ICONES PLANTARUM, 71 



Subca3Spitosum : rhizoma breve, crassitie peiiiia3 anserlucOj simple-^ 

 V. divisum, vestigils oclircarum coronatum. Folia pauca, pollicaria, 

 i\-j^^j poll, lata, coriacea, marginibus S93pius acl costani revolutis. 



Scapus l-2-.pollicaris. Gapihihtm globosum, pauciflorum, floribus 

 pedicellatis xV P^l^- longis, albis v. rosois, ssepius d-fidis, lobis clliptico- 

 oblongis obtusis ineequalibus- Stamina perfecta 2-3, inclusa, stami^ 

 nodiis totidem alteruantia. Styli ima basi connati. 



A very distinct little species, the smallest of the genus known to mo, 

 nearest to P. spJia^rostachywniy Wall., having like it drooping flowers. 



J. R Hooker. 



P. (Aconogonon) acaule, HooJcf, ; humile, dioicum, laxe hirsutura, 

 rhizomate multicipiti, foliis breviter petiolatis oblongis obtusis ufcrin- 

 quemoUiter hirsutis, scapo erecto nudo v. unifoliato, floribus minutis 

 in ramos brovis pauiculo) elongatce erectae dense congestis penanfchii 

 glabri subglobosi segmcntis 4-5 intimis rotundatis, staminibiis 5 

 brevibus, nuce trigona subsfclpitata, stylis 3 brevibus, stigmatlbus sim- 

 plicibus. 



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Hab. Sikkim Himalaya; alt. 16-17,000 ft., /. D. EooJcer. 



Ulihoma descendens, elongatum, lignosum, _ 3-5-pollIcare, ramis 

 brevibus erectis basi vestigiis ocbreamm tectis. Folia ad apices 

 ramoi'um rhizomatia fasciculata, patula, pollicaria, longe patula mol- 

 litor liirsuta, nervis inconspicuis demtira superne impressis. Scapus 

 1-3-pollicaris, robustns, paniculara laxam erectara angustam gerens. 

 Flores ^\ poll, diamctro, cernui, fusco-purpurei ; pedicello brevi mfra 

 perianthium incrassato. Perianthn segmenta inffiqualia. Antherco 

 minutfB. Nux inclusa, pallida, angusta, angalis obtusis. ^ _ 



A very singular little species, most nearly allied to P. sihmcum, and 

 tbe most reduced form of tbc section Aconogonon. — J. D. Hooker. 



A. Fig. 1. Leaf and stipule. 2. Diagram of flower. 3. Pcriauth, laid opon. 



4. Ovary. 6. Fruit. All enlarged. „ , -n i a ^.„. 

 B- Fig. 1. Dhsvam of flower. 2. Male flower. 3. Stamen. 4. Female flow cr. 



5. Young fruit. 6. Mature ilitto. All enlarged. 



Plate 1491. 



ANEMONE THOMSONI, Oliv. 

 Ranunculace^, Tribe Anemone^:. 



Soc. Bot, xxi. 



, A. (§ Pulsatilloides) Thomsoni, OUa). in Joum. Linn. .^oc. i^o^, y^'" 

 •^P ; tbliis longiuscule petiolatis tritcrnatim sectis scgmcntis cuneato- 

 obovatis lobnlis ultimis obtuse acntatis paginis glabratis parce ciha s, 

 petiole g,acili glabro, scapis 1-2- pcdalibus gracihbus parce pilosuiis, 



