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MwHMi Mts., east of Assam, in the temperate region. 

 nootstoch horizontal, golden yellow, woody, densely fibrous, very bitter. 

 Pabrons; petioles 6-12 in. ; leaflets 2-3 in., ovf " 



Leaven 



ovate-lanceolate, pinnatifid, lobes incised, 



Scape slender, equalling the leaves. Flowers 1-3, pedicelled, bracts 



. Sepals 4 in., oblon'^-lanceolate, acute. Petals narrow, ligulatc, obtnse, § 



f^iwer than the sepals. . - --^ . . 



Jermiual largest, 

 leafj. ' 



•Characters taken chiefly from Wallich's description ; GriflSths' 

 iCTT"^ ^^e in leaf only. The very bitter rootstock is much used as a drug in 



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?mall stemless herbs ; annual, or rootstock perennial, leaves decompound, 

 '^tows regular, white, few or solitary, on leafless or leafy slender scapes. 

 y/« 5-6, petaloid, deciduous. F^ah 5, variable, very small or 0. Stamens 

 1" or more. Garpek 2-20, sessile : ovules 3 or more. Follicles few oc 

 many-seeded. Seeds with a smooth or granulated testa, crustaceous. -Distrib. 

 iyom temperate regions ; species 7. 



»h * f N^^ia^tifolium, ff. f. & T. Fl. hid. 42 ; cauline leaves opposite or 

 «noried compound, petals long-clawed, carpels 3. ' 



Trmpekate Eahtfom r,«.,.^. „..*„- ;„* ^„ii„«o nf s;R-;m. alt. 7500ft, 



•'iooi./. &c. 



Eastern Himalaita, outer moist valleys of Sikkiin, alt. 



mTt '^?'^^''' horizontal, scaly. Radical leaves long-petioled, stipellate at tlie 

 .PoUhe petiole; terminal sej^ment simple, lateral compound ; leaflets 6-7 petiolulate, 

 n in, cuneate at the base, obtu " ' ' '' 



2. »- Jhalictroides. Lh 



se, crenate. Flowers 



^•ind. 43. I. anemonoides, Ka 



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north of Kashmir, Wiaterhottom j Lahul. 



rope 



temafe* i?A°''''°^^*^' ^^'^''^ ^' ^^^h Stem 4-8 in., slender Bad.cal leaves 2-3- 

 few fl„;i^f ' 2--3-lobed, cuneate at the base, membranous. Flowers 4 i"- d.am m 

 ^oiSrS *'™!"i"^ P"'^^'^'^^- 'Sepals oval, obtuse. Fetals ^ith a hhforrn cla^ . 

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times t^n.^***®"^**™' ^^^^- i^ J^G. Prodr. \. 48; leaves all n 

 // flV^^f^^^^ '^^^Pels 3-7. Fa/Z. Ca<. 9123; Royle- III 54, t 

 •J-<^i.J^L Ind. 43. I, microphyllum. RoyU III I.e. f. 4. 



gj^^STERs Alpine Himalaya, from Kumaon to Balti, alt. 13-17,000 ft. 



A* trJ^ *"^'«'*; rootstock stout, clothed with rigid bristles. Leaves lon^- 



f,,L^^'^' petiole an. •I'^lo J -•* ^i-- -j.^.... '„ l •i..d„t„ „.«on Pimpate-obovate, ^-a- 



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^some, droojung, white ptfrple,^jellow;.J^^ 5, regular. 





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