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Bauhinia Vahlii, Wight Sf Am. Low hills south of the 

 First Eange, up to 35,000 feet. 



The tendrils of this plant are very interesting, being formed 

 from abortive leaf-buds, and not from inflorescences nor from 

 true leaves. In many instances they appear at first sight as 

 if formed from the two lateral leaflets of a trifoliate leaf; but 

 upon closer examination the petiole of what would in that case 

 be the terminal leaflet will be seen to be jointed and to bear an 

 abortive bud. Should this bud develope, the tendrils then appear 

 to be opposite upon a branch bearing alternate leaves. Both 

 conditions frequently occur, as well as solitary leaves borne upon 

 abortive lateral branches destitute of tendrils. Sometimes, too, 

 when one of the opposite tendrils succeeds in attaching itself to 

 an object, the other ceases elongating and produces a number of 

 abortive leaves, thus exhibiting an effort to become a normal leaf- 

 bearing branch. 



Androsace mtjcronifolia, n. sp.* (Plate XIV. B. figs. 3-8.) 

 Herba csespitosa nana. Folia obovato-elliptica, mucronato-uncinata, glabra. 

 Capsula ovata ; semina 2, anguste alata. 



Alpine Himalaya, alt. 13,000 feet. Thibet (T. Thomson) ; 

 Kashmir (C. B. Clarke); Lahoul {Watt). 



Pedicularis {verticillatce longirostres) eximia, n. sp. (Plate 



XIII. figs. 1-6.) 



Herba annua (?), puberula, caule simplici 9-18-pollicari. Folia angusta, 

 pinnatifida vel subbipinnatifida, 3-6-pollicaria. Flores lutei, speciosi, 

 numerosissimi , breviter pedicellati. Calyx antice fissus. Corolla tubus 

 angustus, calyce vix duplo longior ; galea: rostrum arcuatum, basi bis- 

 tortum, apice bifiduru. Filamenta glabra. Capsula glabra, cuspidata, 

 9-14 lineas longa; semina oblonga, punctata. 



North-west Himalaya, 8500-13,000 feet {Thomson, 23; 

 Falconer, 793 ; Jceschke, 200 ; Watt, 49 A, 97 B, 210 Gr). 



Adiantum Wattit, Baker, n. sp. (Plate XIV. A. figs. 1, 2.) 

 Stipite elongato gracili nudo castaneo, fronde rhomboidea tripinnata glabra 

 modice firma utrinque viridi, pinnis inferioribus deltoideis distincte 

 petiolatis basi inferiore cuneato-truncatis, segmentis tertiariis integris 

 vel ex apice profunde parce lobatis margine extrorsum leviter crenulato, 

 lateralibus subquadratis, inferioribus brevissime petiolulatis, terminalibus 

 cuneatis, soris ad segmentum 1-3 orbicularibus vel oblongis, involucro 

 angusto firmo glabro persistente. 



* A fuller notice of this new plant I hope to give in a future communication 

 on the Indian species of the genus. 



