)8tellaria.] xviii. CARYOPHYLLEiE. (Edgeworth & Hook, f.) 233 



fdensely tomentose cordate thick almost coriaceous leaves. The Jayanese have recurved 

 much more glabrous and acute leaves. 



** Glahrov^ or leaves ciliolate towards the base only. 



15. S. ^raminea, Linn. ; glabrous, stem very slender (rarely short) 

 suberect 4-angled, leaves sessile narrow linear-oblong acute, margins 

 thickened smooth often ciliate towards the base, cynies terminal branched 

 or reduced to one iiower, sepals linear-oblong 3-nerved margin narrow equal- 

 ling the petals, stamens 10, capsule shorter than the sepals. Boiss. Fl. Orient. 

 i. 707. 



Westekn Tibet; alt. 11-15,000 ft., T. Thomson. — Distbib. Affghanistan to W. 

 Europe. 



Everywhere glabrous except the margins of the leaf towards its base. Stems 

 3-10 in., suberect or decumbent and tufted, shining, 4-angIed. Leaves 4-1 in., sessile, 

 narrowed at the base, sides almost parallel, opaque, somewhat glaucous, midrib and 

 nerves obscure, margins thickened, quite smooth, sometimes undulate. Cymes spread- 

 ing; pedicels very slender, divaricating, ^-1 in.; bracts oblong-lanceolate, with broadly 

 scarious margins. Flowers erect, about \ in. diam. Sepals green, shining, obtuse or 

 acute. Petals 2-partite. Filaments slender. Styles 3. Capsule always shorter than 

 the sepals, 5-6-valved. Seeds orange-brown, graimlate. 



Var. montioides ; stems short densely tufted, leaves small short, cyme reduced to 

 1 flower.— Alt. 15-17,000 ft. 



16. S. g^lauca, Withering; quite glabrous, stem suberect or erect 

 4-angled, leaves sessile oblong or linear-lanceolate acuminate, margins 

 thickened perfectly glabrous, pedicels subsolitary terminal and axillary 

 slender spreading in fruit, sepals linear-oblong half as long as the broad 

 2-lobed petals, stamens 10, capsule equalling the sepals. Loiss. Fl. Orient, i. 

 708. 



Western Temperate Himalaya ; Lahul, Jaeschhe ; Westekn Tibet, Indus vaDey, 

 T. 2V«»nso».— DisTKiB. Siberia, W. Asia, Europe, (Greenland. 



Perennial. Stems 1-2 ft., slender. Leaves 1-2 in., sessile, base rounded, ascending 

 or ereoto-patent, midrib distinct, nerves obscure. Flowers J— | in. diam. ; pedicels 

 rather stout, strii:t, 1-3 in.; bracts membranous. Sepals oblong- or lanceolate-oblong, 

 acute or acuminate, green, 3-nerved, margins broadly scarious. Filamsnts slender. 

 Capsule broadly ovoid, equalling the sepals, on rather spreading pedicels. Seeds 

 strongly granulate. 



17. S. ulig^inosa, Linn.; glabrous or with a few hairs at the base 

 of the leaves, stems slender 4-aiigled, leaves sessile small ovate or oblong, 

 lanceolate, cymes axillary and terminal, pedicels at length deflexed, sepals 

 lanceolate acute, petals minute or 0, stamens 10, styles 3, capsule equalling 

 or a little exceeding the sepals. Boiss. Fl. Orient, i. 708. S. thymifolia, 

 Wall. Gat. 636 (apetalous, leaves short broad). S. aquatica, Poll. ; Wall. Cat. 

 635 (glaucous, leaves oblong). 



Tempehate and Alpine Himalaya; in wet places, from 4-10,000 ft. (to 16,000 ft. 

 in Sikkim), common. Khasia Mts., alt. 5-6000 ft. Nilghuu Mis., Wight.— Di^trib. 

 Temperate N. HemiRphere. 



Annual, very variable in size and habit, much branched, very leafy and copiously 

 flowering, often glaucous. Stem 6-18 in., erect or diffuse. Leaves rarely Jin., with 

 often thickened sometimes undulate margins and mucronate tip. Cymes sle.nder, 

 peduncles short or long ; bracts scarious. Flowers J in. diam., sometimes solitary, 

 pedicels slender. Calyx-tube obscure. Filaments slender. Capsule ovoid, 6-valved. 

 Seeds small, minutely tubercled. 



18. S. subumbellata, Edgew. ; perfectly glabrous, stem very slender 

 . ascending, leaves sessile linear or elliptic-oblong acute, cymes terminal or 



