Stellaria.] xfiii. caryophylle^. (Edgeworth & Hook, f.) 231 



axillary capillary very long, sepals lanceolate acuminate much shorter than 

 the 2 fid petals, stamens 8, styles 2. Benih. in Royle El. 81, t. 21, f. 2. 



Western Temperate Himalaya, alt. 5-6000 ft., from Kucdaon to Sirmur, Blink- 

 Kortk, &c. 



Stems zi^za?, 6-12 in., 4-angled. Leaves J in., ebining, with long aoioular points, 

 l-nerved, sessile, rather rigid. J'lowers axillary, suberect, ^ in. diam. ; pedicels strict, 

 1-2 in., erect in fruit. Sepals shining, J in. ; back striate, raai'gins broadly soarious 

 shining. Peials 2-fid to about the middle, lobes narrow obtune. Capsule equalling the 

 sepals, ovoid, 6-valved. Seeds pale-brown, reniform, oompreBSed, back echinate with 

 long processes. 



9. S. latlfolla, Benih. in Wall. Gat. 643 (Leucostemma) ; glabrous 

 below, tomentose above, stems decumbent flaccid laxly tufted, leaves sub- 

 sessile margins acuminate, lower broad-ovate or cordate, upper elliptic, 

 pedicels very slender, sepals oblong or subulate-lanceolate much shorter 

 than the 2-fid petals, stamens 8, styles 2, capsule much shorter than the 

 sepals. Benih. in Royle III. 81, t. 21, f. 1. 



Western Temperate Himalaia, alt. 6-8000 ft. ; Knmaon, Blinkworlh, &o. ; Gar- 

 whal, Falconer. 



Stems 2-10 in., flexnous, 4-angled, glabrous, shining except the yonng, which are 

 laxly tomentose, much branched. Leaves; lower, 4-| in., almost orbicular at times, 

 shortly petioled, suddenly mucronate, margins thickened, veins diverging, upper smaller 

 narrower. Flowers 4 in. diam. ; pedicels terminal and in the uppermost axils, capil- 

 lary, glabrous. Sepals green, with a narrow scarious border. Petals 2-fid to about the 

 middle, lobes oblong obtuse. Capsule short, ovoid, included, membranous, hyaline, ap- 

 parently bursting irregularly. Seeds orbicular, brown, nearly smooth. 



10. S. bulbosa, Widf.; rhizome slender creeping tuberiferous, stem 

 slender simplewith a line of hairs, leaves few obovate or elliptic-lanceolate 

 subacute, pedicel solitary subterminal capillary erect, sepals 4-5 much 

 shorter than the broad petals. DG. Prodr. i. 397 ; Cesatiin Lvnncea, xxxii. 

 253, t. 1. Kraschninnikowia rupestris, Twrca. in Led. Fl. Boss. i. 373. 



Temperate Himalaya, in woods at the roots of trees; Bhotan, Griffith; Sikkim, alt. 

 10-12,000 ft., /. D. JS. Jamu to Marri, alt. 6-9000 ft., Jacquemont, Thomson, &c. — 

 DisTRiB. Siberia, Carinthia, N. Italy. 



A v«ry peculiar and interesting little plant in respect of strncture and distribution, 

 confined to Carinthia and Transylvajfia in Europe, and to Siberia and the Himalayas 

 in Asia. Stem 1-5 in., erect, very slender. Leaves 2-6 pairs, 1-lJ in. long, rather 

 fleshy, sessile or contracted into a petiole; margins sometimes ciliate ; midrib slender, 

 nerves very obscure. Mowers often dimorphic, the lower on the plant from the inferior 

 pedicels or rhizomes being minute apetalous and ripening seeds, the subterminal large, 

 \ m. diam , rarely or not producing seed. Sepals herbaceous, oblong-lanceolate or lan- 

 ceolate, 4-| in. shorter than the white petals. Anthers purple. Styles filiform. Capsule 

 8-angled, 4-valved to the base. Seeds few, large, tuberculate. — The seeds of Siberian 

 specimens have long processes on the back. 



11. S. tibetica, Kim-z in Regensh. Flora. 1872, 285 ; whole plant densely 

 glandular-pubescent, stem ascending father robust, leaves sessile oblong 

 subacute or acute, cymes erect peduncled few-flowered, peduncle and pedi- 

 cels stout, bracts ovate coriaceous, sepals much shorter than the petals, 

 elliptic acute margins submembranous. 



Western Tibet; on limestone rocks near Trantse Lundo, in Kamag, alt. 

 14-17,000 ft.,-Z>r. Stoliczha. 



Stem 3-5 in. , cylindric, base glabrous shining. Leaves suberect, 4-| in., opaque, 

 midrib slender, nerves obscure. Cymes axillary and terminal, robust; pedicels longer 

 or shorter than the flowers, the lateral 2-braoteolate. Flowers i in. diam., erect. Calyx 



