232 XVIII. CAHYOPHYLLE^. (Edgeworth k Hook, f.) \8t.ellwna. 



rounded at the base, quite free. Petals half as Ions as^in as the sepals, 2-fid to the 

 middle. Pilamemts slender, hypogynous. ZUsk 0. Stt/Ue 3, slender ; ovules numerous, : 

 Capsule hroadl.T ovoid, shorter than the sepals, 6-valved, inserted by a very narrow base. 

 Seeds (unripe) apparently solitary, large, muricate. 



Sect. IV. Iiarbrsea, St. Hil. Sepals more or less connate at the base 

 into an obconic tube. Stamens 8-10, perigynous ; filaments linear or subu- 

 late, not suddenly dilated at the base. Ovary 1-eelled ; styles 3, rarely 4. 

 Capsule 4-6-valved; valves entire. Seeds numerous. — Usually flaccid laxly 

 csespitose herbs. 



* More or less pubescent woolly or silky. 



12. S. lanata, Hook./.; stems slender decumbent glabrous below, 

 branches pedicels sepals and leaves beneath densely woolly, leaves 

 spreading and recurved linear-oblong, sepals small oblong acute, petals 

 minute, stamens 8, styles 3, capsule twice as long as the sepals. 



SiKKiM Himalaya, alt. 9-14,000 ft., in gravelly places, /. D. S. 



Stems laxly tufted, very slender, 8-12 in., below oylindrio and shining ; branches 

 4-angled and leaves beneath clothed with snow-white soft wool. Leaves ^J-f in., sessile 

 or suboordate at the base, opac^ue above, 1-nerved. narrowed to the point, but hiirdly 

 acuminate, dull green. Cj/mcs few-flowered, terminal, blowers gin. dinm.; pedicels 

 rather longer than the leaves, erect in fruit, rarely deflexed. Sepals with narrow 

 Bcarious margins. Petals very obscure, 2-fid or 2-partite, lobes slender. Capsule obloBg- 

 ovoid, 4-6-valved. Seeds brown, reuiform, granulate. 



13. S. long'isslma, Wall. Cat. 632; stems slender decumbent glabrous 

 below, branches pedicels and leaves softly silky, leaves sessile linear-oblong 

 or -lanceolate spreading or recurved, pedicels slender, sepals narrow- 

 lanceolate equalling the 2-partite petals, stamens 10, capsule shorter than 

 the sepals 5-cleft. S. patens, Don Prodr. 215. S. Tenzliana and S. mollis, , 

 Klotisdi in Bot. Eeis. Pr. Waldem. p. 141, t. 29. 



Temperate Himalata, alt. 8-12,000 ft., from Sikkim, J. D. JET., to Sii-mur, . 

 Jaoquemont. 



Stems 6-18 in., much-branched, laxly tufted, cylindrio below, 4-angled above, upper- 

 parts and leaves on both surfaces and pedimcles clothed with long lax silky hairs. Leaves 

 f-1 J in., sessile, acute, flat, opaque, 1-nerved. Flowers 4 in. diam., axillary or in ter- 

 minal few-flowered cymes; peduncle erect, J-1 in. ; bracts with scarious edges. Sepals 

 \ in., glabrous, with broad scarious margins. Petals with rather broad segments, 

 usually deeply 2-partite. Filaments slender. Capsule ovoid, 6-valved. Seeds dark- 

 brown, minute, turgid, tubercled. — Klotzsch's L. Fenzlii is distinguished by the more 

 deeply divided petals and by being less pubescent. 



14. S. saxatUls, Hamilt. in Wall. Gat. 634; stem, long decumbent 

 shining,, upper parts densely soft tomentose, leaves subsessile ovate elliptic 

 or oblong rarely cordate acute tomentose on both surfaces, cymes axillary, 

 sepals tomentose exceeding the 2-'partite petals, stamens 10, styles 3-4, 

 capsules equalling the sepals. Don Prodr. 215. 



Tempeeatb Eastekn and Central Himalaya; Nipal, WaUich; Bhotan, in wet 

 places, alt. 5-7000 ft., Griffith. Khasia Mts., alt. 5-6000 ft., Simons, &c.— Distkib. , 

 Java, Siberia, Japan. 



Stems 2-3 ft., laxly tufted, cylindric ; ptibescence of the upper parts, leaves and inflo- 

 rescence close dense almost woolly, sometimes very thick and closely appreseed. Leaves 

 l-l\ in., sessile or very shortly petioled, midrib faint. Cymes on slender peduncles, 

 usually from the forks, very slender, subumbellately branched, pedicels l-l^ in., diva-, 

 ricating; bracts linear-subulate. Flowers ^ in. diam. ^^'"^ almost woolly, oblong, 

 acute, margin very narrowly membranous. Petals 2-partite. Filaments slender, , 

 Capsule 5-valved. Seeds almost black, tubercled. — Some Bhotan specimens have very 



