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1.— ISOPYRUM GRANDIFLORUM Fisch. THE LARGE-FLOWERED ISOPYRUM. 
Kngrating. — Oxivfig. 6 in Plate 7. I wedge-shaped; tlirce-toothcd at the apex, or divided into three linear- 
Specikic Charactek. — Capsules five; leaves biternate, leaflets | oblong lobes. Petals cmaigiiiate ; sub-iubular at the base. 
Description, &c. — This pretty little plant grows in tufts on several of the mountains in Nepaul, where it 
flowers in July. The stem is extremely short, and it divides just above the ground into several short branches ; 
the stem and branches being both hidden by a mass of the dry petioles of former years, which have the appearance 
of a cluster of dry brown bracts. The leaves are in threes, each leaflet being again divided into tlireo smaller 
ones. The flowers have five white sepals, and five small petals, which are notched at the tip, and somewhat 
tubular at the base. The stamens are numerous, and there are five oblong ovaries, which are five or six-seeded. 
Professor Royle tells us that the flowers are sometimes four times as large as those represented in Plate 7- The 
species is quite hardy in British gardens, and it will thrive in any light garden soil. It is increased by dividing 
the roots. It was introduced in 1804 ; and though it is seldom met with, it is well deserving of cultivation. 
2.— ISOPYRUM MICROPHYLLUM Royle. THE SMALL-LEAVED ISOPYRUM. 
Specific Character. — Capsules five. Leaves ternate. Leaflets 
very finely cut into numerous segments, which are somewhat wedge- 
shaped at the base, and trifid at the apex. Petals emarginate. Sepals 
oblong-ovate. 
Description, &c. — " The root of this species," says Dr. Royle, " is perennial, long, cylindrical, and stem-like, 
insinuating itself between the crevices of the rocks : at the apex it divides, like the former species, into several 
little tufts of leaves, from the centre of which rises the very simple stem, and single-flowered scape. The petioles 
are long, dilated, membranous, or as if winged at the base ; and the leaves are most delicately divided, being 
supradecompound, with ternate subdivisions." {Royle, Illust. Bot. of the Himalayas.') The species is very pretty, 
and very well adapted for rock-work. It will grow in any light soil, but it prefers one that is poor and stony. 
3.— ISOPYRUM THALICTROIDES Lin. THE THALICTRUM-LIKE ISOPYRUM. 
Synonymes. — I. aquilegioides Jacq. ; I. thalictiifoUum Sal. ; 
Hellcborus thalictroides Lam. 
Specific Character. — Capsules from one to three, ovate, some- 
what compressed, awned with the elongated styles. Sepals blunt. 
Root creeping, fascicled, giumose. Leaf-stalks dilated at the base into 
membranous auricles. 
Description, &c. — The flowers of this species are small and white, and the leaves much longer than those of 
the other kinds. It is a native of the Pyrenees, the Apennines, and other mountains in central Europe. It 
was introduced in 1759, and will grow in any common garden soil, but it is not worth cultivating. 
GENUS XIV. 
AQUILEGIA Tourn. THE COLUMBINE. 
Lin. Syst. POLYANDRIA POLYGYNIA. 
callous at the apex, and protruding between the sepals. Capsules 
five, erect, many-seeded, pointed with the styles. (G. Don.) 
Generic Character. — Calyx of five-coloured, petal-like, deciduous 
sepals. Petals five, gaping above, two-lipped, outer lip largo, flat ; 
inner lip very small, each petal drawn out into a hollow spur, which is 
Description, &c. — The Columbine is so common a flower, that few people notice the pecuHarities of its 
construction. The sepals and petals appear of equal importance, and certainly of equal beauty ; but yet they 
