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10. C. elegans (Wall. Cat. 1435 !) ; caule debili, foliis radicalibua 

 longe petiolatis irregulariter ternati- v. pinnatisectis, pinnuKs paucis 

 petiolulatis amplis lobatis, scapo aphyllo v. 1-foIiato, racemo 6-8-floro, 

 bracteis late obovato-lanceolatis acuminatis, floribus (in' genere maximis) 

 calcare obtuso, petalo superiore cucuUato dorso late alato, ala secus 

 calcar producta. 



Hab. In Himalaya occidentali alpina : 'K.\xm&ox\, Blinkworth ! alt. 

 13,500 ped., Str. et fFint. /—(Fl Eestate.) (v. s.) 



Radix elongataj simplex v. divisa. Folia radicalia petiolo basi vaginante grncili, 

 limbo 2-3-poUicari, 1^2 poll, lato, segmentis pinnulisve i poD. latis late obovatis 

 cuneatisve, vai'ie grosse lobatis, lobulis obtusis mucronatisve. Scafus foliis sequi- 

 Icngus, plerumque nudus. Racemus 1-2-polliearis. Bracteee magnse, pedicellis lon- 

 giores brevioresve. Mores pollicares, ob alam latam petalorum latiores quam in con- 

 generibus. Sepala late ovata. Petala lata, subacuta, dorso apice late alata. Siliqua 

 immatura stylo brevior. 



Tbe large broad leaflets of this plant resemble those of C. Marschalliana and C. 

 paoniafoHa. The flowers are the largest of any species known to- us. Our speci- 

 mens are not very good, and the species may possibly be more properly referable to 

 the section including C. ndcefolia. 



11. C. Govaniana (Wall. Tent. ]?1. Nep. 55) ; radice crassa bi- 

 tricipite, foliis radicalibus plurimis longe petiolatis decomposite pinna- 

 tisectis glaucis segmentis cuneato-lanceolatis acutis, scapo nudo v. pau- 

 cifoliato, racemo dense multifloro, floribus bracteis foliaceis obcuneatis 

 laceris occlusis.— ^aZ/. Cat. 1431 ! anRoyle, III. 69. 1. 15./. 3 {mala)? 



Hab. In Himalaya occidentali temperata, alt. 8-12,000 ped.. a Ku- 

 maon, Govan! ad Kashmir! — (PI. Jun.) {v. v.) 



Herba robnsta, palmaris v. bipedalis, ereetus, carnosus, crassus, glaucos. Radix 

 fusiformis, crassitie pollicis, apice vaginis subrigidis nitidis foliorum vStustorum or- 

 nata. Folia radicalia scapo Eequilonga v. breviora, petiolo elougato, lamina pinna- 

 tim decomposita, in pionulas plurimas lobatas latitudine varias secta. Scapus cras- 

 sus, aphyllus, v. basi seu medio 1-2-foliatus, fohis interdum oppositis. Racemus 2-6- 

 pollicaris. Bractea glaucEe, foliacese, late cuneatte v. cuneato-lanceolatae, apico la- 

 certe v. varie sectse. Pedicelli bracteis breviores. Flores pollicares, lutei. Calcar 

 curvum, flore longius. Petala exteriora cucullata. Sepala squamseformia. Siliqua 

 immatura obovato- v. lineari-lanceolata v. elliptica, stylo loiigior, -^-f-pollicaris. Se- 

 mina splendentia, ariUo parvo lobato. 



A handsome species, very variable in stature and in the size of all its parts, espe- 

 cially of the bracts ; it has been compared with the Siberian C. nohilis and C. hrac- 

 teata, from the former of which it differs in the flowering stem being more of a 

 scape, with no cauline leaves, or few and small ones, and in the winged outer petals 

 and narrower spur. C bracteata, again, belongs to the same section as C. rutce- 

 folia, and has no near affinity with this. 



12. C. Tibetica (H.f. et T.) ; humilis, glauca, carnosula, foliis 

 plurimis decomposite pinnatisectis, petiolo subscarioso vaginante, pinnis 

 petiolulatis varie sectis, pinnulis acutis obtusisve, scapo rarissime diviso 

 l-phyllo, racemo terminali 3-5-floro, bracteis integris lobatis pinnati- 

 fidisve, calcare subrecto flore sequilongo, petalis exterioribus apice cu- 

 cullatis acutis carinatis alatisve. 



Hab. In Himalaya Tibetica occidentali alpina, alt. 14-17,000 ped.. 



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