Epimediim.] flora tndica. 231 



In Griffith's- specimens, again, there are twin linear leaflets on opposite sides of the 

 petiole below, and solitary ones above, so that no importance can be attached to this 

 character. The appearance of twin (or binate) leaflets arises from the splitting of 

 one leaflet. Stocks' specimens show all degrees of division, from the leaflet being 

 oblique, toothed on one side, lobed, bifid and bipartite to the base. 



4. EPIMEDIUM, L. 



Sepala 4, bibracteolata. Petala 8, sepalis biseriatim opposita, exte- 

 riora plana, interiora cucullata v. calcarata. Stamina 4, petalis oppo- 

 sita ; antheris introrsis, valvulis a basi sursum revolutis deciduis delri- 

 sceutibus. Ovarium oblongum, ovulis plurirnis juxta placeutam uni- 

 lateraleui adscendeutibus 2-3-seriatis. Stylus lateralis ; stigmate sub- 

 capitate Capsula siliquaeformis, bivalvis, valvula altera sterili, altera 

 medio serainifera. Semina pauca; testa subcrustacea, umbilico supra 

 basin laterali, rhaplie iucrassato-inflata arillaeformi. Embryo in basi al- 

 buuimis dense carnosi iucurvus; cotyledonibus brevissimis obtusis; ra- 

 dicula umbilico parallele contigua, infera.— Herbae habitu Thalictri, rhi- 

 zomate elongato perennante, foliis ternatis biternatisve, foliolis dentatis 

 ciliatis, floribus oppositifolus racemosis v. paniculatis. 



1. E, elatum (Decaisne, Ann. Sc. Nat. ser. 2. ii. 356) ; elatum, ra- 

 mosum, foliis 2-3-ternatis r foliolis oblique ovatis integerrimis dentatis 

 ciliatisque, sepalis ovato-lanceolatis acutis, filamentis ovario aequdongis, 

 ovulis 2-3. — Decaisne in Jacq. Voy. Bot. 9. t. 8. 



Hab. Himalaya occidental temperata ; Kashmir, alt. 6-7000 ped., 

 Jacguemont > BawlmU Kishtwar, alt. 6-8000 ped.!— (81 Jun.) (v. v.) 



Eerba 2-3-pedalis, gracilis, paniculatim ramosa. Caulk teres, glaucescens. Folia 

 spithannea et ultra, foliolis gracile petiolulatis, H-2^poUicaribus, membranaceis, 

 acutis, obtnsis retusisve. Panicula ampla, ramis panels gracillimis, pihs longis 

 apice glanduloso-incrassatis conspersa. Flares pallide flavi, i poll, diametro. Sepala 

 biserialia, ovata, eoncava, pnberula, interiora majora. Petala tenuissime niembra- 

 nacen, interiora cucnllata. Anther* Kneares. Ovarium lineare stylo elongato ; 

 Folliculm membranacens, \ poll, longus, stylo recto fequilongo terminatus Z-6- 

 spcrmus. Semina (immatura) elongato -reniformia, anllo carnoso majusculo bilabiato 



inclusa, ventre basi lata inserto. - e 



We regret not having ripe seeds of this fine species, the arJlus or expansion of 

 the rhaphe of which is as fleshy as that of E. alpinum, and affords a proof of the affi- 

 nity of the Berberidea with the Papaveraceous Alliance on the one hand and perhaps 

 with the Dilleniaceous on the other. Decaisne pmnts ont the length of th ^fila- 

 ments as a good distinguishing character, to which we may add the length of the 

 ovary and the few ovules. 



5. PODOPHYLLUM, L. 



Sepala 6, caducissuna. Petala 6-9. Stamina petalis numero aequa- 

 lia v. dupla ; antheris longitudinaliter debiscentibus Ovarium oyatum, 

 ovulis plurimis juxta placentam latain parietalem plunsenatis, stigmate 

 peltato subsessili inargine crispato. Bacca ovata v. oblonga, carnosa. 

 Sernuia plurima, asceudeutia; testa niembranacea, umbilico basdari. 

 Pmbryo basi albuminis dense carnosi brevissimus, cotyledonibus semi- 



