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SuBALPiNE Himalaya, from Hazara to Sikkim, alt. 10-13,000 ft. 



segments ob- 



Lea 



ovate. Panicle sparingly branched ; branches almost racemose. Flowers very small, 

 green-purple. FilamentH filiform. Achenes 6-12, shorter than their stalks, obli^iuely 

 obovate, membranous ; stia;ma sublateral, incurved. 



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2. T. platycarpum, //. / it- T. Fl Ind. 13; stem 8-18 in., leaves 

 2-3 m glandular-puberulous beneath, flowers small, anthers long not 

 pointed, achenes short-stalked strongly 3-ribbed on each side. 



_Alpise Himalaya and West Tiui-:t, rare; Nubra, H. Strachey ; Hundes, Str. & 

 ^>*J«.; Badrinath and Chur in Garwhal, Falconer, 



Habit and appearance of T. elegans, but more wiry, branches of panicle longer and 

 ^ore leafy and segments of leaves sharper. Flowers greenish. Achenes 4-10, gla- 

 »roQs broadly obovate, dorsal suture nearly straight.— Probably an alpiue state of T. 



cultratum. 



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cultratum 



Z r .l^^\ flowers greenish-white, anthers with a long point, achenes 

 S S 3-ribbed on each side. T. Chelidonii /3, IL f. & T. J^'l 



pf'J^^KATE Himalaya, from Kashmir to Sikkim, alt. 8-12,000 ft. 



cun^atr"^' *^[^"ched. Leaf-sheaths with small auricles; leaflets \- 



mucronnf'"^? 1 '^^'^^ glabrous or slightly pubescent below, obtusely 

 ^aate, ot the UDoer leavf>« iipnf-^ P//»jV7^alQv fip^^nU X in. Ac 



iiiucroriflf ---■" -"^"^, S^'^^'oi^s or siiguiiv puocsceni oeiow, uuiuaci^ ^-^^^ 

 i-obftv^vV 1® "PP^^ \(i^v(i^ acute. Panicles \d.yi. Sepals \ in. Achenes 

 s wvaie, dorsal suture straight ; style straight or hooked. 



\-\ in., obovate- 



3-lobe.il, lobes 



glabrous, 



Prodr. 



niemKro ° "' purpie, aniders sliortly mucronace, acueiiea iuiiii-oi,rtin.v^ 



* fmr^f '^e^iculate, style incurved. T. Chelidonii y cysticarpum, //. /. 



Te ^^* ^- cysticarpum, FFa^/. Ca^. 37U; PL As. Rar. ii. t. 129. 



UsS''^*' niMALAYA, alt. 8-12,000 ft. ; from Kulu to Sikkim. , . , 



«ni«te L """^^■'^'■^"•^^^'l- Leaflets of the lower leaves I in. diam., orbicular- 

 Pmide twiT'''^^'' "'■ ^°^'"^' glabrous and pale beneath ; floral leaflets sharply toothed, 

 fruit ct! °S T'SiJ branches ; pedicels often 1 in., rigid, tips deflexed, especially m 

 llieir 8t.,H Ar ^ .'^- '^^^™- ^^Pals elliptic, obtuse. Achenen numerous, as long as 

 aanv or lliTl "",''**^'^ bulbils often occur in the leaf axils ; monstrous states have 

 "' f.fre achenes enlarged and seedless. 



reniforme 



, 26 ; glandular when 



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^WsT^Xl , "•' ^^*^es large, flowers small greenish-wUite anuiers wuu 

 ttrailhtT' f.'i^l^^s long-stalked puberulous 3-ribbed on each side, style 

 P'^'mfifo^/fe 7/^^^^''^°''" « reniforme, //. /. <L' T. Fl. Ind. 13. T. neurocar- 



^Wlfrr ?'^'^''*^*'f'"o™ Kulu to Sikkim, alt. 8-10,000 ft. , . . , 



-^visious^ J,K 1.. '^^^^•l- Leaf-sheaths expanding into adnate stipules ; principal 

 •^^^te oftpn vl^% Jeciduous stipelic^ at the base ; leaflets l-U in. diam., orbicular- 

 y^ sCi?. ^u*^/ 3-'°^«^. P'-^l^ and softly pubescent beneath, floral smaller and 

 S Ht\fr'^^K ^"'^'■'^^e lax, decompound. Flowers smaller than m^ the wo 

 ^^'^vate dor.^'"- '^'^«^ ^<^'y deciduous. ^cAene* 6-8, as long as their stalks, 



. oorsal suture straight. .> . .-c^u.^A ' 



«es^ile "a^^?*;****."*"*' ^o^e ^^^. 52 ; glabrous, stem 1-2 ft., leaves sub- 

 ^^Iked 3^n?S*!^ flo'^ers small, anthers shortly pointed, whenes short- 



'''^'^ndu^S T ^^ ^^^^ ^^^^^ style straight. , i/./. d: T.FUnd-^^- T. 

 Wpo.^_ _! ■ ^' »iacrostigma. Edaew. in Trans. Linn. Soc.tx. 26. 



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