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roots, and small yellow flowers with hooked styles. The ordinary 

 S. diffusus from the same region is a much larger rambling plant, 

 having fibrous roots, white flowers, and straight styles. 



Aquilegia glatjca, var. nivalis. Northern slopes of the 

 Second Eange, 14,000 feet. 



Flowers solitary, very large (1-2 inches), deep purple. A very 

 striking plant, not more than 4-6 inches in height. 



Aeabis pangiensis, n. sp. (Plate X. figs. 1-11.) 

 Perennis, caespitosa, stellato-puberula, caudice crasso ramoso foliis vetustis 

 vestito ; caules floriferi graciles, ramosi, 4-6-pollicares. Folia crassa, 

 radicalia confertissima, obovato-spathulata, integra vel paucidentata., 

 1-2-pollicaria, caulina lineari-lanceolata, obtusa, basi attenuata. Floret' 

 albidi,parvi, numerosissimi, laxe racemoso-paniculati; pedicelli filiformes, 

 adscendentes. Sepala oblonga, concava, basi aequalia. Petala lineari- 

 spatbulata, 2^-3 lineas longa. Stamina subsequalia. Siliqua glabra, 

 tenuis, linearis, usque ad sesquipollicaris, saepe plus minusve arcuata. 

 Semina oblonga, semialata, uniseriata, cotyledonibus incumbentibus. 

 Crevices of rocks throughout Pangi, at 8000-10,000 feet. 



A. bijuga, n. sp. (Plate XII. figs. 1-7.) 



Perennis, glabra vel glabrescens, glauca, caespitosa, a basi ratnosa, caulibps 

 gracilibus 9-18-pollicaribus. Folia crassa, parcissime pilosula, vel mar- 

 gine tantum ciliolata, radicalia conferta sed vix rosulata, obovata- 

 spathulata, infra medium attenuata, 1 ■?— 3-pollicaria, paucidentata, caulina 

 lineari-oblonga, obtusa, basi angusta. Flores albi, majusculi, laxissime 

 racemoso-paniculati ; pedicelli filiformes, 9-15 lineas longi, arcuato- 

 patentes. Sepala ovato-oblonga, petalis triplo breviora, lateralia basi 

 saccata. Petala late obovata, per paria divaricata, usque ad 8 lineas lowga. 

 Siliqua (matura non visa) tenuis, angustissima, 2-2|-pollicaris. 

 Pangi, 8000-9000 feet. 

 Allied to A. alpina, from which it differs in being almost quite 



glabrous and glaucous, in having larger flowers in very loose 



racemes, in the petals diverging in pairs, &c. 



Sisymbrium Thomsoni, Hook. f. in Journal Linn. Soo. v. 

 p. 161. Pangi, Lahoul, 9000 feet. 



This species seems to have been overlooked in Hooker's ' Flora 

 of British India.' 



Viola bifloba, L. Common in woods on the southern slopes 

 of the First Eange, 10,000 feet. 



This species is quite distinct from V. WallicMana, which has 

 been united with it in the ' Flora Indica.' The differences aro in 



