AquUegia.'\ FLORA indica. 43 



S. I. thalictroides (L. Sp. 783); caule folioso, foliis caulinis 

 alternis, petalis breviter stipitatis cucuUatis, ovariis 3-4. — DC. Prod. 

 i. 48 ; Led. M. Ross. i. 53. I. anetnonoides, Kar. ei Kir. Enum. PI. 

 Soong. 55 ; Led. 11. Boss. i. 735. 



Hab. In Himalaya occidentali ad portum. Gares iater Kashmir et 

 Balti, alt. 10,000 ped., Wmterhottom!—{v. s.) 



DisTRiB. Iti montibus Pyrenseis, Sabaudia, Carniolia ! Borussia ! 

 Polonia, Lithuania ! Sibiria Altaica ! 



Bhizoma horizontale, fibrillosum vel squamis vestitum. Caules 4-8-pollicares, 

 folia paullo saperantes. Folia radicalia longe petiolata, 2-3-teniata, segmento ter- 

 mlnali trilobo, laterallbus bilobia ; caulina biternata, suprema ternata vel simplicla. 

 Floras pauci, diam. i— |-poU. Sepala ovalia, obtasa. Petala stipiti filiformi in- 

 sldentia, ovaUa, cucullata, obtusa. 



Mr. Winterbottom's plant is identical with specimens of I. anemonoides of Kare- 

 lin and Kirilow ; but the characters by which these botanists distinguish that species 

 from /. Thalictroides are, we fear, not of sufficient importance. The petals in the 

 European plant vary much in shape, and those of Carniolian specimens in Herb. 

 Hook., collected by Mr. Bentham, are the same as those of the Altai plant, while 

 in others every possible degree of intermediate form may be observed. The scaly 

 elongated root is therefore the only constant distinguishing character, and that de- 

 pends in all probability on the age of the plant, or on some other accidental circum- 

 stance. 



3. I. grandiflorum (Eisch. in DC. Prod. i. 48) ; subaoaule, 

 scapis unilioris opposite bibracteolatis, ovariis 3-7. — Ledeh.M. Soss. i. 

 53 ; Wall. Oat. 9133 1 (spec, aphylla valde imperfecta) ; Boyle! III. 54. 

 t. i.f. 3. I. microphyllum, Boyle! III. 54. t. i.f. 4. Aquilegia ane- 

 monoides, Willd.; DC. Prod. i. 51 {indie. Ledeb.). 



Hab. In Himalaya occidentaK alpina et Tibetica, alt. 13-17,000 

 ped. : Dras ! Kanawer ! Hundes, Sir. et Wint. ! Garhvval 1 Kumaon ! 

 — {v. ».) 



DiSTRiB. Sibiria Altaica et Baikalensisl 



Radix perpendicularis, lignosa, fusiformis. Caules ctespitosi, infeme petiolis in- 

 duratis foliorum delapsorum basi dilatatis vagiuautibus exasperati. Folia longe pe- 

 tiolata, petiolis basi auriculato-stipulatis, 2-4-ternatiseeta, segmentis nltimis oblongis 

 vel obovalo-cuueatis obtuse incisis. Scafii aphylli, 1-4-pollicares, versus apicem 

 bracteas 2 oppositas lanceolatas vel lineares, rarius ternatisectas, basi in auriculas 

 magnas membranaccas dUatatas, gerentes. Flores diametro ultra-poUicares. Sepala 

 late ovalia, obtusa. Petala obovata vel obovato-oblonga, basi saccata, magnitudine 

 varia, obtuse bifida, retusa obtusave, trineivia. 



The amount of division of the leaves varies just as much in Siberian as it does in 

 Himalayan specimens. We have therefore reduced /. microphyllum of Royle, which 

 is not otherwise distinct. The petals ai-e always, we believe, bifid in the Siberian 

 plant; generally entire, but sometimes refuse or emarginate in the Himalayan one. 



15. AQUILEGIA, L. 



Sepala 5, regularia, oolorata. Petala 5, infundibuliformia, deorsum 

 in calcar producta. Stamina iuteriora sterOia, membranacea. Folliculi 

 5 vel pi u res. — llevhie perennes ; foliis ternatim seciis ; ^ox'ihws magnts, 

 versicoloribns. 



