Thalictrum.] flora indica. 13 



has been well observed by Seringa that characters derived from the leaves, unless 

 snpported by diflerences in the fruit, are insufficient to distinguish from one another 

 the species of this difficult genus. Even the fruit seems liable to vary, though within 

 certain limits only, and it will be found to afford the best characters for the discrimi- 

 nation of the species. 



Sect. 1, Physocakptjm, DC. — Jckenia stipitata, latevaliter com- 

 pressa, inflata vel plana. 



1. T. elegans (Wall. Cat. 4728 !) ; foliis pinnatim decompositis, 

 panioula parce ramosa fere raceraiformi, acheniis 6-12 longe pedicel- 

 latis obliquis obovatis membranaceis dorso et ventre alato carinatis 

 utrinque uninerviis, carina ventrali gibbosa, stigmate incurvo sublate- 

 rali. — Boi/le, III. 51 ! ; Edgew.! in Linn. Soc. Tr. xx. 26. 



Hab. In Himalayse zona subalpina, alt. 10-13,000 pedum: Garh- 

 wal ! Kumaon ! Nipal ! Sikkim ! — {v. v.) 



Simplex vel subramosa, -I— l-pedalis. Folia 2-3 uncias longa ; foliola minuta, 

 rotundata, triloba vel indivisa. Stipula petiole adhserentes, membranacen;, fimbriatse ; 

 stipellee nullae. Pedicelli subracemosi, foliis floraJibus longiores, patentes. Mores 

 parvi, viridi-purpurascentes. Sepala elliptica, trinervia. Filamenta filiformia ; an- 

 therm breves, mucronata;. 



2. T. platycarpum (H.f. et T.) ; foliis pinnatim decompositis, 

 panicula ramosa, acheniis 4—10 breviter pedicellatis dolabriformibus 

 stigmate recto apiculatis utrinque tricostatis. 



Hab. In Tibetia ocoidentali : Nubra, H. Strachey ! Hundes, 8tr. et 

 Wint.! Milam, Kumaon, Sir. et Wint. ! — (». s.) 



Serba -I— 1-J-pedalis, ramosa, graveolens. Tolia 2-3 uncias longa ; foliola rotun- 

 data, triloba vel tripartita, subtus glanduloso-puberula. Stipula scariosse ; stipellee 

 nullae. Panicula rami divaricati. Pedicelli fructiferi elongati. Flores parvi, viri- 

 descentes. Sepala late elliptica, membranacea. Klamenia filiformia ; antherce 

 elongatse, muticte. Aclienia glabra, oblique obovata, dorso recta, ventre valde gib- 

 bosa.— 'Species ut videtur rara, foliis priori, fructu sequenti affinis, ulterius exami- 

 nanda. 



3. T. Chelidonii (DC. Prod. i. 11); foliis ternatim decompositis, 

 folioUs rotundatis crenato-lobatis basi cordatis subtus glaucis, acheniis 

 numerosis dolabriformibus longe stipitatis utrinque trinervibus stylo 

 recto vel incurvo apiculatis. 



u. reniforme ; foliolis majoribus 1-2-uncialibus subtus valde glau- 

 cis et pulverulentis, fructu pubescente.- — ^T. reniforme, TTall. Cat. 3716 ! 

 T. neurooarpum, Royle! III.. 51. — {v. v.) 



i8. cultratum; foliolis minoribus i-^-uncialibus subtus pallidis pu- 

 berulis vel subglabris, fructu glabro. — T. cultratum, TFall. Cat. 3715! 

 — (t!. w.) 



y. cysticarpum ; acheniis numerosissimis obovatis forsan sterilibus 

 longissime pedicellatis reflexis membranaceis, nervis gracillimis. — T. 

 cysticarpum. Wall. Cat. 3714 1^ — (v. v.) 



Hab. In Himalaya temperata, alt. 6-10,000 ped. -. a Kashmir ! 

 usque ad Sikkim ! (7000 ad 13,000 ped.) ; et in montibus Khasia, alt. 

 4-6000 ped. !— (PI. Jul. Aug.) (u. v.) 



