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this short account, by adding a very accurate description of the 
plant by Mr. David Don, from his manuscript Prodromus Flore 
Nepalensis, in which he has described the greatest part of the 
Nepal plants sent to me by my friend Dr. Wallich. | 
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_ TRIANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
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Ord. Nat. Va 
Tits ALERIANA De Cand. 
Valerian Species. Linn. 
4. V. Jatamansi, floribus fasciculatis tetrandris, corolla fauce 
_barbata, ovariis tomentosis, stigmate soephes capitato, foliis lan- 
- ceolatis acutis integerrimis pubescen seradicalibus peticlatis, 
caulinis sessilibus. D. Don, Mss. 
+. Jatamansi, Jones i in Act. Soc. Asiat. 2. p. 405, ee Pi 109. — 
Roxb: ad. 451. V. Spica, Vuhl. Enum. 1. p. 13, (exclus. de- 
scriptionibus omnind, que potiis ad V. Hardwickii spectant.) 
one et Nepales Alpibus. x. (V.S.) 
inis, cespitosa—Radices fusiformes, longe, crassi- 
tudine variantes, Mpiis feré digit: rparte Superior rudimentis re- 
tiformibus foliorum emarcidorum densissimé tecta ; inferiore fibris 
brevibus instructé: figura omnind ad caudas aliquoram | anima- 
_lium spectans. Caules erecti, simplicissimi, eylindracei, fistulosi, 
pube brevi juxta folia et versus apicem densiore undique mippedia, 
Folia radicalia plerumque elongato-lanceolata, rarissimé ellip- 
