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with sometimes a small fourth ; two 



large, third small lateral. (Trilobaria, A. DC.) 



; 19. B. amoena. Wall. Cat. 3682; leaves ovate or oblong caudate- 

 acuminate equally cordate, capsule-wings nearly equal, seeds slender cylindric, 

 tip curved acute. A. DC. Prodr. xv. pt. i. 327. B. tenella, Don Pi^odr. 223; 

 Wall. Cat. 3681. B. erosa, Wall. Cat. S688, partly. 



' Temperate Central and Western Himalaya ; alt. 5000-7000 ft. from Dalhousie ta 

 SiKKiM ; among the commonest species at Simla. 



Rhizome tuberous. Stem usually or very short, in Wallich's specimen nearly 1 ft. 

 Leaves 3 by 2 in., glabrous, crenate- serrate; petiole 2-3 in. ; stipules ovate, glabrous. 

 Scape 3-8 in., glabrous, loosely dichotomous, fe-w-flowered ; bracts ovate-oblong, cadu- 

 cous; flowers medium-sized, Max£: sepals 2, ovate; petals 2, elliptic, smaller; star 

 mens numerous, shortly monadelphous ; anthers obovoid, connective not produced. 

 Female: perianth-segments 2, large, ovate, opposite, and one smaller lateral, all 

 enl^ged and persistent on the fruit ; styles 3, nearly separate, divided near the top 

 into two curved branches. Capsule f by nearly f in. including the wings, styles 

 persistent, upper margins of wings horizontal, dehiscing on all the faces. Seeds 

 smooth, reticulated; far more elongate than those of any other Indian species. , 



20. B. scutata, Wall. Cat. 3686, partly; leaves ovate cordate-acuminate 

 often unequal at the base, capsule-wings unequal, larger one much ascending. 

 A. DC. Pi^odr. XV. pt. i. 328: ? Kurz in Jaum. As. Soc. 1877, pt. ii. 108. 



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 C. B. Clarke, ?Btirma, Kurz. iv ' 



' K- Nearly glabrous. • RooUtock tuberous. Stem in fruit often leafless, scape-like- 

 Leaves 2-6 in., sinuate-toothed or slightly angular not serrate, glabrous or mmuteiy 

 pubescent on the nerves beneath ; petiole very long, of the radical leaves often 6 m. ; 

 stipules ovate-lanceolate, deciduous. Scape or stem reaching 9 in., laxly dichotomous 

 upwards; bracts oblong, acute. caducous ; flowers medium-sized, many or few. Male: 

 sepals 2, round ; petals 2, narrower; stamens numerous, shortly monadelphous; anr 

 thers obovoid, connective not produced. Febiam:: perianth-segments 3, 2 1^©^ 

 round opposite, the third smaller lateral, all deciduous; styles 3, nearly distinct, 

 divided about half-way up into two curved branches. Capsule nearly | ^7^^?'-^' 

 eluding the wings ; styles persistent ; upper margin of the wings concave, dehiscing 

 by all three faces. Seeds short-ellipsoid. 



. ovatifolia, A. DC. Prodr. xv. pt. i. 328 ; stem short or 0, leaves 

 ovate sometimes acute more or less serrate equal or scarcely unequ? ' «^- ^^^ ^^ ' 

 capsule-wing-s imequal the larger slightly ascending. B. suboval 



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 Mts., alt. 4000 ft. ; H. f. ^ T. , f j^ 



Rootstock of several tubers; whole plant rarely exceeding 6 in. ^^^^^^ !^^ \.^f 

 0. Leaves l-2i in. diam., roundish or ovate, cordate or scarcely rounded at ^^® ' 

 pubescent on the nerves beneath ; petiole 1-4 in., pilose above, usually P^^V^ 

 towards its summit; stipules very small, lanceolate. Peduncles ^^' n^^^^ 

 glabrous or slightly pubescent, 4-8-flowered; bracts oblong ^^ '*°^®^^^ ' C^yat; 

 rather small, white or rose. Male: sepals 2, obovate; petals 2, narrow-o ^^^ 

 stamens about 20, shortly monadelphous, anthers obovoid, connective not prcni^^^ 

 Female : perianth-segments 3, 2 obovate subequal, 1 lateral much smaller, ^^^^ 

 styles 3, nearly distinct, divided half-way up into two curved ^'^^^f^f^\^^^ 

 i by 1 in. including the wings, styles persistent, upper margin of lon| ^^^^, 

 Btraight or coutcx upwards, capsule dehiscing on all three faces, ^eea ,^ 



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