PuaTe 1935. 
CALATHODES PALMATA, Hook. f. § Thom. 
RanuncuLacEez. Tribe HELLEBOREZ. 
Has. Himalaya, Sikkim, 10,000 ft. alt, Sir J. Hooker; China, 
Prov. Hupeh, Hsingshan District, 9,000 ft. alt., Dr. A. Henry (6977). 
Folia 24—4 poll. longa atque lata ; f. radicalia petiolis 4-6 poll. longis, 
f. caulina pet. brevioribus basi membranaceo-dilatatis amplexicaulibus. 
Flores (aurei) 3-14 poll. diam. Follicula radiatim divergentia 14 poll. 
onga, stipitibus coalitis 14-3 lin. longis, appendicibus dorsalibus 
oblique lanceolato-deltoideis patentibus 1-1} lin. longis. Semina 
_ oblongo-obovoidea lineam longa, testa tenuiter coriacea nigra nitentia. 
I find the embryo straight and about 1-1 the length of the fleshy 
albumen in one of the two seeds observed in Dr. Henry’s fruiting 
__ Fig. 1, Stamen. 2. Carpel, base of same laid open with gibbous appendix. 
Enlarged, : 
