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laciiiiiii linear, offou cnsiforin roroly abbreviated, cntifo or again incisod, ultimate lacimilai
culloso-apiculatc; lower caulinc loaves sliorter petioled, petioles 2—4 cm. long and sheatlii
n g for a sliortor distance, blade i—5-scet, scgnionis linear, cndve or sparsely pinnately
inci?ecl, ni iddleonel '5—4- cm. long, 1—2mm. broad. Iiiflorescenco racemose or racemoaep
a n i e u l a t c , 10—25 cm. long, lax. Pedicels terete, spreadin.i:, straight or scarcely arcuate,
4—6 nun. long, bomowliat thickened upwards. Bracts at tlio base of tho pedicels, linear
or sabliaiceolaie, acute, like the bractooles glabrous or hirsute, 4—7 mm. long. 13ract
e o l e s linear, basal, lauceolate-liuear, about 2 mm. long. Torus depressed, glabrous
or hirsute. Sepils bluish, spreading, all glabrous, or the postennr and anterior ones
•woolly, ihe lateral ones hairy along tho middle ou the outer surface; lamina of
j.ostcrior sepal elliptic, obtuse, 7—12 mm. leug, spur saccate or subcapitate at tho apex,
s t r a i g h t or moderately incurved, horizontal or somewhat ascendent, longer or slightly
s h o r t e r than the pedicel, 7—10 mm. long, n^ar tha npex 1 5—2 mm. thick:
l a t e r a l Fcpals ubiong-obovate, rounded, entire or subcrennte; anterior ones ellipticoblong,
obluse, 8 —1 2 mm. long. Limina of nectariferoi s staininodes "witli sigmatoid
a n t e r i o r margin, at the tip shortly bilobed, glabrous or sliglitly ciliatc, 7—10 mm.
l o n g ; spur open on the inner side to or glabrous or inside minutely hairy, below
t h e open part more or less constricted, capitate at the nearly straight or hooked tip.
Anterior staminodes petaloid, lamina oblong, bilobed to about the middle, 6—8 mm.
long, villosc or shortly hairy ou the upper surface, dorsally glabrous or villose, lobes
b r o a d - l i n e a r , rounded or obtuse at the apes; claw linear, papillose, 4—6 mm. long, .
s h o r t e r than the lamina or equal to it. Stamens about 2o, subequal; filaments dilated
below, linear, about 5 mm. long, glabrous or sparsely ciliatc, nearly filiform near the
t i p ; antherri orbicular. Pistils 3, erect; ovaries oblong; glabrous or hairy, 2'5—3 ma»,
l o n g ; styles nearly straight, stigmatose at the apex, 1—I'o mm. long, glabrous.
Flowers in June and July.
Far. a. PSEDDOVESTITA P. B.; stem, pedicels, eepals veWety with spreading hairs, lacini» of
leaves elongate. Beluohistan {Sloch.); Panjat, near Hassan Abdal {Aiiehuon.'), and
in other localities.
Var. |8. AITCHISONI, UMt.; stem, pedicels, sepals velvety; laoinios of basal leaves more or less
abbreviated. Km-rum Yalley, near Alikhel (AM. I).
Far. 7. ViCAiai P. JJ.; quite glabrous; luDiai® of basal leaves elongate. Paojab, near Eawal
Pindi (Ficarj,); near Ilassan Abdal (¿cAisw. '); Afghanistan (GriJiiA/j.
PLATE 116. ZUjiUnium vniinatum, H. fil. and Tli. 1, rar. Viinriii; 2, inaoreseonce of Tar. pteudi^viM/a; 3
young pbnt of rar. Aiic/ihom; 4, bosil leaf of vur. a; floral doiails s 5 - 7 of rar. a ; 8, of Tar. ^ ; 9, of Tar.
10,pedic;ls; (a) H'ld (J) piei'i/ouetiiia. (i) JUciiioni, (c) Vicurj/{, (e) D. /¡nerrtlornm, (/I D. CsplfpUotru-m
tlenopliylli-n. (j) V. Cypio/^ZfrirKm microphyllitm ; 11, nei^tariferouB staminoacs of (a) D. CyphopUciram itenophaUum.
(J) D. CiphopieHr^m tspicam. (c) l>. jue- celorum; 13, seed of D. vncinaium. TW. ODELrillSIUii
SAXICUI./'EI'OLILIM, Z/oiVi.
