Thalictrum.] ploha indica. 15 



racemis terminalibus demum elongatis, acbeniis 3-5 stipitatis arete 

 reflexis oblongis incurvis stylo incurvo mucronatis obtuse costatis. 



Hab. In Tibetia occidentali, alt. 10-14,000 pad.: in Nubra 1 et 

 Ladak ! ; et in Himalaya orientali, in regione interiore Sikkim, loco in- 

 certo, sed certe supra 10,000 et verosimiliter supra 13,000 ped. alt.! 

 — (M. Jul.) (y. V.) 



Madix fusiformis, perpeadicularis. Eeria debilis, li-2-pedalis, glaberrima. loHa 

 ittferiora longe petiolata. PetioH basi scarioso-stipalati, et ad ramificationes stipel- 

 lati, stipellis scariosis minutis cito deciduis. Mores parvi, pallide vii-idescentca. 

 Sepala elliptica, obtusa, multinervia. Mlamenta filiformia; anthera mucronatse. 

 Pedicelli fructiferi stricti, patentes. 



7. T. pedunculatum (Edgew. in Linn. Soc. Tr. xx. 27); foliis 

 triternatis, foliolis ovalibus rotundatis membranaceis obtuse lobatis, 

 panicula pauciflora, acbeniis lineari-oblongis breviter pedicellatis valide 

 costatis in rostrum breve uncinatum acuminatis. 



Hab. In montibus Afghanistan, Griffith!; in Himalaya occidentali, 

 alt. 6-8000 ped. : Kashmir ! Banahal ! Simla !— (Fl. Apr. Mai.) (u. v.) 



Eerha. erecta, ramosa, bipedalis. Folia longe petiolata ; stipules auriculares, fim- 

 briatce, ad basin petioli ; stipell<s nuUai. Petioli partiales elongati. Foliola ^1 

 unciam lata, rotundata vel late euneata, triloba vel tridentata, lobis integris vel di- 

 visis. Panicula ramosa, pedicelli folia floraHa superantes, fructiferi elongati. 

 Flores xa^\i.^c\ji\ (^-unciales), albi. iSf^^fl/d; elliptica, obtusa. Filamenta ?i^\i<ivm\a , 

 aniheric muticce. Achenia fere \ unciam longa, dorso subgibbosa, ventre reetiuscula, 

 vix subcompressa, ntrinque 5-costata. 



Approaches closely in general appearance to T. orientaley Boissier, a native of 

 Taurus and Asia Minor. That species, however, has sessile smaller fruit and a de- 

 ciduous style. 



8. T. rostellatum (H.f. et T.) ; foliis ternatim decompositis, fo- 

 liolis rotundatis basi cordatis crenato-lobatis membranaceis, panicula 

 pauciflora foliosa, acbeniis 3-5 pedicellatis lineari-oblongis striatis in 

 rostrum longum rectum apice uncinatum productis. 



Hab. In Himalaya temperata, alt. 7-11,000 ped. -. Simla, Jacque- 

 mont I et Sikkim interiore ! — (Fl. Aug.) (u. v.) 



Eerba erecta, bipedalis, gracilis, diffusa, ramosa, radiee fibrosa. Petioli breves, 

 basi stipulis reniformibus auriculati. Stipellm nuUffi. Foliola tenuiter membra- 

 nacea, pallide viridia, snbtns glaucescentia, -J— |-uneialia. Flores in ramis fere 

 solitarii, parvi, albi. Sepala elliptica, nervosa. Filamenta filiformia ; antherce 

 muticEe. Paninda fructiferae rami elongati divaricati graciles. PLostrum achenio 

 \ brevius. 



A delicate, straggling, branched plant, approaching in the shape of its fruit to the 

 last species, but very different in habit, and easily distinguished by the much smaller, 

 long-beaked achenia. 



§ 2. Achenia breviora oblonga costata, suhsessilia vel rarius {in T. 

 alpino) lonffe stipitata. 



9. T. saniculaeforme (DC. Prod. i. 13); foliis ternatim decom- 

 positis, radicalibus longe petiolatis caulem ssepe superantibus, caulinis 

 pauois, panicula pauciflora divaricato-ramosa, pedicellis strictis elon- 

 gatis, acbeniis numerosis sessilibus oblongis argute costatis longe ros- 

 tratis.— T. radiatum, Royle! III. 83. 



