Trollius.] FLORA INDICA. 41 



1. C« palmata (H.f. et T.). 



Hab. In graminosis Sikkim, alt. 10,000 ped.!— (Fl. Jun.) {v. v.) 



Herba erecta, l±-2-pedalis, simplex vel parce ramosa, glabra. Folia diam. 2-4- 

 poll., longe petiolata ; radicalia cito marcescentia ; caulina superne numerosa, palmatim 

 trisecta, segraentis basi cuneatis, profunde trilobis, lobis argute incisis ; auriculae 

 stipulares membranacese dilatate, petiolo adhserentes, pollicares. Flores terminales, 

 solitarii, aurei, diam. fere bipollicares. Fructus ignotus. 



12. TROLLIUS, L. 



Sepala 5 vel plura, regularia, colorata. Petala 5 vel plura, ungui- 

 culata, lamina plana, basi fovea nectarifera impressa. Folliculi 5 vel 



plures. 



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A very small genus, containing a few variable species, all natives of the north tem- 

 perate or arctic zone. In the polysepalous species the flower has a globose shape, 

 and is very different in appearance from that of the species which have only live 

 sepals. 



1. T. pumilus (Don, Prod. 195); caule subnudo unifloro, foliis 

 coriaceis aristato-dentatis, petalis longiuscule unguiculatis. 



Hab. In Himalavse interioris alpibus : Kurnaon, alt. 14,000 ped., 

 Str. et Wint., No. 2! Nipal, Wall, ex Don. Sikkim, alt. 15-17,000 

 ped.! — (Fl. Jun. Jul.) (v. v.) 



Caulis basi fibrillis involutus. Folia radicalia longe petiolata, glabra, fere rotundata, 

 1-2-pollicaria, rigide coriacea, palmatim 5 -partita, segmentis cuncato-obovatis acutis 

 trilobis argute dentatis vel incisis. Scapi erecti vel adscendentes, nudi vel 1-3- 

 foliati, spithamai pcdalesve. Flores 1-1^-pollicares. Sepala 5-6, rotundata, apice 

 crosa/ Petala 10-12, filamentis sequilonga, ungue cylindrico, lamina euneato-ob- 

 longa obtusa apice incrassata 3-nervi, basi foveolata et saccata. Folliculi 5 vel plures, 

 late oblongi, transverse nervosi, stylo abrupte rostrato. 



acaulis 



1843. t. 



32); caule huraili superne folioso, foliis 5-partitis argute incisis, pe- 

 talis anguste cuneatis, ovariis subulatis.— T. pumilus, Boyle! III. 54. 



Hab. In Himalayas occidentalis interioris alpibus, alt. 11-13,000 

 ped. : Kishtwar ! Kiimaon, Str. et Wint. No. 1 !— (Fl. Jun.) (v. v.) 



Radix fibrosa. Caulis 2-8-pollicaris, erectus, foliosus, basi squamis apice inter- 

 dum folium parvnm gerentibus involutus. Squama membranacesc, nervosa?, acutse, 

 extus tibris plurimis (reliquiis squamarum anni prateriti) circumdatte. Folia radi- 

 calia interdum serotina circurascriptione orbicularia palmatim 5 -partita, scgmentis 

 oblongo-lanceolatis argute incisis; caulina breviter petiolata, petioli basi stipulis 

 magnis tenuissime membranaceis auriculati. Flores magni, bipollicares. Sepala 7, 

 late ovalia, obtusa, pollicaria, aurea. Petala 14, 3 lineas longa, staminibus paullo 

 breviora, ungue brevissimo, lamina lineari- vel cuneato-oblonga, obtusa, basi foveolata. 

 Ovaria elongata, in stylum longum subrecurvum angustata. 



Dr. Royle, who obtained this plant from the mountains south of Kashmir, con- 

 sidered it to be the same as the species previously described by Don, but the cha- 

 racter given in the Prod. H Nep. applies evidently to our first species. T. acaulis 

 is very near T. Amencanus, though apparently quite distinct in tbe shape of its 

 ovaries, which are narrow, and taper into the long subulate style, but in T. Ame- 

 ricans are much shorter and truncate. The latter is also in general a much taller 

 plant, but some small states of it very much resemble in appearance T. acaulis, 



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