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In Griffith's specimens, again, there are twin linear leaflets on opposite sides of the 

 petiole below, and solitary ones above, so that no importance can be attached to this 

 character. The appearance of twin (or binate) leaflets arises from the splitting of 

 one leaflet. Stocks' specimens show all degrees of division, from the leaflet being 

 oblique, toothed on one side, lobed, bifid and bipartite to the base. 



4. EPIMEDIUM, L. 



Sepala 4, bibracteolata. Fetala 8, sepalis biseriatim opposita, exte- 

 riora plana, interiora cucuUata v. calcarata. Stamina 4, petalis oppo- 

 sita ; antheris introrsis, valvulis a basi sursum revolutis deciduis dehi- 

 scentibus. Ovarium oblongum, ovulis plurimis juxta placentam uni- 

 lateralem adscendentibus 3-3-seriatis. Stylus lateralis ; stigmate sub- 

 capitato. Capmla siliquasformis, bivalvis, valvula altera sterili, altera 

 medio serainifera. Semina pauca; testa subcrustacea, umbilico supra 

 basin laterali, rhaphe incrassato-inflata ariilaeformi. Embryo in basi al- 

 bumiuis dense carnosi incurvus ; ootyledoiiibus brevissimis obtusis ; ra- 

 dicula umbilico parallele contigua, infera. — HerbEe habitu Thalictri, rhi- 

 zomate elongato perennante, foliis ternatis biternatiwe, foliolis dentatis 

 ciliatis, floribus oppositifoliis racemosis v. paniculatia. 



1. E. elatum (Decaisne, Ann. Sc. Nat. ser. 3. ii. 356) ; elatum, ra- 

 mosum, foliis 2-3-ternatis, foliolis oblique ovatis integerrimis dentatis 

 ciliatisque, sepalis ovato-lanceolatis acutis, filamentis ovario aequilongis, 

 ovulis 3-3. — ^Decaisne in Jacq. Voy. Bot. 9. t. 8. 



Hab. Himalaya occidentali temperata; Kashmir, alt. 6-7000 ped., 

 Jacquemont ! Banahal! Kishtwar, alt. 6-8000 ped.! — (Fl. Jun.) {v. v.) 



JJerba 2-3-pedalis, gracilis, paniculatira ramosa. Caulis teres, glauceseens. Folia 

 spithamsea et ultra, foliolis gracile petiolulatis, 1 i-2-|-pollicaribus, membranaceis, 

 acutis, obtusis retusisve. Panicula ampla, ramis panels gracillimis, piHs longis 

 apice glanduloso-incrassatis conspersa. Mores pallide flavi, i poll, diametro. Sepala 

 biserialia, ovata, concava, puberula, interiora majora. Fetala teuuissime membra- 

 nacea, interiora cucullata. Antherm lineares. Ovarium lineare, stylo elongato ; 

 Folticulus membranaceus, ^ poll, longus, stylo recto seqnilongo terminatus, 2-3- 

 spermus. Semina (immatura) elongato-reniformia, ariUo carnoso majuscule bilabiato 

 inclusa, ventre basi lata inserto. 



We regret not having ripe seeds of this fine species, the arillus or expansiou of 

 the rhaphe of which is as fleshy as that of E. alpinum, and aifords a proof of the affi- 

 nity of the Berberidea with the Papaveraceous Alliance on the one hand, and perhaps 

 with the Dilleniaeeous on the other. Decaisne points out the length of the fila- 

 ments as a good distinguishing character, to which we may add the length of the 

 ovary and the few ovules. 



5. PODOPHYLLUM, L. 



Sepala 6, caducissima. Fetala 6-9. Stamina petalis numero sequa- 

 lia V. dupla ; antheris longitudinaliter dehisoentibus. Ovarium ovatum, 

 ovulis plurimis juxta placentam latam parietalem pluriseriatis, stigmate 

 peltato subsessili margine crispato. Bacca ovata v. oblonga, carnosa. 

 Semina plurima, ascendentia; testa membranacea, umbilico basilar!. 

 Embryo basi albuminis dense camosi brevissimus, cotyledonibus semi- 



