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leaves; sepals orbicular, I/2 to ^ inch long; petals dark crimson, elliptic, 

 cuneate, i>2 inches long; anthers small, linear, oblong, shorter than the 

 filaments, carpels 2 to 3, erect- arcuate, villose, not more than-J^ inch long; 

 stigmas 1/6 inch long, red, spirally recurved. 



11. P. anomala, Linn. 



Linn., Mant., 247; Anders. Mon. No. 3, Bot. Mag. T. 1754; Andr., Bot. 

 Rep., T. 514; Lebed., Fl. Ross., i, 74. P. intermedia C. A. Meyer in Ged., 

 FI. Alt., ii, 277; Led., Fl. Ross., i. 74, P. Fischeri, Hort. 



Root tubers large and fusiform ; stolons none ; stem as tall as in officinalis, 

 glabrous, always one-headed ; leaves 10 to 12, cut into numerous confluent, 

 lanceolate, acute segments, 1/6 to 1/3 inch broad, Ij4 to 2 inches long, 30 to 

 40 to the lower leaves, dark green above, pale green below, glabrous on both 

 surfaces ; flower solitary, with the outer sepals often produced into long, 

 often compound leafy points ; corolla bright crimson, 4 inches in diameter, 

 with about 8 obovate or oblong petals i to i^ inches broad; stamens 

 /'2 to 54 inch long; carpels about 3, ovoid, one inch long, Yz inch in diameter, 

 arcuate, tomentose or glabrous. 



12. P. Emodi, Wall. 



Wall., Cat. Ind., No. 4727; Hook. f. and Thomas., Flora Brit. Ind., I, 30; 

 Hook. Fl., in Bot. Mag. T. 5719. P. officinalis, Hook f. and Thomas., Fl. 

 Ind., 60, Non. Linn. 



Stems 2 to 3 feet long, quite glabrous, bearing 2 to 3 flowers when at all 

 luxuriant ; leaves thin in texture, glabrous on both surfaces, dark green 

 above, pale green beneath ; the lower with about 20 to 30 lanceolate or 

 oblong-lanceolate, very confluent acuminate segments i to ij^ inches broad; 

 flowers white, 3 to 4 inches in diameter ; several of the outer sepals produced 

 into long leafy, sometimes compound points; the petals unequal obovate, the 

 outer 1J/2 to i^ inches broad; carpels i to 2 ovoid, tomentose, J/2 inch in 

 diameter ; stigma very small, orbicular, straight, with the two sides folded 

 together. (Index Kewensis regards this as a form oi P. anomala.') 



13. P. officinalis, Retz. 



Retz., Obs., 35; Anders. Mon. No. 5; Bot. Mag., T. 1784; DC. Prodr., i, 

 65 ; Reich., Ic. Germ., T. 127, Fig. 4743. 



Stems stout, one-flowered, glabrous, 2 to 3 feet long; leaves 5 to 6 to a 

 stem, glabrous, dark green above, pale green beneath, the lowest with 15 to 

 20 lanceolate or oblong lanceolate acute, confluent leaflets, i to 2 inches 

 broad ; sepals very unequal, the inner orbicular and obtuse, the outer leaf- 

 like and acute ; petals dark crimson, much imbricated, obovate or nearly 

 orbicular, i^ to 2 inches broad; stamens ^ inch long; anthers rather shorter 

 than the filaments ; carpels 2 to 3 ovoid, densely tomentose, erect arcuate, 

 when fully mature i inch long, J4 inch in diameter ; stigmas ovate, condu- 

 plicate, crimson, recurved. 



14. P. peregrina. Miller. 



Miller; Anders. Mon. No. 11; Bot. Mag., Tab. 1050; DC, Prodr. i, 66. 

 Stem iH to 2 feet long, one-headed, pubescent toward the top; leaves 5 



