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bracteis oblongis membranaceis subdentatis.—Scapus pal- 
maris. 
Has. Chango in Kunawur. “ 
17. 7. vaginatum ; caule tereti striato subflexuoso, foliis 
semiamplexicaulibus tripinnatis petiolulis articulatis, one 
ovato-cuneatis trifidis subtus glaucis, lobis acutis dentatis, 
loribus paniculatis cernuis, stigmatibus dilatatis, carpellis 
vvato-acuminatis.—Planta bipedalis, ZT. minorz et Sibirico 
affinis; 7. cultrato Wall. Cat. 3715 quoque affinis sed folia 
obtusiora, 
Has. Rogee in Kunawur. 
18, 7. Marwellii ;* foliis decrescente tripinnatis petio- 
lulis angulatis; foliolis latis oblongis basi cordatis y. ovatis, 
apice grosse 3 y, 5-dentatis, subtus glaucescentibus venosis, 
paniculis axillaribus terminalibusque ramosissimis, floribus 
erectis, stigmatibus dilatatis—Planta tripedalis. 7’. ap- 
pendiculato et flavo affinis, a priori quo flores erecti, fila- 
menta longissima, anthera brevia.—Ledeb. I¢. pl. F], Ross. 
alt. t. 164, differt floribus nutantibus, filamentis brevibus, 
19, 7. radiatum ; foliis longe petiolatis triternatis: 
foliolis rotundatis obtuse lobatis membranaceis subtus 
glaucis, peduneulis dichotomis radiatis, stylis areuatis apice 
circinatis, carpellis substipitatis, 
Has. This plant I have only found at an elevation 
of 6,500 feet at Mussooree, in flower in the rainy 
season, where it is found growing luxuriantly with 
such Orchidecee as Mycrostylis Wallichii and Em- 
pusa paradoxa,on the branches of trees in the 
thick coating of mosses and ferns with which these 
are covered during themoisture of the rainy months. 
20. T. pauciflorum ; caule folioso, foliis triternatis sub- 
_ Sessilibus, foliolis cuneato-rotundatis trilobis glaucis venosis, 
pedunculis longis axillaribus unifloris.—Caulis spithameus, 
21. A. Wallichiana ; foliis pinnatis scapo dimidio bre- 
vioribus, foliolis 3 y, 5-sectis ‘segmentis cuneatis: apice 
tridentatis, petiolis foliolis involucrisque villosis, pedunculis 
involucro duplo longioribus, flore subnutante, sepalis 6 
patentibus elliptico-oblongis extus sericeis intus glabris, 
Affinis 4. Bungeane et Albane. — 
Has, Chango in Kunawur. 
22. A. discolor ; scapo unifloro maculato foliis 3 y, 5. 
partitis sericeo-villosissimis, lobis obtuse inciso-serratis 
cuneato-oyatis, inyolucris triphyllis sessilibus, foliolis 
cuneatis lobatis dentatis, sepalis 7 ovalibus extus pilosis, 
intus glabris, ovariis ovatis hirsutis. (Tab. 11, fig. 1.) 
Has. This species of Anemone, is that chiefly 
found on the tops of lofty mountains in the Hima-. 
laya, along with 4. obtusiloba, of which it may 
ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE BOTANY OF 
[Ranunculacee. 
possibly be a variety, though distinguished by 
a sufficient number of positive characters. I have 
found it in flower in April and May on the top 
of Choor, Urukta, and Kedarkanta, at elevations 
of about 10,000 feet, where it is highly orna- 
mental, from the variety of its colours, and from 
making its appearance shortly after the melting of 
the snow. 
The root is fusiform, and appears thicker than it 
actually is, in consequence of being surrounded by 
the sheathing bases of the petioles of former years, 
which as happens in many other plants of the 
Himalayas and of Kunawar, remaining undecom- 
posed, protect the root from the inclemencies of 
the seasons. The radical leaves form a spreading 
tuft, the petioles are broad, sheathing, membranous 
at the base, and parallel-veined; the Jeaf, auriculate, 
acuminate, 3 or 5-lobed, lobes frequently subtrifid 
oblong-cuneate, coarsely serrate, villose, soft and 
velvetty. The involucrum composed of 3 sessile 
leaflets, which are entire and dentate, or 3-lobed, 
with the lobes oblong linear 3-dentate. The scape 
is erect or ascending, round, striated, frequently 
spotted, hairy. Pedicels either single or double, in 
the former case equal in length to the involucrum 
during estivation, afterwards twice or thrice as 
long; where there are two flowers, one is nearly 
sessile, the other long pedicelled, with frequently a 
two-leafed involucel. The flowers are erect. The 
sepals generally seven in number, imbricate, obovate, 
three times as long as the stamens, yarying in 
colour from white on the upper, and blue on the 
lower surface, to entire blue, and even to a livid 
hue. The stamens, with broad filaments tapering 
towards the apex. ‘The ovary ovate, oblong, and: 
very hairy. : ' 
23. A. obtusiloba; Don Prod. Fl. Nep. 174. 4; Gova- 
niana, Wall. Cat. 4688. 
Has. Choor Mountain, at elevations: of from 
10,000 to 12,000 feet ; flowering in May. 
24. A. vitifolia; D.C. Pr. 1. 21. Don Prod, 193, Wall. 
Cat. 4695, Ic. ined, 428, Royle, Ie. ined, 4, 
Has. Mussooree, and every where in the Hima- 
layas, at elevations of from 5,000 to 7,000 feet; 
flowering in June and July. Le 
25. A. rivularis; D.C. Pr. 1. 21. Don Prod. Fl. Nep- 
193. Wall. Ic. ined, 973. Cat. 4694. sub nomine A. hispida, 
_ Haz. Common at Mussoorée and in the Hima- 
layas, in the vicinity of water; found also in 
‘Kunawur. 
26. A, villosa; foliis radicalibus villosis cordato-rotun- 
‘datis 5-lobis, lobis cuneatis inciso-dentatis, involucris sessi- 
‘libus cuneiformibus trilobis, lobis tridentatis, floribus umbel- 
atis, pedicellis involucro longioribus nudis v. inyolucella 
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