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ANEMONE obtusiloba. 
Dr. Govan’s Anemone. 
POLYANDRIA POLYGYNIA. 
Nat. ord. RANUNCULACEE. 
ANEMONE, Botanical Register, vol. 3. fol. 200. 
Sect. HomALOCARPOS. 
Caryopsides compresso-plane ovali-orbiculate glabre, ecaudate ; pedicelli 00 
umbellati aphylli 1-fori.—DeCand. Prodr. 1. 21. 
A. obtusiloba ; villosa, foliis subrotundis cordatis trilobis grossé inciso-cre- 
natis, umbellä pauciflorä, sepalis obtusis dorso pilosis, involucri foliolis 
foliaceis supremis cuneatis trilobis, carpellis pilosis. 
A. obtusiloba, Don prodr. ff. nep. 194. Royle Illustrations, p. 52. Walpers 
Repertorium, 1. 29. 
A. Govaniana, Wall. Cat. no. 4688. Supra, misc. 59. hujus voluminis. 
This pretty Indian alpine herbaceous plant has been 
already noticed at p. 45 of the Miscellaneous matter of the 
present volume, under the name of A. Govaniana, which is 
what Dr. Wallich called it. It, at the same time, escaped 
my observation that Professor Royle had determined that 
species to be the same as A. obtusiloba of Don, which name 
must take precedence. It is nearly allied to A. narcissiflora, 
which is however readily distinguished by its short flower- 
stalks, and deeply divided leaves. 
The native situation of the species is stated by Dr. Royle 
to be the Choor mountain of the Himalayas, at elevations of 
from 10,000 to 12,000 feet, flowering in May. In cultivation 
it proves to be a hardy little alpine plant, growing about six 
inches high, and well suited for pots, or a rockwork where the 
situation is rather shaded and damp. It is easily increased 
from seeds, which should be sown early in spring, in a soil 
composed of sandy peat and leaf-mould, and a small portion 
of loam; afterwards, when the young plants are large enough, 
they should be potted singly in very small pots, and kept in a 
