66a 



involucris tripliyllis scssilibus, [foliolis cuncatls lobatis tlcu- 

 tatis, sepalis 7 ovalibus cxtus pilosis intus gl^ibris, ovarils 

 ovatis liirsntis. (Roy|ß!) 



A, dlscoJor Royle Illustrations of ßot, of Iliinal, Moutit. 

 vol. I. fasc. II. p. 52. 



Icon-, Ptoylc Illustrations v. I. tab. 11. f. 2. 



Hab, ad nivem deliqtiesceutem in Himalayae Jalpibus 

 j^Choor-Urukta et KcndarJcanta'^ (ST V lat.) supra 10,000 

 pcdes elevatis iiiia cum u4.» obtusiloha^ cujus fortasse, teste 

 Roylio, varietas est" sufficienti tameu nunicro characlerum 

 csseutialium distincta", quod ex icone vix credcres. 



Descriptio. Hctdix fusiforrais petlolorum vaginantluui 

 rudimcntis obtecta. Folia radicalia explauata, pctiolis 

 latls basi raeiiibranaceis, auriculata, acuiniiiata 3 — 5-loba, 

 lobis sacpe subtrifidis oblonge- cuncatls grosse serralis , vil- 

 losa, mollia atque velutiua. Involucriitn e tribus constans 

 foüolis sessilibus integris deutatisque aut trüobis, lobis ob- 

 longe -liuearibus 3-dentatis. Scapus erectus vcl adscen- 

 dens, teres, striatus, haud raro maculatüs, villosus, Pcdi- 

 cclli solitarä vel biui, inter acstivatiouem involucrum vix 

 superantes, tunc duplo triplove longlorcs; in involucro bi- 

 üoro peduuculus primarlus est brcvior (fcre sessilis) nudus, 

 sccundarius elongatus involuccUo bifoiio iustructus. F/orcs 

 crecti; sepala fcre 7, imbricata, obovata, staminibus tri- 

 plo longiora, ßupra Candida infra amocne coerulea, inter- 

 duin omuino cociulca lividavc. Stumina ilianientis latia 

 apiccm versus angnstatis. Ovaria ovato - oblonga, vaid'." 

 villosa. — 



riot'Ct Aprili, Majo. — 2|.. — . 



