16 FLORA INDICA. \_Thalictrum. 



Hab. In Himalaya temperata in tempore pluvioso supra arbores et 

 rupes liumidas crescens : Basehir ! Garhwal, i?oy?e/ Nipal, Wall.! (m 

 Herb. Hook.) Sikkim, in jugis interioribus, alt. 8000 pad. !— (Fl. 

 Aug.) {v. V.) 



Herba i-l-pedalis, radice fibrosa, caule gracili rigido, stricte erecto, petiolis elon- 

 gatis. Stipulce liberce, oblique ovales; stipellce nullse. FoHola rotundato-triloba, te- 

 nuia, membranacea, padlide viridia, glaberrima. Flores albi. Sepala elliptica, nervosa. 

 Filamenta filiformia ; antherce brevissime apiculatse. Achenia longe rostrata, rostro 

 achenium aiquante, apice bamato. 



A curious little plant, remarkable for its very rigid habit and psendo-parasitic 

 mode of growth. It is more nearly allied to T. glypTiocarpum than, to any other 

 species, but is easily distinguished by its smaller size and the very long beak of the 

 achenium. 



10. T. glyphocarpum (W. et A.! Prod. i. 3); foliis ternatim de- 

 compositis, panicula terminali pauciflora, filamentis clavatis, acheniis 

 8-15 oblongis brevissime pedicellatis valide costatis rostro brevi un- 

 cinato apioulatis. — Wight, Ic. t. 48. 



Hab. Per totam Indiam temperatam in sylvis densis et dumetis ; 

 in Plimalaya a Simla, 6-8000 ped.! et Kumaon ! usque ad Sikkim in 

 jugis interioribus, 9-13,000 ped. ! (sed nondum e Nipalia allatum) ; 

 Khasia, alt. 5-6000 ped.! in monte Parasnath, prov. Behar, alt. 

 4000 ped.! ; in montibus altioribus Peniusulae et Zeylanise ! — (PI. Jul. 

 Sept.) {v. V.) 



Herba erecta, bipedalis et ultra, radice fibrosa. Stipula petiolo adhserentes, reui- 

 formes, membranacea:, fimbriatfe ; stipella nullas. Foliola |— l-uncialia, glaberrima, 

 membranacea vel coriacea, rotundata, obtuse crenato-lobata vel triloba. Panicula 

 divaricato-ramosa, ramis strictis subracemosis, Jntherce muticse. 



There are specimens of this species in the Hookerian Herbarium, from Java, col- 

 lected by Mr. Lobb, so that possibly T. Javanicum, Blume, may be the same. The 

 character given in the Bijdragen is, however, quite iusutficient to determine whether 

 this conjecture be well founded or the contrary ; and in any case we think the name 

 given by Wight and Amott, who have well characterized the species, ought to be 

 retained. 



11. T. foliolosum (DC. Syst. i. 175, Prod. i. 12); polygamo- 

 dioicum, foliis supradeoompositis, panicula ramosissima aphylla, bracteis 

 minutis, acheniis paucis ovali-oblongis utrinque acutis argute costatis. 

 —Bon, Prod. 192; Royle! III. 51. 



Hab. In Himalaya temperata ubique ; oocidentem versus in jugis 

 exterioribus (5-8000), in Sikkim in interioribus tantum; et in mon- 

 tibus Khasia in umbrosis, alt. 4-6000 ped. ! — (Fl. Aug. Sept.) (p. v.) 



Erecta, ramosa, 3-8-pedalis. Folia maxima, saipe pedalia et ultra ; foliola nu- 

 merosissima, parva, ovalia, inciso-lobata, maxima vix pollicaria, plerumque multo 

 minora. Petioli basi auriculati. Stipellce nuUEC. Sepala oblonga, obtusa, 5-7 -uer- 

 via, pallide viridia vel fusco-purpurea. Stamina uumerosa ; filamenta filiformia ; an- 

 thers mucronataB. Achenia 5-7. 



The Khasia plant is very luxuriant, and generally very large-leaved. 



13. T. minus (L.) ; foliis decomposite pinnatis, segmentis varie 

 lobatis, panicula ramosa ampla, acheniis paucis oblongis vel ovalibus 



