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Plants oj the Fimjah. 



Herbs, Unbranched, with Opposite Stipulate Compound Leaves. 



Petals ununited. 



Oxalis Acetosella, 

 Wood sorrel, 



Geraniace^. 

 F. B. I. i. 486. 

 Himalaj'a, 

 8-12,000 ft. 

 Bagbi (Collett). 

 Kashmir. 



Guldenstsedtia 

 mirpourensis, 



Astragalus 

 rhizanthus, 



Astragalus 

 bakuensis, 



Oxytropis lapponica, 



Oxytropis mollis, 



Oxytropis Thomsoni, 



Oxytropis tatarica, 



Oxytropis 

 microphylla, 



Trachydium Roylei, 



Thalictrum alpinum, 

 Alpine Thalictruin, 



Eanunculacete. 

 F.B.Li. 12. 

 Himalaya, 

 10-17,000 ft. 



Thalictrum 

 nioalBiorjis, 



small, peremiial, velvety, root scaly, stemless ; leaves 

 all radical, 1-2 in. across, compound, leaflets 3, sessile, 

 ovate with a broad tip, faintly notched, lower surface often 

 purple, stipules broad, large, thin ; flowers |-| in. diam., 

 white or pale lilac, solitary on long radical, 2-bracteate 

 stalks, sepals 5, oblong, free, petals 5, veined with purple, 

 stalked, 3-4 times as large as the sepals, stamens 10, 5 long, 

 5 short, united at the base, styles 5, more or less united ; 

 capsule I in., ovoid, smooth, 5-angled, 5-celled, seeds 2 or 3 

 in each cell, seeds ribbed lengthwise. The seeds are shot 

 out through the openings in the capsule. 



see Herbs, Unbranched, Alternate, Stipulate, Com- 

 pound. 



see Herbs, Unbranched, Alternate, Stipulate, Com- 

 pound. 



see Herbs, Unbranched, Alte;-nate, Stipulate, Com- 

 pound. 



see Herbs, Unbranched, Alternate,. Stipulate, Com- 

 pound. 



see Herbs, Unbranched, Alternate, Stipulate, Com- 

 pound. 



see Herbs, Unbranched, Alternate, Stipulate, Com- 

 pound. 



see Herb^, Unbranched, Alternate, Stipulate, Com- 

 pound. 



see Herbs, Unbranched, Alternate, Stipulate, Com- 

 pound. 



see Herbs, Unbranched, Alternate, Stipulate, Com- 

 pound. 



Petals none. 



small, pereniiial, slender, smooth, tufted, stem 3-6 

 in., leaves all radical, pinnate or rarely 2"-pinnate, leaflets 

 small, rounded, 3-lobed, waxy bluish-green beneath ; 

 flowers minute, greenish in racemes on an undivided main 

 stalk, bracteoles oblong, thin, blunt, petals none, stamens 

 many, anthers beaked ; fruit a small head of stalked 

 oblong, streaked achenes. 



see Herbs, Unbranched, Alternate, Stipulate, Com- 

 pound. 



