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ANEMONE obtiisiloba. 

 D7\ Govayis Anemone. 



POLYANDRIA POLYGYNIA. 

 Nat. ord. Ranunculace^. 

 ANEMONE J Botanical Register, vol. 3. fol. 200. 



Sect. HOMALOCARPOS. 



Caryopsides compresso-plance ovali-orhiculatcB glahrcB, ecaudatce ; pedicelli 00 

 umbellati aphylli \-fiori. — DeCand. Prodr. 1.21. 



A. ohtusiloha ; villosa, foliis subrotuudis cordatis trilobis grosse inciso-cre- 

 natis, umbella pauciflora, sepalis obtusis dorso pilosis, involucri foliolis 

 foliaceis supremis cuneatis trilobis, carpellis pilosis. 



A. obtusiloba, Don prodr. Jl.nep. 194. Royle Ilhistrations, p. 52. Walpers 

 Repertorium, 1. 29. 



A. Govaniana, Wall. Cat. ?2o. 4688. Supra, misc. 59. hujus voluminis. 



This pretty Indian alpine herbaceous plant has been 

 already noticed at p. 45 of the Miscellaneous matter of the 

 present volume, under the name of A. Govaniana, which is 

 what Dr. Wallich called it. It, at the same, time, escaped 

 my observation that Professor Royle had determined that 

 species to be the same as A. obtusiloba of Don, which name 

 must take precedence. It is nearly allied to A. narcissiflora, 

 which is however readily distinguished by its short flower- 

 stalks, and deeply divided leaves. 



The native situation of the species is stated by Dr. Royle 

 to be the Choor mountain of the Himalayas, at elevations of 

 from 10,000 to 12,000 feet, flowering in May. In cultivation 

 it proves to be a hardy little alpine plant, growing about six 

 inches high, and well suited for pots, or a rockwork where the 

 situation is rather shaded and damp. It is easily increased 

 from seeds, which should be sown early in spring, in a soil 

 composed of sandy peat and leaf-mould, and a small portion 

 of loam ; afterwards, when the young plants are large enough, 

 they should be potted singly in very small pots, and kept in a 



