Dicentra.] flora indica. 273 



_ a. D. Roylei_(H.f. et T.); corymbis 3-3-floris, siliquis late linea- 

 ribus, seminibus biseriatis atris nitidis, strophiolo mediocri. 



Hab. In Himalaya temperata, alt. 5-6000 ped. : Bhotan, Griffith/ 

 Sikkim ! Garhwal, Roi/le! Simla, D"" Balhousie! et in Mont. Khasia, 

 graminosis alt. 5-6000 ped.! — (11. Mai.-Jul.) (v. v.) 



Serla S-pedalis, decnmbens v. subscandens, habitu foliis floribusque priori Bimil- 

 lima, differt prsecipue corymbis pauci(2-3)flori8 non subumbellatis, sepsis breviori- 

 bu3, siliqua breviore et latiore, seminibus biseriatis nitidis, strophioloque parvo. — Se- 

 pala ovato-subulata, flore multoties breviora. Petala exteriora calcare brevi lata, 

 apice brevissime acuminata, interiorum lamina late spathulato-orbiculata, basi bifida, 

 ungue capillari. Stigma lunatum. Siliqua 1-j— If poll, longa, \ poll, lata, valvis 

 planiusculis non torulosis. 



Sect. 3. Dactylicapnos. — Siliqua ovata, elliptica v. oblonga ; semi- 

 nibus utrinque biseriatis perplurimis ; valvis carnosis membra- 

 naceisve. — Dactylicapnos, Wall. Tent. M. Nep. 51. 



3. D. scandens (Walp. Eep. i. 118) ; racemis sub-lO-floris longe 

 pedunculatis, sepalis subulatis v. triangulari-ovatis, siliquis ellipticis, 

 valvis membranaoeis, seminibus basi leevibus ambitu granulatis. — Di- 

 clytra scandens, Don, Prod. 198. Macrocapnos, Royle in Lindl. Inlrod. 

 Nat. Ord. ed. ii. 489. 



Hab. In Himalaya temperata, alt. 5-6000 ped.: Nipal, Wallich! 

 Kumaon, Str. et Wint.! Garhwal, Edgeworth. — (Fl. sestate.) {v. s.) 



Herha tenella, alte scandens, caule tenui flexuoso angulato. Folia alterna, 3-6 

 poU. louga, ab ima basi tripinnatisecta, pinnis primariis longe gracile petiolulatis, 

 forma et magnitudine variis, plerumque pollicaribus, late ovatis, obtusis apicnlatis 

 acutisve, subtus glaucis. Pedunculi interdum ramosi et foliosi, plerumque simplices, 

 graciles, 3-pollicares, apice racemosi floriferi. Braetete paryse, subulatae. Pedicelli 

 inferiores 4-pollicares, flliformes. Wares immaturi tantum dissecti. Siliqua poUi- 

 caris, \ poll, lata, anguste elliptica v. elliptico-ovata, in stylum validum J-poUicarem 

 anguatata. Valves subconcavas, membranacese. Semina atra, subnitida. 



Tliis is tbe plant mentioned by Royle (lU. 68), wbicb he says so closely resembles 

 S. thalietrifolia in all respects but tbe pod as to be otherwise undistiuguishable, add- 

 ing that Wallich's specimens of tbe two are confounded in the Linnsean Herbarium. 

 We have adopted Don's name for it, rather than propose a new one, though Don's 

 character is whoUy insufficient, and applies equally to both. Eoyle's character of 

 the five-winged stem we are unable to verify. Our doubts as to the validity of the 

 character drawn from the pods are expressed under the following species. 



4. D. thalietrifolia (H.f. et T.) ; siliqua ovato-oblonga v. late 

 elliptica, valvis carnosis, seminibus basi granulatis ambitu tubercula- 

 tis V. asperis. — ^Dactylicapnos thalietrifolia. Wall. Tent.hl. t. 39, Gat. 

 1426 ! ; Sweet, Brit. Fl. Gard. ser. ii. <. 137. 



Variat conspicue forma et magnitudine pinnularum et sepalorum, valvis 

 siliciuEe carnosis v. submembranaceis, seminibus granulatis asperisve. 



Hab. In Himalaya temperata centrali et orientali, alt. 4-8000 ped.i 

 Bhotan, Griffith ! Sikkim, umbrosis ! Nipal, Wallich I et in mont. Kha- 

 sia, alt. 5000 ped.!— (M. Sept.) (y.v) 



Priori similUma, et verosimiliter non distincta. Forma major locis depressis oc- 

 currit, pinnulis amplis 2-pollicaribus basi cordatis, floribus pollicaribus et siliqua valde 

 caruosa • locis editioribus humilis et omnibus partibus minor evadit. Petala exte- 



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