8 t ANKALa OF EOYAL BOTASIC &AHDEN, CALCUTTA,
siibacutB, 8—11 mm, long, 3—4-3 mm. broad, at the margin ofton mieroacopMly
papillosB, Petals 7-13, { to twice as long as the sepals, with 3 repeatedly divided
iiorves (nervelets subparallel), cnneate-oborato, oblase or subrotand at the apex, 12 —
15 mm. long, 5-5 mm. broad, white, yolIowiBh near the base. Stamens 30-40,
unequal in length, filaments o! inner stamens shorter, about 3 mm. long, plane, dilated
towards the base, outer 3'7—5 mm. long., narrow-linear, scarcely widened below; anthers
equal, oblong-elliptic, blunt, about l-o mm. long, laterally dehiscing. Pollen globose.
Pistils 15-30, inserted on a short-cylindrio torus, forming a globose head; oyaries
bioonTex, margined, yentrally gently eurred, dorsally very convex, ciliate, on tho sides
pubornlous; dorsal nei-ye simple, ventral dirided a little above the bifurcation of the
basal nerve, in two branches, the right one of which, seen dorsally, is ovule-bearing, the
left one sterile; style shorter than the ovary, apex recurred, stigmatiferous on ventral
suture. Ovule hemianatropeus, inserted with a broad base, with two integuments, micropyle
directed towards the base of tho ovary. Aohenes rather numerous, sessile, gathered mto a
globose head of 1 cm. diameter, asymmotricaUy obevoid, the ventral suture being nearly
straight, the dorsal one very convex, about 5 mm. long, ventrally keeled, lugulose on the
sides, puberuleus, style hooked, much shorter than the achene pi-oper.
P m . 109. Admi. lre,:,t,U. Ft.mk, .... W cWf a . l.mp.li 2. p . f l i 3, •" « " » ' f'
R tha Bime ona-lialf of the pemarp removed; 7, pistil, derail aspect; 8, sectiou throush ovule; 9, ripe eerpel,
m" ¿.¿tudioal .~tio. thro.Bh the . .me; 11, outer epid.r™, witb i.ir ire,» rip. o.rp.I; 1!, group o£ .elereuehy,».
eella iroiu ripe carpel.
RANUSCULUS AocHERr, Bnss.
Eoot-fibres thin-cyhndric; leaves subisodiametric, trisect; segments usually petioled,
deeply cut, more rarely only lobate; longer lacimte mostly linear; fio.ers solitary or
few or formin.^ a many-flowered, often divaricate corymb; sepals spreading, persistent;
nectariferous staminodes broadobovate, subasymmetric, about 1 eni. long, persistent;
nectarial scale free, conspicuous; gyn«^c¡um ovoid; ovaries fiat, broadly semi-ovate or
semi-obovate, dorsally very convex, subabruptly attenuated into the style, glabrtjas or
more or less beset with stifflsh hairs; style hooked at the tip; achene compressed, glabrous
or somewhat hairy, smooth.
Flowers in May and June.
Distribution: Persia, Afgha
The Afgbai. sp.oim.» v.ry .«.„id.r.Mj in the thiol.», ol th. root-lib,es, iu to rektivo
W t h of style and o ^ i , - d iu th. degree of .¡¡vlaio. of the leave,. It ther.for. 1,
S a b l e to ..»ite ii. with ii. .S. .n- r , . . , Bo„, too i. »ore tbun
r f t m of A,oUn. IWog tb. I.tte, to be . good epooie, of the £,.t order beo..,, of it.
l»me»to>e e.ipel., wo .riive itt tbo ioUomg anang.ioeat.
SubspeoiL I. .ootHbres oUoag oyhndiio; leav» l„s«.t; .ogm.at.
,es»le E I ..bttoute; ov.rie, baiiy, about twice tbe l.agtb of tb. stj.l..-Blbru..
¿„b„ ™. II Ao»m> ^ir«™; »«t-fibro, tbiu-oyUodtio; leave, tr.seot, at tat tbo
. . r n t i . ! r r e : : . « t ° . t i o M . t e i luoiui. »«tly .ub.oute; ov.rio. or glub.ou,; .tyle i to + tbo
lengtii oi th,e ovary.
V^r a BUNGEASA, Bom.-, leai-segments 0DI7 lobed.—Persia. _
Var B PEitsici- leaf-Begments tripartite or trisect; flowering plant 30-50 cm. lugh; mfioreseenoa
' many-flowoied, corymbose; style usuaUy about as long as the ovary.-Soutliom
Persia {^Kviichyf).
DESCKIPTIONS OF irEW AND RARE I.VDIAN PLANTS. 85
Var. y. 8IKAaAME^^sI8, P. B.; leaf segments tripartite or triscct, often subpinnately out
flowering piant 2—12 cm. high; inflorescence 1-, more rarely 2-flowered; style
i to I tke length of the ovary. Sikoram, 12,600' [AUch!).
Subspecies III. HARIADENSIS, P. B.; root-fibres slender, oylindric or fusiform; leaves twice
t r i s e c t ; segments of tho first order long-, of the second order short-petioluled, the latter deeply cleft,
lacini® narrow-oblong, obtuse or rounded, small; ovaries broadly semi-ovate, glabrous; style about
i the length of the ovary. Karrum, oa the mountains bordering the Hariab valley 10 000'
{Colictif). Flowers in May. '
PIITB 110, (A) lianaitculas Aucheri, Boissi
iljsp. Igpicu,, Tdr. persicus. (B) B. AvoM, subsp. rar.
".pal of Ji. kariabonsii; 2, nectarial stsminodos o£ (A), (B),
nkarammsis. (C) S- Auckeri, subs p. hariabensi
(C)i S, stamen of M. kariabemis; 4, pistil a of (4), (li), (C).
RANDNCULUS APGHANICUS, AUch. et Bcmsl.
Thicker root-fibres stout-filifonn or fusiform; flowering stem 5—25 cm. hi<^h silkv
villose; basalleaves rather loDg-petioIed, blade reniform, cordate, 1-5—3 cm 'across
trilobed to about A to 1 glabrous; middle lobe cuneate-oboyate, lateral ones trapezoidal'
much broader, unequally bilobed; lobes and lobules crenate; inflorescence one-to many'
flowered; peduncles patulous or ascending; bracts trisect, segments liuear or oblanceokt«
obtuse; sepals patent, elliptic or oboyate-oblong, yillose; nectariferous staminodes about
1 cm. long, at least twice as long as the sepals and androgynoecium, broadly asymmetrically
obrmngular, hke tbe sepals persistent (always'); nectarial scale free, conspicuous, obtnangular;
filaments and anthers linear; pistils numerous, 1-5-3 mm. lon^ compressed
broadly semi-oyate; glabrous or sparsely beset with stiff hairs, dorsal ' nei-ye Httlo
remote from the margm; style about i as long as the oyary, emergiag from it rather rht^^irf:: ^^^^^ --
riowres in June.
CALATHODES PALMATA H, / . ii T.
Tbe geuu, CMo i , , b., booa reduoed by Bâillon ,nd ft.utl to th. r>„k „1 i, .
of T„„„. And iudeed. lo.g a, ge.oL ,ep„.lieu b.d to b. . J a y Z Ì 1 L'"*""""'