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var. 7). afghanica P. P., 



caule 10-30 cm. altitudine 1—4 (-6)-floro usque a basi villoso- 

 pubescenti plus minus glauduloso, petiolo petiolulisque plus minus 

 villosis, foliis basilaribus biternatis, foliolulis textura finuiore sae- 

 pissime manifesto petiolulatis glabris v. puberulis nee glaucis inter- 

 medio plus minus profunde trilobo lobis parce crenatis crenis rotun- 

 datis rarius breviter oblongis, foliis caulinis variis interdum subcon- 

 spieuis, sepalis 18-28 mm. longis, lamina petalorum truncata, calcai-e 

 lamina longiore subulato recto v. subincurvo, staminibus petala 1—4 

 mm. superantibus, carpellis 5. Floret ab Iunio ad Aug. 



Afghania orientalis ; in valle Kurrum. — in monte Sikaram 

 10-14000 ped. (Aquilegia nov. sp. Aitch.). Calcaribus exceptis, 

 valde similis Aquilegiae Bertolonii. 



var. 6. subaphylla P. B., 



caule 25-35 cm. altitudine simplici v. superne parce ramoso a 

 basi usque, uti petioli petioluli pedunculi, glanduloso-birto, foliorum 

 basilarium biternatorum lamina 2"5-5 cm. longa, foliolis parvulis 

 breviter petiolulatis textura subcaimosa glabris v. puberulis terminali 

 reniformi trilobo 12-18 mm. lato, lobis parce crenatis, foliis caulinis 

 inferioribus 1 v. 2 ternatis v. subbiternatis, sepalis circiter 2 cm. 

 longis, petalorum lamina rotundato-truncata, calcare subulato recto 

 lamina longiore, staminibus limbum pet. 2-5 mm. superantibus. 



In valle Spiti, versus iugum Ringun 13-14000 ped. (Scz. /), prope 

 Tbissigaong J 5-16000 ped. (Scz. !). 



Descriptio subspeciei. 



Rhizoma descendens v. liorizontale crasse fusiforme v. cylindricum, interdum 

 pluriceps, nigricans, collo vaginis foliorum fusorum vestitum, caules 1-3 edens. 



Caulis erectus v. ascendens rai'issime simplex saepissime superne jalus minus 

 ramosus, teres, sulcatus, altitudine 10-80 cm, basi l'5-4 mm. crassitudine, conspicue 

 foliosus raro subnudus, puberulus v. glabrescens aut a basi villoso-pubescens v. 

 glanduloso-liirtus. 



Folia basilaria longissime petiolata caule florifero breviora 5-12-35 cm. longa; 

 petiolus basi in vaginam lanceolatam membranaceam 15-30 mm. longam conver- 

 gentim nervosam dilatatus, canaliculatus 3-20 cm. longus crassitudine 1-2 mm., 

 hirtus v. puberulus ; lamina biternata raro ternata, interdum triternata ; petioluli 

 primarii tenues puberuH v. pubescentes v. glanduloso-liirti, terminalis 2-S cm. 

 longus 0-8-1-5 mm. crassitudine, laterales f-* terminalis longitudine ; foliola mar- 

 gine approximata v. sese obtegentia, membranacea raro subcarnosa, supra glauca v. 

 viridia infra pallidiora saepius glauca, glabra v. puberula v. densiuscule pubescenria, 

 tenuiter nervosa ; terminale circumscr^tione late obovatum v. obovato-cuneatum v. 

 suborbiculare v. semiorbiculare v. reniforme, longe v. breviter petiolulatum, basi 

 late cuneata obtusum v. truncatum v. subcordatum, 9-50 mm longum latitudine |-f 

 lont'itudinis, fere ad medium trilobum v. ad basim uscpie trisectum v. rarius tri- 



