Plants of the Punjab. 405 
Huress, Erect, with ALTERNATE ExsTIPULATE COMPOUND LEAVES. 
Thalictrum 
rostellatum, 
RANUNCULACE. 
PVBe. 02! 
Himalaya, 
7-12,000 ft. 
Mahasu, Fagu, 
Narkanda (Collett). 
The Chor. 
Thalictrum 
saniculeforme, 
Thalictrum 
javanicum, 
RANUNCULACES. 
PO Bet 133 
Himalaya, 
6-12,000 ft. 
Simla (Collett). 
The Glen. 
Thalictrum 
foliolosum, 
Phalyart, chitra. 
RANUNCULACER. 
Hees to 14: 
Himalaya, 
5-8,000 ft. 
Simla (Collett). 
Thalictrum minus, 
Lesser Thalictrum, 
RANUNCULACER. 
He Bee 
Himalaya, 
9-12,000 ft. 
Kashmir, 
Baluchistan (Lace). 
PETALS NONE. 
medium size, rather stiff, much branched, leaves 2-6 
in., lower pinnules often with 3 leaflets, leaflets 4-4 in., 
circular, more or less 3-lobed, round-toothed, sepals 
;'; in., ovate, white, stamens shorter than the sepals, 
achenes nearly 54; in., style straight, tip hooked ; for other 
character; see the last species. 
see Herbs, Erect, Unbranched, Alternate, Com- 
pound. 
medium size to large, leaves 4-12 in., pinnules usually 
with 3 leaflets, leaflets 4-14 in., circular or ovate-oblong, 
3-lobed, entire or coarsely round-toothed, stipule-like 
processes, fringed, flowers small, white, clustered in many 
branched racemes, sepals 75 in., ovate, stamens longer than 
the sepals, achenes 8-15, + in., oblong, strongly ribbed, 
style short, hooked; for other characters see the last 
species. 
large, smooth, leaves 6-18 in., pinnules often with 
3 leaflets, leaflets 2-4 in., oblong-ovate, 3-lobed, round. 
or sharp-toothed, leaf stalks sheathing with ear-lke pro- 
cesses, flowers green, white or purple, in much branched 
bracteate racemes, sepals + in., ovate, stamens longer than 
the sepals, achenes 2-5, 4in., sharply ribbed, oblong, sharp 
at both ends; for other characters see the last species. 
The root is used ag a tonic in Indian medicine, it contains 
berberine in a soluble form. 
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very like the last species, but the leaves though sheath- 
ing have no stipule-like processes, flowers always a dingy 
purple. 
