AKNALS OF EOYAl BOTANIC GARDEN, CALCUTTA.
MONANTHA P. B.; soapps BuWeot or nscouding;, filoniler, 5 — 12 cm. long, subvOIoae;
diyiBiona of slightly balry Mnde spreading, not ovcr-lapping; blade 2—2-5 om. across;
flowers solitary; pedicel distinctly longer than the involucral leaves; sepals ohovateohlong,
cuneate, ahont 1 cm. long, white; androgyiiaecium forming a oonspicuons
globular head, stamens 30—40, pistils 40—50; filaments linear and linear-lanceolate;
ovaries elliptic-oblong, moderately compressed; style about half as long as ovary,
r e c o r v e d . - S i k H m ; on the Tankra-Lj 15,000'(ffi 0«,««. ' ) . This Tuioty is possibly
identical with Prauohet's var. ijuiinan/mu.
PLÍTE IfflB. Anemone denisia, H. f. 3 Tb, 1. s
víl/osiiei'ea \ 10, of var. fflOJialiWa ; 13,6
of var. umíelltiía ; 18, of r. villesissima ; 18, of i
r. umheUaia i i, vor. moBaníío; 8. Eoral of tar. timieifoío ; 9, uf var.
. BHitef^aia; U, of v„r. oi7/oj;ííima; 16, of var. maeraaiSai 17, pisti
r. maerantha-, 20, of var. moHanila í 31,ai;licne of var. umisffafa.
ANEMONE ELONGATA, Don.
Khiaomo woody, »tout, fusitorm. Basal leayes Tory long-petiolod with tho oetveB
little prominent, reniiotm or somicircnlar in outline, nsimlly ratlici Bhallow-cordate,
deeply tripartite or trisect, 4-13 cm. from base to tip, paler beneath, subglabrons op
more or less pnbescent, especially along the neryes; lateral segments trapeaoidal or
nnsymmetrically obovato in oatHne, often semicordate, nneqnally bipartite, outer
división bifid, inner irregularly trifid, secondary segments cuneate, and coarsely and
irrc»ularly serrate; petiole shortly sbeathing at the base, slender, 2 - 6 times the length
of the blade, subglabrous or moderately hairy. Stems erect, longer than the leayeB,
3 0 - 1 0 0 cm Ion», glabrous or somewhat pubescent, usually Tillóse at the insertion of
inyolncial leaves. Iniorescence a large, lax, sab;imbellate cyme. Involucres of the
first order usually 2-, more rarely, 3-leaTed; leaves cuneate at base, broad-cuneate, 4-14
cm long glabrous, subglabrous, or densely pubcsoent along the nerves, 3 tripartite,
middle segment trifid, lateral bifid, all serrate; involucres of second order 1-3-lenved,
leaves 3 cleft densely villous at base; involucral leaves of the third order 1-2-leaved,
2 - 3 - f i d sparsely serrate; involucral leaves i to i the size of those of ti» next higher
order Peduncles of first order 8 - 3 0 cm. long, very slender, glabrous or slightly hairy,
base usually densely villous; secondary peduncles 3 - 8 , rarely all of them simple, usually
the central one and one or two others simple, the remainder unibel-beanng, rather
uneoual in leno-th. Pedicels pretty slender, slightly pubcrulous to densely silkynubicent.
Sepals 5, obovate, 9 - 2 0 mm. long, i to | as broad, white, gkbrous. Stamens
; o - 7 0 unequal, the longest ones i to of sepals; filanientii complanate, the outermost
jarelT fiUform, linear; anthers cordate-subrotund, l-2-l'8 mm, long. Pistils 10-15,
sessiio 3-3-5 mm. long, glabrous; ovaries conipresscd to nearly fiat, ovate to oblong,
sli-htl'y oblique, narrowly or broadly margínate; style slightly tapering into the obtuse
stigmatose apex, from J to nearly i of ovary. Achenes usually only few (1-3, sometirues
6) attaining maturity, flat, elliptic or ollipticoblong, nearly symmetrical on
ateral aspect, rather narrowmarginod, about 1 cm. long, persistent style rather central,
permanent basal part short, straight er nearly so, not reflexed and nearly contiguous
to achene. Seeds and sides of achenes longitudinally nbhed.
Flowers in July.
