848 Notes on the Drugs called Mishme Teeta and Pucha Pat. [April 



Copt is Teeta, foliis trisectis, segmentis petiolatis* lobato-pinnatifidis^ 

 lobis incisis acutissime setaceo-serratis ; scapo paucifloro, bracteis 

 foliaceis line-ari tripartitis. 



Radix subcarnosa, multiceps, fibrillosa, intus luteo-aurea. Surculus 



? Folia erecta, glabra, longe petiolata, texturd. firm a et 



rigidiusculd, habituque frondem filicis cujusdem dorsiferse referentia ; 

 circumscriptione ovato-cordata, attenuato-acuminata, quadripollicaria ; 

 segmenta petiolo partiali \ pollicari sufFulta* lateralia semi-cordato- 

 ovata, extus fere bipartita, pollices duos longa; intermedium duplo 

 majus, paullo longius petiolatum, attenuatum in acumen, basi cuneat&i 

 subdecurrente : omnia inciso-pinnatifida, lobis obtusis, serraturis 

 latiu.sculis seta terminatis, reticulata, nervis supra puberulis, venis ex- 

 timis curvato-fureatis. Petiolus gracilis, longitudine circiter folii, basi 

 dilatatus. Scapus teres* erectus, tenuis, striatulus, folia longitudine 

 eequans, apice gerens flores paucos (vix ultra tres) parvos, alternos, 

 pedunculatos. Sepala oblongo-lanceolata, attenuate, acuta, albida, 

 parallele venulosa, glabra, unguem longa, fugacissima. Petala lineari- 

 ligulata, obtusa sepalis triplo breviora, planiuscula (?) Stamina pistilla- 

 -que plura; anthers planorotundatee, albidse. Carpella immatura 

 membranacea, 3-5-ovulata, breve stipitata* stylo terminata carnoso 

 subcylindrico, ssquante, adscendente-recurvato, intus (stignlate) sca- 

 brido. Bractea sub singulo pedunculo foliacea, angusto-linearis, ser- 

 raturis setaceis marginata, infima tripartita. Pedunculi fructiferi 

 elongati. 



Copiis belongs to the subdivision of Ranunculaceee, called Helle- 

 bores. It consists of three species : namely, C. Teeta, and the two 

 following. 



C. trifolia, Salisb. in Linn. Trans, vol. viii. p. 305 ; Bigelow, Amer» 

 Med. Botany, vol. i. p. 60, t. 5; Decand. Syst. Veg. vol. i. p. 322 et 

 Prodr. vol. i. p. 47 ; Lodd. Bot. Cab. 2. n. 173. Helleborus trifolins, 

 Linn. Amoen. Acad. vol. ii. p. 355. tab. 4, fig. 18. Anemone Groenlandica, 

 Mull. Flor. Dan. vol. vi. p. 5. tab. 166. 



This is a native of the most northern parts of Europe and of North 

 America, and is quite distinct from our plant by its rounded obovate 

 leaflets. 



C. asplenifolia, Salisb. loc. cit. p. 305 ; Pursh. Flor. Boreal. Amer. 

 vol. ii. p. 39; Decand. locis cit. ; Smith in Cyclop. Rees, vol. xix. ad 

 calcem vocis Isopyri, quo teste Thalictrum japonicum, Thunb. in Act. 

 Soc. Linn. vol. ii. p. 337, et DidynamistaSalvim similis, Ejusd. Flon 

 Japon. p. 364, num. 43 (inter plantas obscuras) hue pertinent. 



A native of the west coast of North America, where it was found by 

 my venerable friend Mr* Archibald Menzies, who is* I believe the only- 

 survivor of the party that accompanied Captain Vancouver in his 

 voyage round the world* It has also been found in Japan, according 



