236 XVIII. CAHYOPHYLLE^. (EdgewortL & Hook, f.) [Aremria. 



very strict. Leaves J-l^ in. in distant pairs, or spuriously whorled, subacute, thick, 

 opaque, 1-nerved, acute, margins somewhat recurved. Cymes very lax, strict, slender, 

 branches and pedicels very long ; bracts and bracteoles small. Flowers ^ in. diam., 

 erect. Calyx rounded and not hardened at the base ; sepals quite glabrous, obscurely 

 1-nerved. jStyles 3, slender. Capsule subglabrous, 3-valved. Seeds striolate, much 

 compressed, pale red-brown. 



2. A. nieyeri, Boiss. Fl. Orient, i. 682 (Alsine) ; annual, fastigiately 

 dichotomous, clothed with spreading glandular hairs, leaves suberect subu- 

 late 7-nerved, pedicels short, sepals rigid subulate-lanceolate strongly nerved, 

 petals very short, seeds small granulate. 



Panjab, near Peshawur, Vioary, Stewart. — Disteib. Affghanistan, and westward to 

 Syria and Asia Minor. _ • 



A small rigid erect annual, 4-6 in. Stems cylindrio. Leaves J-4 in., more or less 

 recurved, Calyx ^ in. long ; base rounded or subacute ; sepals erect, rigid, green, 

 slightly recurved, pungent, outer 5-, inner 3-nerved, nerves and margins white. Petals 

 ovate -oblong. Stamens sometimes 6 and 7. Styles 3. Capsule oblong, much shorter 

 than the sepals, 3-valved. Seeds red-brown, orbicular reniform, compressed. 



3. A, foliosa, Eoyle mss. ; quite glabrous, loosely tufted," stems much 

 branched, branches slender leafy, leaves very narrow linear subacute spread- 

 ing often flexuous 1-3-nerved, cymes long-ped uncled subumbeUate, brac- 

 teoles short ovate, sepals ovate-lanceolate acuminate strongly 3-nerved 

 shorter than the entire petals, capsule ovoid rather longer than the sepals, 

 valves recurved, seeds reniform dorsally granulate. Alsine Koylei, Fenu 

 in Herb. Benth. 



Western Shbalpihe Himalaya, alt. 9-13,000 ft., from Garwhal to Kashmir, j 

 Jacquemont, &c. 



Perennial, branched from the base; branches 2-6 in., loosely or densely leafy. 

 Leaves ^-§ in., usually spreading, never rigid or pungent, not -}-^ in. broad, bright 

 green. Peduncles sparingly leafy, strict, erect ; bracts and bracteoles coriaceous, acute, 

 concave ; pedicels equalling or exceeding the sepals. Calyx rounded and not indu- 

 rated at the base ; sepals j in., coriaceous, pungent, nerves much raised, inner with 

 scarious edges. Capsule 3-valved. Seeds small, pale brown. — Perhaps a form of A. 

 juniperina, Fenzl (Boiss. Fl. Orient, i. 677), a native of Persia and W. Asia. 



4. A. kashmirica, Edgew. ; glandular-pubescent rarely glabrous, 

 densely tufted, stems much branched, branches leafy, leaves narrowly linear- 

 subulate acute spreading strongly 3-nerved, cymes peduncled subumbeUate, 

 bracteoles ovate-subulate strongly nerved, sepals ovato-lanceolate acuminate 

 strongly 3-n6rved shorter than the entire petals, capsule ovoid rather longer 

 than the sepals, valves recurved. 



Western Temperate Himalaya, alt. 6-7000 ft., T. Thomson; Lahul, Jaeschke; 

 W3ESTERN Tibet, Falconer. , 



Very similar to A. foliosa, but usually glandular-pubescent throughout, leaves more 

 subulate and rigid, very strongly nerved, lateral nerves often marginal, and bracts very 

 different; flowers smaller; pedicels often shorter- than the sepals; petals longer; the 

 capsule and seeds are similar. 



B. Capsule with twice as many valves as there are styles. 



Sect. IL Eremo^oneee. Perennials, usually densely tufted. Leaves 

 crowded, subulate rigid setaceous or grass-like. Sepals often hardened at 

 the base. Disk-glands usually large. 



* Peduncles elongate. Flqwers usually cymose. 



5. A. festucoides, Benth. in Boyle III. 81, t. 21, f. 3 ; densely tufted, 



