beautifulflowers032840mbp

Plate 44] LAPPULA 57
bent back, the racemes are shorter-stalked, and the calyx is
larger.
Flowers.
June.
Locality. In forest N. of Hayan Pass close to top of ridge ;
Islamabad, 11,000 ft.
Distribution. Kashmir, Chamba.
LAPPULA, Moench.
Pig. 8. Lappula glochidiata, Brand. ( = Paracaryum
glochidiatum,
Benth.).
(Glochidiatum means having hooked bristles.)
A softly pubescent herb. Stems 2-3 ft. high, erect.
Badical leaves long-stalked, heart-egg-shaped, 3-6 by 2-4 in.,
entire, sharp-pointed, stalks often 6 in. long, stem-leaves
alternate, smaller short-stalked, round or elliptic-lance-shaped,
uppermost stalkless. Flowers pale blue, J- in. diameter, in
long, usually forked racemes 2-6 in. long. Calyx deeply lobed.
Corolla-tube very short, mouth furnished with 5 small, blunt
scales, lobes rounded, spreading. Stamens enclosed in the
tube. Ovary conical, 4-lobed, 4-celled. Style simple, inserted
between the lobes. Nutlets 4, small, egg-shaped, margins
beset with tapering hooked bristles nearly i in. long, faces
smooth.
Floivers. July.
Locality. Aporwart above Gulmarg, amongst scrub on
hill-side, about 11,000 ft., common; Gangabal.
Distribution. Temperate Himalaya, 9,000-12,000 ft., from
Kashmir to Simla.
ADELOCARYUM, Brand.
(Derived from the Greek adclos, uncertain, and caryon, nutlet, so
called because the nutlets of this genus agree partly with those of
the genus Cynoglossum, and partly with those of Paracaryum. It
was, therefore, doubtful to which genus this species of the new genus
Adelocaryutn should be ascribed.)
I. Style long, much exceeding the
nutlets ... ... ... ... A. anchusoides.
II. Style short, only slightly exceeding
the nutlets.
1. Style about half as long as the
calyx ... ... ... ... A. Schlagintweitii.
2. Style as long as the calyx or
slightly longer
A. flexuosum.