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basi late cuneato, lobo medio breviter oblongo v. cuneato-obovato, 

 folio caulino infimo basilaribus saepius subconformi, superioribus 

 subsessilibus trifoliolatis trisectisve saepe profunde incisis, floribus 

 azureis v. dilute caeruleis v. lilacino-purpureis, sepalis 27-34 mm. 

 longis, petalorum lamina apice rotundato-truncata v. obtusa 13-15 

 mm. longa, calcaribus hamato-incurvis quam lamina 3-10 milli- 

 metris longioribus, staminibus laminam J -3 mm. superantibus, 

 stylis apice i^ecurvis v. rectis. — Alpes, Transsilvania. 



Sunt in berbariis indicis exemplaria in Gilgit et Kunawar lecta 

 quae sunt valde similia A. nigricanti ; sed calcaria sunt paullo 

 minus incurva et laminam 1-3 millimetris tantum superant ; revera 

 formae A. Moorcrof tianae' Wall. 



Descriptio subspeciei. 



Rhizoma descendens fusiforme irregulariter cylindricum interdum pluriceps, 

 cortice nigra v. brunnea, collo petalorum reliquiis vestitum et 5-20 mm. crassitudine, 

 caules 1-3 edens. Caulis erectus superne ramosus raro simplex teres v. obscure 

 angulatus laevis v. leviter sulcatus florifer 25-120 cm. altitudine, sparse foliosus in- 

 terdum subnudus, aut totus pilis crispulis v. patentissimis plus minus glandulosis 

 obsitus aut basim versus glabrescens, nunc sine viscositate nunc insigniter viscosus. 

 Folia basilaria conferta longissime petiolata caule florifero manifesto breviora 

 (8-) 20-35 cm. longa ; petiolus basi in vaginam lanceolatam membranaceam 7-30 

 mm. longam et pro ratione petioli brevem convergentim plurinerviam dilatatus 

 supra canaliculars 5-30 mm. longus, 1-3 mm. crassitudine, glaber v. puberulus v. 

 glanduloso-hirtus ; lamina biternata, rarius ternata atque foliolis trisectis v. tri- 

 partitis ; petioli primarii tenuiter sulcati v. esulci, canaliculati, terminalis (1-) 

 4-9 cm. longus, 0*8-1 "5 mm. crassitudine, laterales |—£ terminalis longitudine ; 

 foliola membranacea interdum textura firmiore vmdia infra pallidiora v. glauca 

 tenuiter nervosa supra glabra v. puberula infra glabra v. puberula v. dense pubes- 

 centia ; terminale longiuscule petiolulatum rarius sessile circumscriptione breviter 

 cuneato-obovatum v. subrhombeum v. reniforme basi obtusa v. rarius acuta late v. 

 subanguste cuneatum v. subrotundatum, (10-) 15-50 mm. longum latitudinis f~f 

 longitudinis, ad quartam v. tertiam partem palmatim trilobum v. ad medium v. ad 

 tres partes tripartitum raro (in ternatis) trisectum, lobo medio cuneate lateque 

 obovato v. rotundo v. breviter lineari-oblongo apice grosse crenato, crenis tribus, 

 rarius trifido, laciniis crenisve apice obtusis v. retusis integerrimis v. paucicrenu- 

 latis ; lobis lateralibus breviter oblongis v. oblique ovatis obovatisve inaequaliter 

 bifidis v. bilobulatis v. grosse crenatis ; foliola lateralia oblique abovata v. rotun- 

 dato-trapezoidea breviter petiolulata v. sessilia inaequaliter biloba v. bipartita, lobo 

 interno bi v. trilobulato v. fisso, externo semel crenato-inciso crenatove lobis crenisve 

 crenulatis v. integerrimis. 



Folia caulina inferiora, si adsunt, pauca basilaribus subconformia sed brevius 

 petiolata, superiorum petioli brevissimi saepe ad vaginam brevem reducti folia 

 summa saepe trifoliolata v. ti'isecta foliolis mediocribus v. parvis saepe ovato- 

 oblongis v. lanceolatis integerrimis v. jjarce incisis ; folia peduncularia, si adsunt 

 bracteiforrnia parva lanceolata. Inflorescentia rarius uninora saeiiissime racemosa 



