt Stem elongate, simple or branched; leaves narrow, linear-lanceolate 

 {rardy ovate in L. Cachemeriana). 



6. Xi. brachypetala, Hort. Berol. ; stem 1-2 ft. slender hoary simple 

 few or many-flowered, leaves very narrow grass-like glabrous or minutely 

 pubescent, flowers nodding opposite or in short few-flowered opposite cymes, 

 calyx ovoid pale with 10 dark or green simple free or connected nerves, petals 

 very short pale 2-partite, carpophore short glabrous or pubescent or 0, seeds 



