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Tbstperate Alpine Himalaya, from 10,000 ft. to the highest limit of vegetation in 

 *°® ^x)^' provinces. — Distrjb. Temp, and arctic Europe, Asia, and America. 



Skm 6 in,-3 ft., often decumbent in small states, glabrous or slightly puhoscent. 

 Leaves very variable in size, ultimate divisions linear. Bacemes simple or sparingly 

 ^mpound; bracts entire or 3-fid. Flov^ers |-1 in. long, bright or dull greenish-blue. 

 Edmet ihree^times as long as high. Follicles 3-5, in the Indian forms haiiy. — An 

 extremel^'Variable plant, of which we have vainly attempted to refer the Indian forms 

 to those indicated by Eegel. The small alpine forms closely resemble the arctic Araencan 

 forms of A. dtljyJiimfolmm, The roots of vars. 1 and 2 are poisonous, but those of 

 3 ^d 4 are eaten by the Bhoteas. 



^AB. 1. Napkllus proper ; stem 2-3 ft. leafy, raceme dense flowered. 

 _ Var. 2. rigidum; stem 2-3 ft. few-leaved, leaves firm subcoriaceous with spreading 

 ^cate sharp teeth, raceme lax few-flowered, tomentose. A. dissectum, Don Prodr, 197 ; 

 WW?. Cat 4724; BoyklllbA. A. ferox. Wall. Cat.472iA] Plant As.Rar,t4h 



Var. 3. multjfidum; stem G- 12 in. erect or decumbent few-leaved, leaves 1-2 iu. 

 diam.many-lobed to the basejobes cut into linea _, . 



, .J „^, „ gamhemum, Rem, Nov, PI. Sp. Dec. 



v,^^^• *• BOTUNDiFOLiuM ; like var. 3, bat leaves not divided to the base. A. rotun- 

 '51™'"?^: -ff«'-- <fe Kir.; Led. FL Jtoss. n. 1740. A. Tianachanicum, Osk. & Bupr. 

 «rt. I urn. m Mem. Acad. St. Petersh. 18G9. 



7. A. heterophyllum, WaU. Cat. 4722; stem erect leafy, leaves 

 oroad ovate or orbicular- cordate more or less 5-lobed and -tootlied, upper 

 ^"""■^^niplexicaul, raceme many-liowered, helmet shortly beaked, testa 



diam. many-lobed to tlie base, lobes cut into linear segments ; racemes lax few- or many- 

 Jowered. A. multifidum, Ro;jU IU. 56. A. oli 



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West Temperate Himalaya, from Kumaoi. to Hasora, alt. 8-13,000 ft. 



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Sejxih 3-5, rather unequal, petaloid. 

 Stamens many, filaments slender. 



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Aji erect* perennial herb. Leaves alternate, ternately compound. Flowers 

 1^1. in short crowded racemes. 



ctt] ^^'^' '°^^"' «Patln.late, or .. ^. . , , e / 



C,ft'h ^^"y-ovuled ; stigma sessile, dilated. Beri-y many-seeded, beeds 

 V essed ; testa coriaceous, smooth. 



mi^' ^?}J^^^^* ^i^«- >• leaflets ovate-lanceolate entire or 3-lobed acutely 

 Ca S«^ £• ^^^^^- i- 65 ; H.f. & T. FL Lid. 59. A. acuminata, Wall 

 '*^726 ; Jioyle III 57, 



N. hZf^"^^ Himalaya, from Bhotan, Griffith, to Hazara.-DisTRiB. Europe, N. Asia, 



Ste 9 (oane-berry.) 

 ^i'oiC r ^■' "^*'*' f"""™ a woody horizontal rootstock, covered at tbe base with leafless 

 J«dL T'* ^ ft- leaflets 4-2 In. Ilaceme 1-3 in.; pedicels bhhrm. Flo >n€r, 

 K S;- -i'- ,^^'■'■2' «^l'Pti' ««• subglobose ; black in the European wd Himalavan 



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