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Radix horizontalis, lignosa, crassitie digiti, rudimcntis folio- 

 rum emarcidorum imbricatim teota. Folia ampla, orbicu- 

 lato-cordata v. rarius fere obovata, utrinque Bdahra, hirsu- 

 tissima, margine tenuiter denticulata et pilis eivbris cili- 

 ata ; supra, venis prominentibus reticulata. Pttiok bn>- 

 vissimi, teretes, quam in pra:cedentibus, bre\ iorcs. Sti- 

 pulce latissime membranaceo-dilatata\ secus basei petio- 

 lorum decurrentes, ad margines ciliis paleaceis lonm> < us- 

 pidatis instructs. Scapus erectus, gracilis, liliformis, mi- 

 dus, la^viusculus ; apice bifurcus. Flares ruhri, pra< <■- 

 dentibus majores, campanulati, in raoemis cenmia unila- 

 teraliter dispositi. Pedicclli calycesque scabriusculi. Ca- 

 lycis Lacinia brevissima\ rotundatse. Petala late brbfcu- 

 lata, nniltinervia. 



This remarkable and truly distinct species was first discovered 

 on the mountains of Nepal by a distinguished naturalist, Di 

 Francis Hamilton (formerly Buchanan), from whom there are 

 very excellent specimens of it in the Lambertian Herbarium. 

 Others have been more recently received from Dr. Wallich, by 

 whose collectors they have been gathered both in the mountains 

 of Nepal and the eastern parts of Bengal. This plant is one 

 of many instances which manifests that striking similarity which 

 exists between the vegetation of Nepal and that of the northern 

 regions of Tartarv. 



Sectio 2. 



i. S. Qeum, foliis reniformibus crenatis, utrinque pilosis ; adul- 

 tis confertis patentibus, petiolis longissimis teretiusculis 

 villosis, laciniis calycinis ovatis obtusis. 

 S. Geum. Linn. Sp. PI. 5? 4. Scop. Cam. ed. 2. //. 491. 

 Willd. Sp. PL ii. p. 448. Lam. Encycl. vi. p. 682. La- 

 peyr. Saxif. Pyren. p. 46. t. 24. (bona.) Lam. et Decand. 



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