88 ANNALS OF KOi'AL BOTANIC GARDEN, CALCUTTA.
one deltoid or broadly obovate, breadth the length, nearly to | trilobod; lobes
lobulate or serrate-ereiiats, lobules difctautly or closely crenate-serrate, serratiiros
apiculate or submueroaatt?; stamiuodes 6—7 mm. long, linear, breadth about —^ tho
length. Kansu {Potanin .'); Tachienlu region [Pratt n. 676!).
Subspecies II. Pumilus kokmalis ; stem mostly bafless above the base, rarely
l__24caved; blade of basal leaves 1—3 em. long, trilobeJ beyond the middle
or nearly to the base, usually more or less overlapping upwards; middle segment in
outline broadly and often subspatulately obovate or broad-deltoid, breadth -f—^ the
length, usually trilobate or subtrifid to ^ or nearly lobes lobulate or siibinciscdly
serrate, sen-atures mostly frequent and close together, acumiuate-mucronate or nearly
aristate, rarely apiculato only; lamina of statniuodes linear-oblong, often compressedcapitate
at the apex, breadth f- of length.
Subspecies III. gerasifolids, P.B.\ stem usually 1- to 2-Ieaved; petioles of eauline
leaves conspicuously sheathing; leaves deeply 3-partite or S-sect; blade of basal leaves
1—3 cm. Ion J, segments often rather distant; middle segment oblong-elHptic or
elongate-deltoid in outline, breadth |—f the length, usually trifid bayoad the
middle; kcini« onco or tmce incised or incised-serrate; lacinnliB or serratares rather
scarce, usually lanceolate or lanceolate-linear, apiculate, entice or serrulate; basal smus
usually narrow; stamiaodes 3—t miu. long, blade obovate or obovate-oblong, breadth
i—A the length.
Subspecies II. Pumilus nobmaus.
i with numerous muoronate serrâture3 ; flowering stem
rarely with one leaf near the base.—Sikkim 15—17,001)'
5ar Kung-met (Z".'« coil. !).
to 40 cm. higli, one-flowered, leafless or
leaves as io a.—Chumbi, at Do-tlia
Far. B.
SIKKIME.VSIS P. B.; 1<
8—15 cm. high, leafless
{Sook. Jil..')Pliäti (K's coll..')-, Bhutan,
BHOTANICA. King in herb. Catc.\ stem 3C
rarely with one leaf towards the base
(AV« coll.!).
I-TJSKANENSIS, Fraiichct PI. Dd., p. 23; stem up to 50 cm
with one or two cauliue leaves; basal leaves as in a.—(Yu
EASUNCULOIDUS, Emiley pro sp. in Linn. Soc. Journ.
10—24 cm. high, leafless; lacinios of basal leaves one
, often three-flowered,
No. 202, p. 301 ; stem
or scarcely twice serrate,
seiratures apiculate, segmeuts moro or less overlapping, basal sinus closed.—Tacbiuulu
regiou (Pratt !).
V'ir. e. K.4NSUEKSIS, P. M.; stem ló—20 cm. high; one-leaved near the base; loaf-segmenls
distant, ladnits one« serrate, serratures apiculate.—Kansu (Pofauin),
Var. TANGtTTiCA, P. B.-, stem 7—10 cm. high, leafless; eegmeats more or lesa imbricate,
lobulate ; lobules rounded, ouce crenate-senate, serratures scarcely apiculate.—Tangut
region of Kansu [PrzwahlH !).
To judge from Don's deseiiption, his T. pumitaa is identical with our subspecies geranifol!in. Of
great interest in connection with the real nature of tlie so-called petals is tiie occurreuou in var. bholanica
oi undoubted 8taminod..s. consistiug: of filaments of varying Icnstiis and an ellipsoidal empty tormiu.,1
pouch; the nunibur of so-called petals is then reduced to ihi'eo or four (seo fig. 5(1). Tbi-i proves
conclusively that rrantl's opinion that the nectariferoui pelali in TroUcas aud other genera oi
RanunculaceiD are really modified stamens, is corrcot. In sabsp. ¡/'ninifuUH ospooially tho sepab aro
vei-y often per^istciit and moroosoout (iOJ 6), whiUt in T. acnilU tliey ara usually caducous; bat
DESCRIPnONS OF NEW AND RARE INDIAN PLANTS.
pTen in this form persistent sepals are here and there met with, which shows 1
character is as a gencric, or oven specific, mark.
