300 
LVII. PRIM ULACE M 
Stamens 5, inserted on and included in the corolla-tube, filaments 
very short. Ovary top-shaped ; style short, stigma capitate ; ovules 
few. Capsule ovoid, splitting from the top in 5 valves ; seeds 
few, usually only 2. 
Leaves long- stalked, orbicular. Involucral bracts toothed 1. A. rotundifolia. 
Leaves sessile, lanceolate. Involucral bracts entire. 
Runners rooting, naked between the rosettes of leaves . 2. A. sarmentosa. 
Runner-like branches not rooting, leafy throughout . 3. A. lanuginosa. 
1. Androsace rotundifolia, Hardw . ; FI. Br. Ind. iii. 496. More 
or less hairy, sometimes glandular. Runners none. Leaves all 
radical, long-stalked, orbicular, \-l\ in. across, cordate ; margins 
lobed, lobes shallow, toothed or crenate, rarely entire. Scapes 
several, tufted, 1-6 in. Involucral bracts wedge-shaped, toothed. 
Calyx-lobes acute, enlarged and spreading in fruit. Corolla* deep 
pink, varying to nearly white, larger or smaller than the calyx. 
Simla, Mushobra, on rocks and banks ; April- June. — W. Himalaya, 5000- 
11,000 ft. 
A very hairy variety with brighter and smaller flowers than the Simla plant 
occurs on the limestone rocks at Naldera and on Shali. 
Pig. 93. Androsace lanuginosa. 
2. Androsace sarmentosa, Wall . ; FI. Br. Ind. iii. 498. More 
or less softly hairy. Runners long, rooting and forming rosettes 
of leaves at the ends, otherwise leafless. Leaves all radical or in 
rosettes, sessile or nearly so, lanceolate, ^-1 in., entire. Scapes 
solitary, 3-6 in. Involucral bracts short, narrowly lanceolate, 
enrire. Calyx-lobes acute or obtuse. Corolla pale pink-purple, 
darker towards the centre, mouth of tube yellow. 
Narkunda, Marali, on rocks ; June, July. — Temperate Himalaya, 9000- 
14,000 ft. 
