Aquilegia.] flora tndica. 43 



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2. I. thalictroides (L. Sp. 783); caule folioso, foliis caulinis 

 alternis, petalis breviter stipitatis cucullatis, ovariis 2-4. — DC. Prod. 

 i. 48 ; Led. FL Ross. i. 53. I. aneraonoides, Ear. et Eir. Enum. PL 



Soong. 55 ; Led. FL Ross. i. 735. 



Hab. In Himalaya occidental! ad port urn Gares inter Kashmir et 

 Balti, alt. 10,000 ped., Winterbottom ! — {p . s.) 



Distrib. In montibus Pyrenseis, Sabaudia, Carniolia! Borussia ! 

 Polonia, Lithuania ! Sibiria Altaica ! 



Uhizoma horizontal^ fibrillosum vel squamis vestitum. Canto 4-8-pollicares, 

 folia paullo superantes. Folia radicalia longe petiolata, 2-3-temata, segraento ter- 

 minali trilobo, lateralibus bilobis ; caulina biternata, supreraa ternata vel simplicia. 

 Flores pauci, diam. i-f-poll. Sepala ovalia, obtusa. Petala stipiti filiforini in- 

 sidentia, ovalia, cucullata, obtusa. 



Mr. Winterbottom's plant is identical with specimens of /. anemonoides of Kare- 

 lin and Kirilow ; but the characters by which these botanists distinguish that species 

 from I. Thalictroides are, we fear, not of sufficient importance. The petals in the 

 European plant vary much in shape, and those of Carniolian specimens in Herb. 

 Hook., collected by Mr. Bentham, are the same as those of the Altai plant, while 

 in others every possible degree of intermediate form may be observed. The scaly 

 elongated root is therefore the only constant distinguishing character, and that de- 

 pends in all probability on the age of the plant, or on some other accidental circum- 

 stance. 



3. I. grandifloram (Fisch. in DC. Prod. i. 48) ; subacaule, 

 scapis unitloris opposite bibracteolatis, ovariis 3-7.- — Ledeb. FL Ross. i. 

 53 : JFall. Cat. 9123 ! fspec. aphylla valde imperfecta) : Royle! III. 54. 



/. 3. I. mi( 



loides. Willd 



f. 4. Aquilegia ane- 



Hab. In Himalaya occidentali alpina et Tibetica, alt. 13-17,000 

 ped. : Dras ! Kanawer ! Hundes, Str. et FFinL! Garhwal ! Kumaon ! 



(v. v.) 



Distrib. Sibiria Altaica et Baikalensis! 



Radix perpendicularis, lignosa, fusiformis. Caules caespitosi, inferne petiolis in- 

 duratis foliorum delapsorum basi dilatatis vaginantibus exasperati. Folia longe pe- 

 tiolata, petiolis basi auriculato-stipulatis, 2-4-ternatisecta, segmentis ultimis oblongis 

 vel obovato-cuneatis obtuse incisis. Scapi aphylli, 1-4-pollicares, versus apicem 

 bracteas 2 oppositas lanceolatas vel lineares, rarius ternatisectas, basi in auriculas 

 magnas membranaceas dilatatas, gerentes. Flores diaraetro ultra-pollicares. Sepala 

 late ovalia, obtusa. Petala obovata vel obovato-oblonga, basi sac cat a, magnitudine 

 varia, obtuse bifida, retusa obtusave, trinervia. 



The amount of division of the leaves varies just as much in Siberian as it does in 

 Himalayan specimens. We have therefore reduced I. microphyllum of Royle, which 

 is not otherwise distinct. The petals are always, we believe, bifid in the Siberian 

 plant ; generally entire, but sometimes retuse or emar^inate in the Himalayan one. 



15. AQUILEGIA, L. 



Sepala 5, regularia, colorata. Petala 5, infundibuliformia, dcorsum 

 in calcar producta. Stamina interiora sterilia, membranacea. Folliculi 

 5 vel plures.— llevhdd pere/i ties ; foliis ternatim sedis ; floribus magnis, 

 versicolorihus. 