^v'oie—Erase (he Bgure 5 beneath the pistil i
and change the second letter e into 1.
irked k, mnrk the pistilin the lower right c(
89
' worthless this
• »ith the letter m.
Plate 113. T,-olUus ptimlus, Don. rar. peraniroHus. 2, leaves of (a) T. pumilus rnr. s!kkim<.-nsis. Siklim ; (S)
ditto from Bhutan; (c) rar. (rf) w . tangulica-, (e) yar. vai^uncuhuk^, Tacbienlu region ; ( / ) T. qcranifoUu,
Tar. «.«^„ricii, Sikkim; {g) dilto, large-leaved form; (i) subsp. ancm^mfotins, Taohioclu region. R. sepals o£ ye
ranifoU,^.^ 4. staminode, stamen, and pistil of T. •pumilus nkUwnsis; 6. staminodes oi (a) subspecies vormali,
; (r) subspecies geram/cliui. Chambi; rar. hhotanica, Cimmbi; (e) subspecies anc,nr,>,iMi,„ Ta
chicnlu; (/) subspecies nor^ll, ranuncMJes 6, head of follicles of subsp. Seeds 7, (.) of T. pumilu.
(« - r . p e seed of T. ; („) ripe seed of T. , 8. stamens aad s.amin d s of (f)
t ' Mountain ; (c)
l ^ s (i) r. aca„l^, Kan^p.nsra; (,) dilto. Etmaon; (/) ditto. Chamba; di.to Boran pass- ;/) r
Turcz = T Dahuna; (i) T. Bge, Hi, (i) Z Germany; ,/) T.
Siberia W J« - - locaUt^; („, ditto. Siberhi. („, T . a l J J L u i 9 p i S
of (a} T. laxu,. G.lgit; (i) T. amencanus. N. America; («) T. Iuxh,, Dahuria; (d) T laxu, rnr ^/L
llocky Mountains; T araulU N.-W. H™.; C^, T. lilacinu.. ige. - U T rn f ,
G o p n s Te e t a . Wall.
M e d i l i .-i" p i i n •" ' - " f " ' ' I- » . . . . ! ™ of Ih,
Med.» Ph),.c.I S„..t,. ,f C.1.U«. („1. T i n , . W.Ilich c.Ih tie c.rp.l, "bre™ .lipital.,"'„t
. W .. 1„„B .. H, foMc, .. „ea from fig. 1. Ti, sp.dme., £g„ed on phle 114
g ™ „ Jlr. M„„.s g ^ e . i. Shillong. Th. Chi.,.. pl„ta „ , ,. . c t l / l i l e tl>,„.
E 111. Cop
se)ial; S
•s Teéia, -n-all. 3, fruiting specimen; 2. upper part of flovrerirg sca-e
nae, relaU; 7 and 8. stamens; 9. pis, il ; 10, ripe foUicie, part of stipes ci ; 11, seed.
C o r n s OSPRIOCAHPA, Paul Brühl.
Qdte glabrous. Iihi,0,ne stout-cylindric or sAtuberifo.™, horizontal, coTered at
lis apei mth tnangdar sabcarnoso scales. Stem slender, erect, 5 0 - 8 0 em. hi=-h imr
baps e™, Inglrer;, teret., striated, solid, 3 - 4 mal. thick neap the base, leaf/ toer
giaJuallj bat distmctly ducreasmg in si.e upwards; Hade deltoidal in outlme • nerre^
sender, more distinct beneath; petiole somewhat shorter than the blade, cliiated
tho base into a short {1 em. and less), ovate, membranous sheath, eanalicJate on the
upper surface, striated (when dry), lower 8-10, uppermost 3-4 cm. Ion.- p i , ^
segments ovate-oblong iu outline, apparently pinnately divided, rather long°;efeluIei^
le-iolules slender, middle one about twice a, long as the lateral ones, 8 em. n ho
lower 3 em. in the uppermost leaves; segments of tho second order petioMedmiddle
petiolule in the lower leaves l-,5-3 cm., lateral ones 3-10 am o „ r t em'
segment, of the second order somewhat oblique, Buborbieular or broadly ovate' n Zi
Ime, nseet to triM or uaec,ually bipartite, terminal partition obovate o r L n b t later 1
ones trapezoidal; terminal segment of the second order eordito-ovate in oútl ne s!,h
pmnately cleft; lower divisions nearly to the base, more or less obliq ei; aulla o"
oblong, upper ones linear-eblong; divisions of the third order pinlSy I T and
Ann-. lioT. Bor. Gard. Calc., Tol. T.