TroUius.] FLORA indica. 41 



1. C. palmata (H.f. et T.). 



Hab. In graminosis Sikkira, alt. 10,000 ped.!— (PI. Jun.) {v. v.) 



Herha erecta, 1^2-pedaKs, simplex vel parce ramosa, glabra. Tolia diam. 2-4- 

 poU., longe petiolata ; radicalia cito marcescentia ; caiJina supeme numerosa, palmatim 

 trisecta, segmentis basi cuneatia, profuade trilobis, lobis argute incisis; auriculae 

 stipukres membranaceBe dilatatae, petiolo adhserentes, poUicares. Ilores terminales, 

 solitarii, aurei, diam. fere bipollicares. Fructus iguotus. 



12. TROLLIUS, L. 



Sepala 5 vel pluva, regularia, colorata. Petala 5 vel plura, ungui- 

 culata, lamina plana, basi fovea nectarifera impressa. Folliculi 5 vel 

 plures. — HerbsB erecta, perennes, floribus^acw. 



A very small genus, containing a few variable species, aU natives of the north tem- 

 perate or arctic zone. In the polysepalous species the flower has a globose shape, 

 and is very difiereut in appearance from that of the species which have only five 

 sepals. 



1. T. pumilus (Son, Prod. 195); caule subnudo unifioro, foliis 

 eoriaceis aristato-dentatis, petalis longiuscule unguioulatis. 



Hab. In Himalayse interioris alpibus: Kumaon, alt. 14,000 ped., 

 Str. et Wint., No. 2! Nipal, Wall, ex Bon. Sikkim, alt. 15-17,000 

 ped.!— (El. Jun. Jul.) {v. v.) 



CauUs basi fibrilHs iuvolutus. Folia radicalia longe petiolata, glabra, fere rotundata, 

 1-2-poIlicaria, rigide coriacea, palmatim 5 -partita, segmentis cuueato-obovatis acutis 

 trilobis argute dentatis vel incisis. Sctq)i erecti vel adscendentes, nudi vel 1-3- 

 foliati, spithamsei pcdalesve. Flores l-lJ-polHcares. Sepala 5-6, rotundata, apice 

 erosa. Petala 10-12, filamentis iequilonga, ungue cylindrico, lamina cuneato-ob- 

 louga obtusa apice incrassata 3-nervi, basi foveolata et saccata. Folliculi 5 vel plures, 

 late oblongi, transverse nervosi, stylo abrupte rostrato. 



2. T. acatdis (Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 1842, Misc. 56 ; lb. 1843. t. 

 32); caule humiK superne folioso, foliis 5-partitis argute incisis, pe- 

 talis anguste cuneatis, ovariis subulatis. — T. pumilus, Royle! III. 54. 



Hab. In Himalayas occidentalis interioris alpibus, alt. 11-13,000 

 ped. : Kishtwar ! Kumaon, Str. et Wint. No. 1 ! — (H. Jun.) {v. v.) 



Radix fibrosa. Canlis 2-8-pollicaris, erectus, foUosus, basi squamis apice inter- 

 dum folium parvum gerentibus involutus. Squama membranaceas, nervosa:, acutsc, 

 extus fibris plurimis (reliquiis squamarum anni prseteriti) circumdatas. Folia i-adi- 

 calia interdum serotina circumscriptione orbicularia palmatim 5 -partita, segmentis 

 oblongo-lanceolatis argute incisis ; caulina breviter petiolata, petioU basi stipulis 

 magnis tenuissime membranaceis auriculati. Flores magni, bipollicares. Sepala 7, 

 late ovalia, obtusa, pollicaria, aurea. Petala 14, 3 lineas longa, staminibus pauUo 

 breviora, uugue brevissimo, lamina lineari- vel cuneato-oblonga, obtusa, basi foveolata. 

 Ovaria elongata, in stylum longum subrecurvum angustata. 



Dr. Eoyle, who obtained this plant from the mountains south of Kashmir, con- 

 sidered it to be the same as the species previously described by Don, but the cha- 

 racter given in the Prod. PI. Nep. applies evidently to our first species. T. acaulis 

 is very near T. Americanus, though apparently quite distinct in the shape of its 

 ovaries, which are narrow, and taper into the long subulate style, but in T. Ame- 

 ricanus are much shorter and truncate. The latter is also in general a much taller 

 plant, but some small states of it very much resemble in appearance T. acaulis. 



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