N. O. RANCNCO LAOEiE. 
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from the sinus to the tip. 2-6 cm. across, 5-7-palmati-partite 
to ®-8 in the inner, to f or less in the outer incisions, divisions 
broadly ovate-cuneate, 3- or (the outermost) 2-lobed to or 
beyond the middle, lobes narrow, sparingly crenate or inciso- 
crenate, crenae subobtuse, calloso-apiculate ; cauline blades 
similar to the lower, but smaller, less divided, with narrower 
and longer lobes and more pubescent. Inflorescence a shor 
(up to 8-9 cm.), few-flowered, usually loose raceme, or with a few 
slender, few-flowered, additional branches from the uppermost 
of the much reduced leaves, crispo-pubescent to tomentose ; 
lowest bracts 5-3-partite, very narrow divisions, or like the 
upper entire, linear, as long as or longer than the pedicels, 
uppermost much reduced or suppressed ; bracteoles, if present, 
minute ; pedicels slender, lowest up to 2 cm. long, upper much 
shorter, erect in the mature state, more or less adpressed to the 
.rhachis. Sepals pale or purplish blue or white or variegated, 
with saturated veins, more or less pubescent, overlapping at the 
base only in the fully open flowers ; uppermost navicular, more 
or less beaked, obliquely erect, 12-20 mm. high, 15-25 mm. long 
(from the beak to the base), 4-7 mm. broad, obliquely clawed; 
lateral sepals oblique, broadly obovateor suborbicular, about 
15 mm. long, 10-13 mm. broad ; not or obscurely clawed, lower 
sepals deflexed, elliptic-oblong, or elliptic-obtuse, about 8 mm. 
long. Nectaries glabrous, extinguisher-shaped ; claw very 
slender, 12-15 mm. long, leaning forward in the upper part, 
hood horizontal, or more or less deflexed, saccate, very obscure, 
top often widened and gibbous in front, lip 2-lobed, lobes often 
narrow and rather long. Filaments glabrous, very rarely with 
a few minute hairs, winged to the middle, wings gradually 
alternated or running into minute teeth. Carpels usually 5 
(4 or 6), contiguous, oblong, abruptly contracted into the style, 
softly villous. Follicles contiguous or almost so, oblong, truncate 
at the top, 9-13 mm. long, softly hairy. Seeds brown, obpy- 
ramidal, 3-angled, obliquely truncate at the top, 2 5-3 mm. 
long, angles unequally winged, wings hollow, faces smooth. 
General Properties On the authority of Col. Monro, the roots 
of the Alpine form, it appears, are eaten by the hillmen of 
Kanawar as a pleasant tonic, under the name of Atees (Stapf). 
