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Raprx perennis, crassa, subtuberosa, fibras frequentes exserens. Cauuis erectus, gracilis, 3—5-pedalis, teres, Lau p se 
| ætate glaberrimus, basi simplicissimus, pennam cygneam crassus, eripe? attenuatus, nunc rangs paucos, gee la; m aa i EM 
Forra pauca et remota; radicalia et inferiora caulis longè petiolata, srpipulato: cordata, palpistin quinqueloba pa. marie Ne i an EN 
glaberrima, nitida, juxta vasorum tractus sulcata, subtüs argenteo-pallida, Epy? grossè retigplato venosa, perpia tai is A 
vibus munitis; lobi basi cuneati, integerrimi, extrorsüm inzequalitér subtyifidi, moto dantati, dentes magni, qvati, cuspi Å e ; a ing 
pauca, valdè distantia, brevissimè petiolata, tripartito-digitata, 2—3-polliearia, lobis linearibus, ejongatis, acute, pubescentibus, ciliatis. 
Perou foliorum inferiorum graciles, pedales sesquipedalesve, erecti, poban, Supra Plano-sulcati, payi diam conem rant 
sæpe purpurascentes. Racemus terminalis, caulis ramorumque erectus; as, simplex, rapo divisus, gina si spit cp aaa 
nudus. FLoRES magni, remotiusculi, extüs densè pubescentes, suffulti pedicellis pollicaribus, basi T propc, qna SO ES 2 rac- 
teatis, bracteis linearibus, pedunculoque communi cano-pubescentibus. SEPALA cœrulea, DI acutiuscula, apice concaviuscula, interiora 
paullò latiora, unguicularia, superius desinens in ca/car rectum, purpurascens, Nisbendabe; patate ten bata obscure alare, 
pubescens, pedicellum longitudine subæquans. PETALA distincta, purpurea, sepalis dimidiò breviana inferiora oblonga, profunde biloba, 
fornicata, leviter deflexa, cano-pilosula, unguiculata ; superiora obliqué oblonga, subtruncata, postics ri deorsúm producta in ungues 
graciles, virides, calcar interius formantes, exteriore occultos. Stamina plura, glabra, decurva, dehiscentiá antherarum demúm erecta. 
CarsuLa 3, pilosulæ, venosæ, cylindraceze, intús carinatæ, obliquè acuminate, divergentes. 
Plate CXXVIII. Fig. 1 and 2. Flower dissected. 
THALICTRUM CYSTICARPUM. Tab. 129. 
Frormus hermaphroditis, racemoso-paniculatis, filamentis capillaceis ; carpellis longè stipitatis, vesicularibus, com- 
presso-obovatis, retusis, cuspidatis, reticulatis ; foliis lævibus, exstipellatis, tèr trichotomis, foliolis ovato-subcordatis, 
acutis, serratis. 
Crescit in montibus Napalize altioribus, versusque Emodum ad Gossain Than. Floret fructificatque tempore anni 
pluvioso. 
Raprx constans fibris plurimis, ramosis. Cavuis erectus, cylindricus, fistulosus, uti tota planta lævis et glaucescens, nunc asper 
propter aculeolos minutos, subulatos, 3—5-pedalis, infernè pennam cygneam ad digitum minimum ferè crassus, superne valdé attenuatus, 
divisus in ramos patentes, gracillimos, obsoletè flexuosos. Forra magna, remota, patentia, trichotoma, decomposita, inferiora longè, 
superiora floraliaque brevè petiolata. ForroLa ternata, ovata, subcordata, acuta, pollicaria ad 13-pollicaria, inzequalitér grossè et acutè 
serrata, intermedium majus, obsoletè trilobum ; membranacea et tenuia, suprà pallide viridia, opaca, subtús valde glauca, 5-nervia, reticu- 
lato-venosa, sinu basis plùs minùsve manifesto, nunc nullo. Perrou graciles, levitér sulcati, tér trichotomi, siccitate ad divisuras 
articulati ; wniversalis semipedalis pedalisve, basi valdè dilatá, membranaceo-marginatà gemmulas sæpissimå fovente plurimas, 
in acervulum axillarem, dens? confertas; partiales graciles, nudi; ultimi tenerrimi, folioli intermedii pollicaris vel sesqu 
Frores hermaphroditi, albi, odorati, dispositi in racemos graciles, oblongos, axillares, pedunculatos, foliis breviores vel 
longiores, paniculam efformantes magnam, terminalem, foliosam, pyramidato-patentissimam. Prpuncuur graciles, teretes, subflexuosi ; 
pedicelli capillares, pollicares, subfasciculati, bracted lineari, longiusculà suffulti. SepaLA 4, petaloidea, obovato-subretunda, concaviuscula, 
levia, ferè unguicularia. SrAwrNA plura, gracilia, sepalis tertió breviora; filamenta capillacea ; antheræ angustissimæ, cuspidulatæ. 
Ovaria numerosa, compressa, obliqué acuta, pedicellata. Stryn uncinato-recurvati, scabri, ovarii ferè longitudine. CARPELLA umbellata, 
longè capillaceo-stipitata, vesicularia, unguicularia, obovata, compressa, subretusa, stylo emarcido oblique cuspidata, 
reticulato-venulosa ; plura seepiús abortiva. 
subulatas, 
ipollicaris. 
superiores iisdem 
levia, ferruginea, 
SEMEN cylindraceo-subulatum, cavitate carpelli pluries minus, e fornice ejus dependens. 
Besides this handsome and large-flowered species of Thalictrum, I am acquainted with five others, also natives of 
Hindustan. | 
T. cultratum, floribus unisexualibus ? axillaribus, longé pedunculatis ; carpellis vesicularibus, cultriformibus, 
deorsum valdè attenuatis, subsessilibus, stylo longissimo, uncinato terminatis, reticulato-rugosis ; foliis triternatis, 
exstipellatis, foliolis cuneato-ovatis, inciso-3-dentatis, laevibus. 
A native of Gossain Than and Kamaon. 
T. reniforme, floribus hermaphroditis, subpaniculatis, filamentis antherisque filiformibus; carpellis . 
triternatis, exstipellatis, foliolis reniformi-cord 
mollissima obsitis. 
A native of Gossain Than. 
Physocarpum of DeCandolle. 
T'. foliolosum, DeCand. Syst. Nat. 1. p. 175. 
A native of all the forests of Nipal and Kamaon. 
T. Punduanum, floribus hermaphroditis, paniculatis ; carpellis sessilibus, subulatis, sulcatis, scabris ; foliis biter- 
natis, exstipellatis, petiolo basi utrinque in ligulam oblongam dilatato, foliolis subrotundo-cordatis, basi obliquis, nunc 
cuneatis, subtrilobis, dentatis, subtus nervoso-venosis, reticulatis. 
. 3 foliis 
. . . NC . . . . 
atis, obtusissimè inciso-dentatis, utrinque caule ramisque pube cani, 
It belongs probably to the same section with the preceding two species, namely, 
