COPTIS. 733 
. Alabastri wm view, 
Do. front vie 
Front view " "third petal. 
Lateral ditto. 
Lateral view of saccate petal. 
Front view of do. 
Outer view of stamen. 
8. Inner ditto. 
9. Pollen, the polliniferous masses most distinct and very 
easily separable. 
10. Flower irregular sepals removed. 
11. Ovary. 
12, Do. long section. 
. 13. Ovula. 
I3a. Shewing the direction of its foramen. 
An genus novum, Áconito proximo abeo discrepans. Pe- 
talis tribus, difformibus sepalaque quinto bicarinato, et 
a tribu antheris introrsis, anne ideo inter Helleboreas. Pæo- 
niaceasque osculans. E charactere affine videtur A. bifloro, 
Fisch. D. C. Pr. 1-64. 
A. lethale mihi, pedunculis —— apicem versus bibrac- 
teatis galea navicularia bicarinata, pet sacco angusto calare 
brevi recurvo, labio reflexo. 
Has. In montibus allioribus Mishmeensia e quibus radi- 
ces vivas procuravo. Florunt in horta apud Suddyah: Feb. 
1837. 
\ bractea removed, 
NA Oe whe 
This is the plant producing the celebrated Bis, or poison 
of the Mishmees. 
CoptTis. 
Coptis tecta, Wall.* Pl. DCLX. Fig. II. 
Caulis e maxima parte subterraneus repens.  Radicule 
plurime fibrose. "1 
* Transac. Med. and Phys. Soc. Cal. nomen certe non retinendum 
mere a Jjectivum assamicam amarum. 