Oarhwal, 9-10,000' near Eamri (C»Mi<-O i Kumacn, 9-10,000" :
{VMii !) ; Nipal ; Kha»;a. 5.«™'
a lorestB r Sosa, Shinko-ta
DESCKIPTIONS OP HEW AND ItARE INDIAN PLANTS. 83
F r om the form of A. pohjanOieii with compound umbels this is pretty easily distinguished by the
rarer indumentum, the less regular umbels and umbellule', the snboentral and straight persistent
style, and the distinctly ribbed seeds. A plant, in nearly every respect hbe A. elongate/, but with onesided
and recurved persistent stylo, was gathered by Maingiy in Northern China on the Shan-tung
range (3,500'). It is not referred to in Hemsley's Enumeralion. The specimens of Wallich's Anemone
eurta and Anemone g/raniifoU in the Calcutta Herbaiium are umbeUu'es of either Anemone elongata
or of the compound foim of Anemone pohjanthee. Anemone potyai ths is eompletely linked with A.
noromijlora by numerous inteimediate forms from Turkestan, Tibet, and Northern Sikkim; it must
therefore bo reduced to the rank of a subspecies of A. noreissijtora.
PLATE ICS. elongate, Don. 1, sepal, 2, s tamps, (a) outer, (i) middle, («) inner; 3, pislil, , (a) outer,
ianermost ; i. acUeues : (a) and (i) from Ehasie, (J) half of pericarp eat away to show the seed ; (s) N. W. Ein, .
aaripe ; (¿1 Mam^ay's specimen referred to ia tim tevt; (a) of A. pelyanthet var. leng!pednne«ta, P. B., Sikhtm
I / ) of A. potgenthee tjpica, Knmaonthe same, Siiiim; (i) of J. nareiiiiflora, Tyrenees. 6, A.
genaniijotia, Wail. Cat. 46113 ¡a Herb. Calo., (a-a) stameas, W) pislil; (e) pistil of A. rienlar
. eurta.
Wall. Cat. 1600 in Herb. Calc., Sgl^t, stamens aad pistil ; T, A. twularis. Wall. Cat. 4592, Nipal,
ADONIS BREVISTYLA, Franchei, var. TRICIIOCAKPA, P . B,
The plant figured on plate 109 belongs to the group of species of which A. eetrula, Moxm., A. Daridt,
Franebet, and A. Ireeidgla, Franebet, are members. The latter two nie known to the writer only froni
Franobct's lucid descriptions and the accompanying figures. Our plant differs from A. Dotiili by I h e
stem being 40—50 instead of 20—30 cm. long, b y the leaves being rather distant, the lower intemodes k ing
7 - 5 - 1 1 em. instead cf 5 - 7 cm. long, by the vagina of the lowest ' , . -
2 5—3 om. long, by the lateral branches being 10—20 cm,
instead of
leaves being considerably smaller than the
of about 5 cm. long, by the uppermost
instead of le—22 mm.) and mo
b y the petals being apparently smaller (13—15
less snlpbui^yellow instead of bluish.
The chief differences appear to be in the more slender habit of our form, in the shortness of the
sheaths of the lower leaves, and the ojlonr of the petals. From Franchet's A. bnrUgla it differs by the
leaves not being densely crowded, by th. sheath, of the upper leaves being short, by the segments of the
first order being ovate-oblong or ovate-lanceolate in outline and not ovate-deltoid, by the number of
sopah, being 5 uistead of 6 - 7 , by th. ovaries being hairy and not glabrous, and by the stylo not being very
short u, eonparison with tb, ovmy during fiowering. The afEnity to A. o„-uka, Maam. appears to
be much less oloss. The following is a detailed description cf om- pUnt.
A perennial herb, glabrous except the ovaries, 30-50 em. high when in flower
fihizome descending, snbcylindi-ic, covered at the apez with oblong ohtese scales. Stem
erect, straight or flexnose, slender, obtuse-angled, simple or oftener branched upwardleafy
from near the base, 2 - 3 mm. thick near base; branches 0-3, spreading, very
slender, leafy, often overtopping the main axis. The leaves may bo considered as sessile or
neariy so, the lower pinnie being inserted near the base, hut very small and of the appear
anceof stipules; petioles dilated into a short sheath, h.H-stem-clasping; suprabasal pinna, in
outline ovale-eblong, below bipinnatisect, lower 1 0 - 1 6 x 4 - 7 cm., uppeimost 2 - 5 cm
long; rhachis canaliculate, lower ¡iseudo-petiolos 4 - 9 , upper 3 - 7 cm. long; leaf-segment^
opposite, subopposite, or alternate; lowest primary segments (plnnie) springing from the
vagma, ovate or subrotnnd in outline, 5 - 1 8 mm. long; the others ovate-lanceolate; secondary
ones sessile oyate-ohlong and lanceolate in outline; laeini» lanceolate, mucronate incised
or quite ent^e. Inflorescence ceiitrifugah Plowers terminal on main axis and branehegreenish,
with branched nerves, elliptic-ohlong er one or the ether ohovate-oblong;