80 DB, HOOKEB AND DB. THOMSON'S PB^CURSOBES 



§ II. Capsula supera, triquetra, late obcordata, Staminodia 5-7- 



fida. 



Parnassia Wightiana {Wall. Cat. .116). Foliis reniformibus, 

 reniformi-rotundatisve, petalis plus rninusve infra medium fimbnatis. 

 Wight 8f Am. Prodr. 35 ; Wight, III. t. 21 . B ; Ic. t. 945 ; Arnott 

 in Hook. Comp. Bot. Mag. ii. 315. P. ornata, Wall. Cat. 1247; 

 Am. /. c. P. Schmidiiy Zenker, Plant. Ind. dec. 1. p. 3. t. 6. 

 Hab. Himalaya occidentali temperata. Kumaon ! Blinkworth. Mont. 

 Khasia^ regione temperata, alt. 5000-6000 ped. frequens ! /. D. H. Sf 

 T. T. Mont. Nilgberrie, alt. 7000-8000 ped. ! Wight, &c. (fl. Aug.) 



(v.v.) 

 Variat insigniter statura, foliis apice rotundatis acutisve ; petalorum 

 marginibus plus minusve fimbriatis apicibusque erosis integerrimisve ; 

 staminodiis 5-7-fidis, segmentis latis angustisve. Placentm basin 

 versus eapsulse. 



§ III. Cafsula supera, triquetra, late obcordata. • Staminodia 

 3-loba V. trifida. 



4. Parnassia Mysorensis {Heynein Wall. Caf. 3754). Foliis radi- 

 calibus reniformibus v. rotundato-cordato-reniformibus sinu lato 

 acutis rotundatisve, scapis (aaepissime numerosis) gracilibus, petalis 

 obovato-spathulatis marginibus dentatis (rarius integerrimis), stami- 

 nodiis elongato-cuneatis apice dilatatis trifidis, capsula subglobosa 

 f supera, stylo attenuate brevi, stigmatibus 3-5, — Wight ^ Am, Prodr. 

 35; Am. in Comp, Bot. Mag. ii. 315- 



j8, Filicaulis, scapis filiformibus, foliis ovato-cordatis, petalis angus- 

 tioribus. 



Hab. Mont. Kbasia regione temperata, alt. 5000-7000 ped. frequens ! 

 Lobb, &c. et Montibus Peninsulse ! Heyne, &c. (fl. Sept.) (v. v.) 



Var. )3. In sylvis temperatis Himalayse orientalis prov. Sikkim, alt. 

 7000-9000 ped. ! J. D. H. (fl. Aug.) (v. v.) 



Herba 4-6-uncialis, plerumque multiflora. Folia sub | unc. lata. 

 Scapi graciles v. subrobusti. Flores f unc. lati. Petala rarius inte- 



gemma 



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loculi. Staminodia siiiiplicia, columnaeformia, apice discifera. 



5. Parnassia tenella (Hf. ^ T.). Rhizomate prostrato repente, 

 stipulis flmbriatis, foliis reniformibus profunde bilobis marginibus 

 erosis, petalis spathulatis reflexis viridibus, 



Hab'. In sylvis temperatis Himalayse orientalis ad Sikkim, alt. 9000- 

 11,000 ped. inter muscos ad truncos arborum, &c. (fl. August.) (v. v.) 



Species singularis^ babitu ab omnibus di versa, sed indole florum simil- 

 lima. Rhizoma gracile, i-2 unc. longum, fibras plurimas emittens, 

 apice folia pauca gerens. PetioH graciles, 1-H-pollicares, basi stipulis 



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