THALICTRUM. 3q 



Thalictrum podocarpura. Decand. Syst. nat i. p. 171. 

 Crescit in Regno Novo- Granatensi , alt. 1200 hex. % 



Callis teres, subsulcatus, ilstulosus ramique glabri. Folia alterna, petiolata, subquadritcrnata, circum- 

 fcrentia deltoidea, suboctopollicaria, dccem pollicem iata, glaberrima. Foliola pctiolata, subrotundo-ovata, 

 basi cordata aut rotundata, apicem versus serrato-lobata, minora sa?pe triloba, lobis acutis, reticulato- 

 venosa, mcmbranacea, supra la:te viridia, subtus pallida, subglaucescentia, 6-7 lineas longa, 5-7 lineas lata. 

 Petiolis communis 2 4 bneas longus, obsolete sulcatus, glabcr, basi vaginatus; petioli proprii i-61ineas 

 longi, filiformes, glabri; rbacbes (aut rami pctioli communis) patentissimo-divergentes. Panicula termi- 

 nalis, ramosissima, divaricata, foliata ; ramis tcretibus, glabris. Flores polygami, longe pcdicellati, tcrminales 

 terni, alaressolitarii aut gemini, magnitudine floris Clematidis vitalba;; pcdicellis filiformibus, nudis, glabris, 

 12- i5 lincas longis. Calyx tetraphyllus, glaber, virescens; foliolis ovato-ellipticis, acutiusculis, concavis, 

 nervosis , membranaceis , icqualibus, patcntibus. Corolla nulla. Stamina circiter 25, hypogyna, calycem 

 duplo superantia. Filamenta capillacea, glabra, longitudinc anthera;. Anther^ basi affixa:, lincares, tere- 

 tiuscula:, apicc subulato-aristata:, biloculares , glabra:, utroque latcre longitudinalitcr dchiscentcs. Ovaria 

 5-7, in floribus crcbrioribus masculis nulla, stipitata, obliquc oblonga, compressa, rcticulato-venosa, basi 

 in stipitem attenuata, apicc oblique acuminataiuquc stylum dcsinentia, glabra, membranacca, unilocularia; 

 ovulum solitarium, pcndulum, oblongum, compressum ; stipitibus glabris, ovarioparum brevioribus. Styli 

 filiformes, staxnina longitudine a:quantcs, glabri, hinc puberuli. Frvctis in specimine nostro immaturi. 



2. TH.VLICTULiiM dknsiflorum. f Tab. CCCCXXVI. 



T. caule apice corymboso; foliis glabris (superioribus) , pinnatis; foliolis infcrioribus triphyllis, 



reliquis simplicibus, subrolundo-obovalis, 3- aut 5-fidis, subtus glaucescentibus; floribus capi- 

 tato-conglomeratis. 



Thalictrum dcnsiflorum. Decand. Sjst. nat. 1. p. 184. 



Crescit prope Moran Mexicanorum, alt. i34o hex. % Floret Majo. 



Herba proccra, ramosa; caulc iistuloso ramisquc sulcato-striatis, glabris, alternis, cauli approximatis, 

 floriferis subcorymbosis. Folia inferiora haud suppctunt; superiora sessilia , vaginantia. pinnata, foliolis 

 duobus inflmis triphyllis, rcliquis simplicibus, subquadripollicaria. Foliola petiolata, subrotundo-obovata, 

 apice tri-aut quinqueloba, lobis acutis, basi rotundata, reticulato-subquinqucnervia , ncrvis venisque 

 subtus promincntibus, mcmbranacca, utrinquc glabra, supra viridia, subtus glauccsccntia , 10-14 lineas 

 longa, 5- 11 lineas lata. Petioli proprii i-5 lineas longi rhachisquc glabra. Flores (Jig. 1. 2.) pediccllati, 

 in apice ramulorum capitato-conglomcrati , magnitudinc floris Thalictri sibirici. Pcdicelli vix lineam longi, 

 giabri , basi bracteati. Bractex lanccolata: , membranaccas pedicellum vix supcrantes , glabra:. Calyx 

 tetraphyllus, glabcr; foliolis {ftg. 3.) ellipticis, acutis, concavis, nervosis, membranaceis, albidis, apicc 

 viridibus, suba.qualibus. Stamina. (,/ig- 4- 5.) circiter a5, hypogyna, calycem superantia. Filamenta capil- 

 lacea, glabra. Anther^ basi aflixa:, longitudine filamenti, lincarcs, tcretiuscula:, acutiuscula:, glabra^, 

 biloculares, utroque latere longitudinalitcr dchiscentes. Ovaria (Jig. C.) circitcr 7 (in floribus masculis 

 crebrioribus nulla) , scssilia , obliquc oblonga, apicc angustata, angulata, dorso mcmbranacca , glabra, abor- 

 tiva(?). Stigmata latcralia, scssilia. Frlctcs haud vidi. 



