5 6 FLORA INDICA. [RaminculaceiB . 



met, which is dome-shaped behind, with a very broad high arched projection. The 

 petals resemble a hammer with a very short handle, 



3. A. palmatum (Don, Prod. 196); panicula pauoiflora, floribus 

 viridi-casruleis, casside convexa fornicata, petalorum ungue anguste 

 lineari inourvo apioe in cucuUura globosum ecalcaratum dilatato, folli- 

 oulis 5 erectis glabris, seminibus transversim plioato-rugosis.' — Wall. 

 Cat. 4733! Royle, III. 56. 



Hab. In Himalaya temperata : Nipal ad Gossain Than, Wall.! 

 Sikkim, in monte Tonglo, alt. 10,000 ped.! (PL Jun. Jul.)— (u. u.) 



Caulis ereetus, simplex, 2-3-pedalis, foKosus, glaber, panicula subramosa pauci- 

 flora. Folia longe petiolata, glabra, diam. 4-6-poU., circumscriptione rotundata, hasi 

 cordata, sinu latissimo, ultra medium palmatim 5-fida, lobis cuneato-ovatis grosse 

 inciso-lobatis ; fioralla similia, minora. Flores in ramis eloQgatis subsolitarxi, fere 

 poUicares. Cassis convexa, altitudine longitndinem excedente, breviter rostrata. 

 FoUimili l-li-pollicares. 



4. A. variegatum (L. Sp. 751); ramis flexuosis, racemis laxis 

 paucifloris, floribus viridescentibus vel cseruleis, casside altissime forni- 

 cata, petalorum ungue recto, calcare adsoendente reflexo, ovariis 5, semi- 

 nibus transversini plioatis. — BC. Prod. i. 59 ; Ledeb. Fl. Ross. i. 68. 



Hab. In Himalaya orientali: Sikkim in valle Lachung, alt. 9000 

 ped. !— (Fl. Sept.) {v. v.) 



DisTRiB. Europ. austr. ! Caucasus I 



Heria gracilis, debilis, ramis elongatis flexuosis imo scandentibus glabris vel ad- 

 presse pubernlis. Folia 3-4-pollicaria, profnude palmatim 5-fida vel -partita, seg- 

 mentis cuneato-ovatis inciso-dentatis ; floralia similia sed minora et altius incisa. 

 Panicula divaricato-ramosa, Flores f— 1-pollicares. Cassis antice abrupte rostrata. 

 Ooaria glabra. 



The occurrence ot a species only known as a native of Europe and western Asia in 

 the interior of Sikkim, without any known intermediate station, is very remarkable; 

 but the Sikkim specimens agree so exactly with the species to which we have referred 

 them, that the identity of the two cannot be doubted. Our specimens, however, 

 are not numerous, and are in flower only. They were all obtained in one locality, 

 and the species was not observed in any other part of Sikkim. This may, however, 

 perhaps he ascribed to its slender subscandent habit, rather than to its rarity. It 

 will probably be found to be a native of Western China, and to extend thence to 

 Eastern Siberia, where a very similar species (A. volubile. Pall.) appears to be 

 common. 



5. A. ferox (Wall, in Ser. Mus. Helv. i. 160, non Plant. As. Ear. 

 t. 41); foliis ovalibus 5-fidis, racemo terminali multifloro basi composito, 

 floribus sordide caeruleis, casside alte fornicata acute et breviter rostrata, 

 petalorum ungue incurvo-filiformi, calcare recurvo obtuso, folliculis 

 5 erectis pubescentibus, seminibus triquetris dorso transversim mem- 

 branaceo-plicatis.— DC Prod. i. 64 ; Wall. Cat. 4731, B ! C ! D ! {non 

 A, nee Plant. Asiat. Rar. ^.41 quoad iconem). A. virosum, Bon, 

 Prod. 196. 



Hab. In Himalaya interiori temperata, alt. 10-14,000 ped. . Garh- 

 wal! Kumaon! Nipal! Sikkim! (Fl. Jul. Aug.) — {v. v.) 



Caulis ereetus, 3-6~pedalis, foliosus, moUiter pubescens. Folia circumscriptione 

 ovalia, basi cordata, utrinque pubesccntia et subtus ad nen^os pilosa, rarius subglabra. 



