224 XVIII. CARYovHYLLE^. (Ed^eworth & Hook, f.) [Lychms. 



reniform dark granulate. Melandryum brachypetalum, Fenzl in Led. Fl. 

 Ross. i. 326. Var. tilbetanum, Rofvrb. in Linnoea, xxxvi. 232. 



Alpine Himalaya; from Sikkim, alt. 12-15,000 ft., /. D. H., to Kunawar, Jacqm- 

 mont; and Western Tibet, alt. 10-15,000 ft., Str. & Winterb., Thomson, &o..— Dis- 

 TKiB. Siberia, Dahuria, Mongolia. 



Stems strict, very rarely divided except at the base. Leaves 2-5 in., rarely J in. 

 broad. Mowers often in distant pairs towards the top of the stem ; pedicel strict, 

 2-bracteolate. Calyx J in. long, pale with dark or green nerves, which are very vari- 

 able ; teeth spreading in fruit. Petds pale-red or dirty white, included or slightly 

 exserted; claw glabrous or ciliate, obtusely auricled. Seeds minute. Capsule with 

 simple or 2 -fid teeth. — The nerves of the calyx are sometimes united at the tips, at 

 others free ; at times simple, and again the secondaries branch and unite with the 

 primaries. 



7. Xi. multicaulis, Wall. Cat 622 ; stems 2-3 ft. strict laxly pubescent 

 above, leaves linear-lanceolate, glabrous or puberulous margins scaberulous, 

 flowers very few in elongate racemes nodding, calyx oblong-campanulate, 

 nerves green or brown united in the teeth, petals short, limb minute toothed, 

 carpophore short pubescent or 0, seeds reniform dark granulate. Benth. in 

 Royle III. 80. Melandryum multicaule, Rohrb. in Linnoea, xxxvi. 226. 



Tbmpeeate Himalaya; Nipal, Wallich; Kumaon, 10-12,000 ft., Edgew.; Sikkim, 

 alt. 11,000 ft., /. D. H (flower rather large, calyx green). 



A much taller plant than L. trachypetala, inhabiting lower levels, with sparser in- 

 florescence, longer pedicelled fewer flowers and usually broader leaves; but probably 

 only a lowland form; also very near L. mitans, Eoyle. Wallich's and Edgeworth's 

 specimens have calyces ^ in. long, with purple nerves; the Sikkim ones have larger 

 calyces, J in. long, with broader green nerves ; in both the venation is very variable. 

 Styles 3-5 and capsule 5-6- or 8-10-cleft. ■ 



8. Xi. Cachemeriana, Royle; Benth. in Royle III. 80 j stem robust 

 erect strict simple hoary, leaves from ovate to lanceolate scaberulous, flowers 

 large erect or nodding in subterminal contracted cymes, calyx green oblong, 

 teeth acute, nerves many anastomosing, claw of petals woolly, limb 2-fid, 

 lobes cut, carpophore broad densely woolly, seeds reniform granulate. 

 Melandryum indicum, var, fimbriatum (a form), Rohrb. in Linncea, xxxvi. 

 235. 



KiSHMiE, Royle, &c. 



An erect rigid species, with strict rarely spreading cymes. Leaves very variable, 

 2-3 by |-| in. Calyx, membranous, |-1 in. long, teeth acute or acuminate. Petals 

 white or pale, blade about J in. long. Carpophore about J as long as the 5-fid capsule. 

 — Probably only a form of L. indica, as regarded by Eohrbach, but the calyx-lobes are 

 usually much more acute. 



9. Xi. Stewartii, Edgew. ; stem short, wiry, hoary below pubescent 

 above leafy, leaves very narrow linear spreading 1-nerved, flowers few small 

 solitary in the upper leaf axils nodding, calyx oblong pubescent, nerves 

 green faint free or united, teeth rounded, petals obcordate with, a very 

 short 2-partite white limb, carpophore densely woolly, styles 3 very, short. 



Westebk Himalaya; Up^er Chenab and Chamba river, alt. 8-11,000 ft., Stewart. 



A veiy curious little species, probably polygamn-dicecioiis, of which there are but 

 scanty specimens, without seed, somewhat resembling Stellaria graminea in foliage, 

 and^quite unlike any other Indian species of the genus. Stem 4-6 in., rigid, slender, 

 upper part and pedicels_ viscidly tomentose. Leaves 1 by ts-iV i"-i rigid, keeled by 

 the solitary stout midrib, margins recurved. Pedicds solitary or in opposite pairs, 

 pubescent, with two linear bracts above the middle. Calyx ^ in. long, membranous, 

 pubescent, teeth soarious, edges with long curled cilia. Petals with the claw very 



