240 XYITI. CARYOPHYLLEJE. (Erlgeworth &. Hook, f.) [Aremrk. 



16. A. orbioulata, Royle nm.; biennial or perennial?, branches very 

 slender nearly glabrous decumbent, leaves sessile or shortly petioled orbi- 

 cular or elliptic obtuse or apiculate 1-nerved, petiole ciHate, sepals ovate or 

 lanceolate l-nerved glabrous. 



Temperate Himalaya, from Bhotan, Griffith, and Sikklm, alt. 8-13,000 ft,, to 

 Kashmir, alt. 5-8000 ft. 



Much more slender and less dichotomously branched than A. eerpyttifolia, to which 

 it is closely allied. Branches 2-10 in., thinly pubescent chiefly on one side. Leaves 

 J-J in., nearly glabrous. Mowers solitary or in few-floWered cymes. Sepals about 

 ^ in., nerve often faint. Petals shorter than the sepals. Seeds many, smooth.-^Appa- 

 rently very near the West Asiatic A, rotundifolia, M. Bieb. (Boiss. Fl. Orient, i. 700), 

 but the branches do not root, and the cymes are much fewer-flowered. 



** Flowers solitary. — Usually small tvfted large-flowered alpine species. ^ 



17. A. oiliolata, Edgew.; perennial, hairy, eglandular, laxly tufted, 

 stems short leafy pubescent, leaves ovate or oblong acute cuspidate or acu- 

 minate nerveless fringed with long flexuous jointed hairs, flowers large 

 solitary sessile or shortly pedicelled, sepals lanceolate acute ciliate shorter 

 than the broadly obovate white petals, 



SiKKiM Himalaya ; alt. 15-17,000 ft., J. D.B. 



Perennial, forming rather lax patches ; roots fibrous. Stems matted, 2-3 in., with 

 2 obscure lines of hairs. Leases spreading, ^ in., sometimes elliptic, rather thick, 

 obscurely 1-nerved, shining when old, margin obscurely thickened, haira brown when 

 dry, sometimes scattered over the surfaces, but chiefly confined to the margin. Flowers 

 nearly ^ in. diam. ; pedicels shorter th;m the leaves, -vsery pubescent, ebracteate. 

 Calyx rather rounded at the base ; sepals of the texture of the leaves, edges hardly 

 membranous, nerve obscure. Petals with rounded tips. Filaments subulate, flattened, 

 connate at the base. Styles 3, slender. Capsule imperfect, small, globose, 6-valved. 



18. A. g'landulig'era, Edgew.; densely glandular-pubescent, stems 

 short laxly tufted suberect, leaves lax ovate or elliptic-oblong acute or 

 acuminate flat, nerves obscure, flowers solitary pedicelled termiual erect or 

 inclined, calyx rounded at the base, sepals spreading aud recurved linear 

 acute or obtuse glandular much smaller than the obovate rosy petals, cap- 

 sule 6-valved shorter than the sepals. 



Alpine Himalaya; Kashmir, Falconer; Barji Kang pass, Kumaon, alt. 14,500 ft.j 

 Straeh. & Wint.; interior of Sikkim, alt. 14-18,000 ft., /. D.S. 



Allied to A. ciUolata, and of the same habit, but smaller and densely glandular- 

 pubescent, without the long flexuous articulate hairs of that plant, having also much' 

 smaller flowers. Stems numerous from the root, 1-2 in., rather stout shining and 

 glabrous below, laxly leafy. Leaves J-| in., pale green, glandular on both surfaces, 

 soft, opaque, margins hardly thickened. Flowers ^-\ in. diam. ; pedicel usually 

 shorter, slender. Calyx thickened at the base; sep&ls with membranous margins. 

 Filaments flattened and united at the base in a glandular ring. Styles 3. Capsvle 

 membranous, few-seeded. Seeds pale. 



19. A. Stracheyi, Edgew.; quite glabrous, stems short laxly tufted 

 suberect, leaves lax narrow linear-oblong acute or acuminate flat, nerves ob- 

 scure, flowers solitary pedicelled terminal erect or inclined, sepals suberect 

 lanceolate acuminate smaller than the obovate petals, capsule 6-valved 

 shorter than the sepals. 



Western Tibet, north of Kumaon, near Eakas Tal, alt. 15,500 ft., Straeh. & 

 Winterh. ; Ladak, Stewart. 



This belongs to the same group as A. glandvligera and cillolata, and may be recog- 

 nised by being perfectly glabrous. Stems 1-2 in., ascending, simple. Leaves fleshy, 



