Belp/dnium.] flora indica. 49 



DisTRiB. Persia. 



Radixlignosa, descendens. CauKs ercctus, l-l-J-pedalis, fere nudus, tomento brevi 

 glanduloso denso tectus, rarius glaber. It'olia utrinque sparse pilosa, circnmscriptione 

 reiiiformia. Bractea: et bracteolse minutse, lineares. Sepala pallide purpurascentia, 

 anguste obovata, J-poUicaria, extus pilosula, posticum calcare breviore vel subscqiii- 

 longo apiee iaflato gibboso munitum. Petala posiica f poll, longa, antice obtuse 

 angulata, lamioa tenui obtuse biloba, calcare incurvo obtuso apice ampliato ; antica 

 ^-poUiearia, lamina alte biloba, utrinque dense et longe pilosa. Ovaria 3, pilosa, ra- 

 rius glabra. 



The shape of the leaves, and of the anterior petals, which are very large and co- 

 vered with long shaggy hairs, in combination with the very short pedicels, seem to 

 be the best characters of this species. The pubescence is entirely wanting in Major 

 Vicary's specimens, which are rather imperfect, with scarcely any leaves, but identical 

 in flowers with those from other localities. The spur is singularly variable, being 

 sometimes only slightly incurved, at other times doubled up, so that the apex almost 

 touches the base of the sepals. 



3. D. saniculaefolium (Boissier! Diagn. Or. vi. 6); oaule pauci- 

 foliato ramoso, foliis tripartitis segmentis cuneato-ovatis trilobis, ra- 

 cemis elongatis strictis, pedicellis flores parvos vix superantibus, calcare 

 recto sepala Bequante. 



Hab. Afghanistan, Griffith, No. 1373 ! Panjab, in montosis prope 

 Indum flumen, Fleming! — {v. s.) 

 DisTRlB. Persia! 



Sadie lignosa, elongata, descendens. Caulis erectus, glaber vel adpresse puberulus, 

 parce ramosus, ramis rigidis vimineis divaricatis. FoHa coiiacea, adpresse ciuereo- 

 puberula vel tomentosa, circnmscriptione rotundata, li-3-poU., lobis incisis ; caulina 

 trisecta. Bacemi multiflori, pedicellis flores fequantibus vel pauUo longioribus. 

 Bractene et bracteolse 1-2 lineas longse, lineares. Flores paUide cEerulescentes. Se- 

 pala vix ^ poll, longa, extus puberula, oblonga, calcare recto sequilongo. Petala pos- 

 teriora antice obliqua, obtuse augnlata, apice bidentata, calcare subulato recto ; an- 

 tica biloba, pilosa. FollicuU 3, glabri vel puberuli, inflati (in Indicis speciminibus 

 non visi). 



It is quite possible that this may be only a form of the next, from which it chiefly 

 differs in the size of the flowers, and somewhat also in aspect. Several more of 

 Boissier's species may in all probability be referred to this or to the preceding, but 

 the specimens before us are too imperfect to enable us to state decidedly to which 

 they belong ; nor are the diagnoses, which rest on very trivial characters, sufficient to 

 settle the matter. 



4. D. denudatum (Wall. Cat. 4719 !) ; caule paucifoliato ramoso, 

 foliis palmatim 5-7-partitis segmentis inoiso-lobatis, racemis divaricato- 

 ramosis laxis, floribus magnis longe pedicellatis, calcare recto sepala 

 asquante. — D. paiiciflorum, Royle! III. 55 {nix Don, Prod). 



Hab. In Himalaya oocidentali temperata in graminosis calidis : a 

 Kashmir ad Baramula, Wint.! usque ad Kumaon ! — (Fl. Apr. Jun.) 

 {v. V.) 



Caulis ereotas, glaber vel apicem versus puberulus. Folia radiealia longe petio- 

 iata, 2-6-pollicaria, 5-7-partita, segmentis ovalibus basi angustatis cuneatis inciso- 

 bipinnatifidis, lobis oblongis vel lineari-oblongis; caulina 3-5-secta, superiora ses- 

 silia, segmentis lineari-pinnatifidis linearibusve. Pedicelli lineari-bracteolati. Floret 

 ultrapoUicares, pallide csrulei. Sepala f-pollicaria, cum calcare asquilongo extus sub- 

 flavida. Petala postica obtuse calcarata, antice obliqua, obtuse angulata, apicem ver- 



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