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Eastern Alpine Himalaya, Sikkim in marshes, alt, 15-17,000 ft , Hook.f, 

 Jiootstock densely fibrous. Leaves all radical, 1-1^ in. diam,, long-petioled, obtuse, 

 base deeply cordate, entire or finely repand-crenate. Scapes njany, 3-6 in. Flowtn 

 1 in. diam. Sepals 5-6, oval, somewhat persistent. Follicles Bnany, stalked. 



10. CAXiATKODES, H. f. k T. 



A perennial, erect, leafy herb. Leaves palmatipartite. Flowers terminal, 

 regular, large. Sepals 5, golden-yellow, deciduous. Pektls 0. Carpels 

 many ; ovules 8-10, 2-seriate towards the base of the carpel. Frivit un- 

 known. — Intermediate between Caltlia and Trollius, having the apetalous 

 flowers of the former, and divided leaves of the latter. 



1. C. palmata, HJ. d- T. FLInd. 41. 



Eastern Temperate Himalaya, Sikkim, alt. 10,000 ft,, Sook,f, 

 Stem 1-2 ft., simple or branched. Leaves 2-4 in. diam., radical soon withering; 

 caiiline 3-partite, segments cuneate at the base, deeply 3-lobed, lobes acuminate inciso- 

 serrate, petiole with a basal inflated membranous sheath. Flowers nearly 2 in. diam. 



• • 11. TROXiZiIirS, Linn. 



"Erect, perennial herbs. Leaves palmate. Flowers terminal, regular, glo- 



l)ose or subglobose. SepaU 5 or more, petaloid, coloured. Petals 5 or more, 



small, clawed, blade with a basal pit» Stamens very many. Carpels 5 or 



more, sessile ; ovules many, 2-seriate. Seeds angled, testa coriaceous.— 



DiSTRiB. 9 specieS; N. temperate andarctic. 



1. T. acaulis, Lindl.iri Bat Reg. 1842, Misc. 56. and 1843, t. 82; stem 

 leafy above the middle, petals short-clawed* H.f, & T. FLInd. 41. T. 

 pumilus, Royle III, 54 {not of Don). 



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Westerx Alpine Himalaya, from Kumaon to Kashmir, alt. 11-13,000 ft. 



Rootaiock stout, fibres thick. Stem simple, 3-6 in. in flower, 12 or more in fruit, 

 base clothed with fibres. Leaves appearing with or after the flowers; radical long- 

 pctioled, palniati-5-partite, segments oblong-lanceolate, incised; cauline 1-3, similar; 

 base of petiole sheathing. Flowers 2 in. diam., solitary. Sepals 6-8, broad-oval, 

 spreading, obtuse or entire. Petals 12-16, shorter than the stamens; blade oblong. 

 i'arpeh many, ripe 1 in., membranous, wrinkled, style persistent. — Very near T. laxus, 

 Salisb. {amencaniis, DC), s^mlpatultis^ Salisb. 



2 T. pumilus, Don Prodr. I9b; cauline leaves few, all below the 

 middle of the stem, petals long-clawed—//,/, dh T, Fl. Ind. 41. 



Alpixe Himalaya, in the interior ranges; Kumaon, alt. 14,000 ft.: Nipal ; Sikkim, 

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Ro liiock \ionzox\id\ . Stem 6-12 in., naked above, base clothed with old leaves. 

 Leaves 1-2 in. diam., radical long-petioled, orbicular, coriaceous, 5-partite ; segments 

 Iroad-obovate, 3-lobed, toothed, base cuneate. Flowers 1 in. diam., solitary. Sepals 

 5-6, rounded, tip obtuse, notched, subporslstent, . Petals 10-12, equalling the filaments, 

 bb\de cnneate-oblong, obtuse, tip thickened. Follicles many, membranous, beaked by 

 the short style. . 





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