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54 BEAUTIFUL FLOWERS OF KASHMIR [Plate M
both ends, hairy on both surfaces, stem-leaves stalkless,
lf-3 in. -
long, in. broad, rounded at the base or heartshaped
and stem-clasping. Kacernes axillary and terminal.
Sepals oblong-elliptic, i in. long, hairy on the margin. Corolla
blue, cylindric, up to f in. long, limb cleft to the base, much
shorter than the tube, lobes broadly egg-shaped, blunt, provided
at the throat with trapeziform scales. Anthers as long
as the filaments. Style i in. long. Nutlets egg-shaped, ^ in.
long, toothed, teeth bent inwards, margin with hooked bristles.
Flowers. June to September.
Locality. Gulmarg, open margs, about 8,000 ft., common
;
Hayan Pass, on a grassy hillock, 9,800 Basam ft. ; Gali, at
higher level in open localities ;
Khur Mt., 13,100 ft.
Distribution. Alpine W. Himalaya, 9,000-13,000 ft., from
Kashmir to Garhwal.
Fig. 4.
Lindelofia longiflora, Baillon, var. Levingii,
C. B. Clarke. Levinge's Lindelofia.
Like the preceding plant, but the leaves are elliptic and
egg-shaped, the calyx-lobes are i-i in. long and egg-shaped,
the corolla-tube f by I in., lobes J in. diameter, round, and
the style f in. long. A more showy plant than the type.
Flowers. June to August.
Locality. Gulmarg, open margs, above 8,000 ft., not
common; Pir Panjal, 11,500 ft.
Fig. 5. Lindelofia angustifolia, Brand. (^Lindelofia
Benthami, Hook. f.). Narrow-leafed Lindelofia.
A hairy plant. Stems several, simple, hollow, f -If ft. high.
Eadical leaves long-stalked, lance-shaped or linear-lanceshaped,
including the stalk f-1 ft. long, -l in. broad, slowly
narrowed into the stalk, stem-leaves few, stalkless, much
smaller. Racemes short, dense-flowered, crowded towards
the top of the stem. Sepals i-^ in. long, oblong-lance-shaped,
sharp-pointed, densely hairy on the margin. Corolla bluish,
tube-shaped about i in. long, limb G-
i n -
long, cleft to the
base, lobes oblong, blunt, provided at the throat with large,
trapeziform scales. Style i-f in. long. Nutlets triangularegg-shaped,
almost i in. long, covered all over, except for the
large scar, by hooked bristles.
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Flowers. June, July,
;
;
Zaskar Ladakh Locality. Hayan Pass, 9,800 ft. ;
Baltistan.
Distribution. W. Himalaya, 11,000-15,000 ft., Central
Asia.