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pallidiora, aut utrinque glabra aut supra glabra et infra ad nervos praecipue et 

 prope basim pilosula ; termiuale sessile v. breviter petiolulatum, rarius subrhom- 

 beum v. obovato-cuneatum saepissirne late obtriangulare v. renifonne, aut basi 

 obtusa late cuneatum aut obscure cordatum, vix ad tertiam partem v. ad medium 

 usque regulariter v. irregulariter trilobum, 1—3 (-4) cm. longum latitudine \— § raro 

 f longitudinis, lobo medio obovato-cuneato v. breviter lineari-oblongo latitudine 

 ■§— a longitudinis apice crenis tribus regulariter v. saepius irregulariter inciso, lobis 

 lateralibus semiovatis v. saepius transverse oblongis obovatisve bilobulatis lobulis 

 inciso-crenatis ; foliola lateralia sessilia v. subsessilia asymmetrice reniformia ad 

 medium v. fere ad basim bi- v. triloba, basi latisssime cuneata v. subsemicordata, 

 lobis lobulatis et inciso-crenatis, crenis foliorum omnium mediis rotundato-sub- 

 quadratis v. transverse longitudinaliterve lineari-oblongis lateralibus breviter ob- 

 longo-ovatis, apice obtusis v. rotundatis sacpe leviter retusis ; petioluli secundarii, 

 ubi adsunt, haud raro magis pilosi quam primarii, terminalis subnullus v. 8 mm. 

 longus, laterales saepe nulli semper terminali breviores. 



Folium caulinum infimum interdum longe petiolatum basilaribus subconforme, 

 saepius folia caulina inferiora, ubi adsunt, brevissime petiolata petiolo ad vaginam 

 reducto, lamina subtrifoliolata, foliolis aut trisectis aut integris segmentis foliolisve 

 lineari-lanceolatis ; folia summa bracteiformia sessilia trisecta v. saepe lanceolato- 

 linearia raro ovato-lanceolata 5-9 mm. longa, in pedunculis lateralibus praesertim 

 haud raro duo plus minus approximate v. fere opposita. 



Florcs solitarii v. 2-3 (-5) in racemum subcorymbosum dispositi, nutantes v. erecti, 

 mediocres v. magni. Bepala Btellatim patentia, nervis tribus valde ramosis peroursa 

 late ovata v. elliptica, basi in ungucm perbrevem constricta, apice acuta v. subobtusa 

 saepe brevissime acuminata, 1G— 20— 45 mm. longa latitudine |— § longitudinis, azurea 

 v. dilute caerulca raro aurea v. sulphurea v. albida, dorso glabra v. puberula, apiculo 

 plerumque albicante v. viridi, pctala 6—22 mm superantia. Petala aut concoloria 

 caerulea purpurea albida aurea sulphurea aut discoloria calcare azureo v. dilute cae- 

 rulea ac lamina alba v. ochroleuca, dorso glabra v. puberula ; lamina aut obovato-ob- 

 longa apice rotundata raro rotundato-truncata aut elliptieo-oblonga in apicem obtu- 

 Bum attenuata, 10-27 mm. longa ; calcar late conoideum apice capitato uncinatim 

 iiHiirvum, laminae rarius subaequilongum saepius ^-f rarius ^ laminae longitudine. 

 Stamina numerosa longitudine inacqualia lamina 2-6 raro 11 millimetris breviora 

 glabra ; filamenta longiora 8-11 mm. longa, a basi vix dilatata gradatim atte- 

 nuata ; antherae oblongae 2-5-35 mm. longae muticae flavae. Parastemones 

 liiuari-lanceolati v. lineares, apice acuto apiculati, undulati 7-9 mm. longi, fila- 

 menta longiora aequantes v. iis manifesto breviores, ovaria distincte superantes 

 interdum apicem styli attingentes, apice haud raro antheris parvis globosis instructi. 

 Pistilla 6—12, erecta, supra stamina vix v. 1-3 mm. prominentia raro iis breviora, 

 8-11 mm. longa; ovaria subcylindrica, dense glanduloso-hirta ; stylus filiformis apice 

 subrectus v. circinnatim recurvus, ovario saepissirne paullo bx'evior. 



Folliculi 6-12 patuli, a basi ovoidea sensim attenuati, apice obliquo in stylum 

 persistentem attenuati, sine stylo 2-3 cm. longi, hirti saepe glandulosi. 

 Semina numerosa, cuncato-obovoidea, ventre cariuata, saepe 3- v. 5-costata, nigra, 

 nitida. 



X. Aquilegia Moorcroftiana' Wall. (Aquilegia Moorcroftiana 

 Wall. Cat. 4713, Rojle 111. 55; Aquilegia glanca IAndl. (J840) ; A. 

 kunaovensis Comb. (1844) ; A. fragrans Bth., Baker ex parte ; Aquilegia 



