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Plate 42] PLEUBOQYNE 43
PLEUROGYNE, Eschsch.
Plate 42
1. Stem-leaves linear-oblong P.spathulata.
2. Stem-leaves egg-shaped or elliptic ... P. carinthiaca.
"Figs. 1 and 2. Pleurogyne spathulata,
A. Kerner.
(Spathulata means spoon- shaped, alluding to the shape of the
radical
leaves.)
An annual herb, 6-12 in. high, branching from the base.
Leaves opposite, radical ones li in. long, linear-spoon-shaped,
stem- leaves linear-oblong, f by in. Flower-stalks long.
Sepals narrowly oblong, about half the length of the corolla.
Corolla purple, tube very short, lobes spreading, often f in.
Stamens attached to the corolla-tube, filaments linear, anthers
large, oblong. Ovary 1 -celled, stigma stalkless. Capsule
oblong, sharp-pointed, stalkless. Seeds many, ellipsoid, larger
than in the next species.
Flowers. September.
Localitij. Aporwat above Gulmarg, grassy stony hill-side,
above 11,000 ft., not very abundant
; Zoji La.
Distribution. Kashmir, Lahul.
Figs. 3 and 4. Pleurogyne carinthiaca, Griseb.
Carinthian
Pleurogyne.
(Carinthiaca is derived from Carinthia, a country of Jugo-Slavia
in southern Europe, and means that it was found in that country.)
An annual herb, 1-6 in. high, stems very many, branching
from the base. Kadical leaves 1 by J in., inversely egg-shaped,
lasting or sometimes disappearing, stem-leaves egg-shaped or
elliptic, i by i in., narrowed at the base. Flower-stalks
mostly long, i-2 in. long. Sepals i-J by -g- in., elliptic, more
or less blunt. Corolla of 5 petals, tube very short, lobes
J by J in., blue with green nerves, fringed near the base.
Anthers oblong, often as long as the filaments. Capsule 4 in.
long, oblong, sharp-pointed, stalkless. Seeds many, small,
ellipsoid.
Flowers. August.
Locality. Aporwat above Gulmarg, open hill-sides and
margs, t
above 10,000 ft., common; Thajwas; Karakoram.
Distribution. W. Himalaya, from Kashmir to Kumaon,
10,000-13,000 ft., Europe, Caucasus, Afghanistan, Central Asia,
Siberia.