Rhizome thick, fusiform, subluberoua or irregularly stout cylindric; stem erect, flexuose,
branched or simple; petioles sheathing; lasal leaves subisoiiiametric, 2'5—4 cm.
long, trisect or deep'y tripartite with the lateral segments le.is deeply bipartite, diviiiions
cuueate pinnately cleft mid incisel, oauline leaves imro distinctly tiipartitc:
inflorescence racemose, simple or compound, racemes las or rati;er dense; bracieolos
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i n s e r t e d near tho base of tho pedicel; flowers blue; lateral sepals 8 -10 mm. long;
sepaline spur cylindric or slender conical, symmetric or gibbous, 7—13 (-20) mm. long!
anterior nectaries light-coloured, nearly as loiîg as tho latei-al sepals, bifid, rarely shortly
bilobed; pistils 3; follicles cylindric, 8-10 mm. long; seeds broadly obpyrainidate
rounded, wrinkled with scariose closely imbricate scales.
Flowers in June and July.
D i s t r i b u t i o n : Persia, Afghanistan, Punjab.
Aa o.amLnatioa of the numerous specimens of D. smiouloef.diun, in tlie herbaria of CaIout!a and
Sahamnpur shows of bow httle importance variations in tbe form of tha apura of the posterior sepal and
of the nectaries are m the group of forms of wMoh I), k'jbridum may be talcon as the type
TMs holds good especiaUy with regard to the gibbosity of the sepaUne spur, which is duo to an
excess of growth of tho nectarial spurs ^7hich get curved and force part of the sepaline spur outwards
Aecordiogiy we find gibbous spars in D. hybrkum and I>. dmudaium and straight or regulaily curved
spurs m n. cyfhopkctmm and L. saniouWoLum. As the otiier cbaracleM on ^^hich Boissier bases
tho distmct.on between B. cyphopkcirum and D. kybridmn prove rariabk, the former has to bo
reduced to tho rank ci a subspecies of th« latter. To retarn to D. saniadoeMmn The pknt
ooUeeted by Aitchison in the Km-rum Valley, and which Boissier refers as variety ma-ropkchum to
B. penicmum, is mncb more closely allied to tho Gilgit forms of Ü. sauicuWoiiicm ; and as the name
mncropleel'um ceases to be appropriate, the wiiter prefers to call it var, km-rumensr. To the group of
D. ianictiloe/olium belong also some plants from Eastern Afghanistan, among them No 45 of lleib
Jiast Ind. Cotnp., B. tuberosum? They are oharaoteri^od by their long narrow-oylindi^icd sepalino'
and elongated awl-shaped nectarial spurs. The insufficiency of the material leaves it somewhat
doubtful whetlier this should be united with J). sanicul^Mum, or considered a separate s J i l
Lo a certain extent it reminds ono of some forms of B. dmudalum, but the seeds are tho/e of
D. i-jn\cul(xfolMm. It is hero described as subspecies wnleUroides.
The following varieties may be distinguished
Subspecies I. YERUM,
Far. a. EEVRACTA; branched, glabrous or sparsely hairy; sepaHne spar cylindric, gibbous,
longer than the lamina; nectarial spurs refraoted at the apes; ovaries glabrous-
Southern Persia, Afghanistan.
F a r . ^ . AQUILKGIFOLIA, Boiss. ; branched, without glands, glabrous or sparsely hairv- spur
attenuated towai'ds tho tip.—Northern Persia.
Var. y. KonATESs.s, P. B.; branche,Î, eglandulose; branches, pedicels, and .epals minutely
pubescent with crisp grey hnirs; sepaUne spur cylindrio or conical, slPi.d-r stra-cht
or recurved, rarely obscurely gibbous at the tip; nectarial spar subulate,'strlitht
or recurved; ovanes somewhat hairy near the apex. Afghanistan (ffnffi./) ; "on
dry hills in Kohat and Wazh-isLan (ÜnwMond, herb. Calo.!)-, on dry hills between
tho Indus and Jhflum {Fleming).
Fcr.S. otLGiTE^, p. B.-. rhizomo cylindric or subtuberous ; stem simple or somewhat
braucUei, pubescent with crisp Imirs; sepaline spur slender,conical, straight or s iehtlï'
mcurved, r.^rely gibbous; nectarial spurs gibbous below the apes; ovaiies cohered
all over with ndnute hairs. «Igit (Gt/w./).
Var. KUKRAMENSIS (D. pcMum, var. mac,-oplec/.,cm, Boiss.) ; rhizome subcyliuddo or
tuberous; stem scarcely branched, pubescent with crisp hairs towards fh
and the pediceb more or le« glandulose; sepaline spur straight or slightly curTeT
slender comoal, 10-12 mm. long; nectarial spurs subulate incJed f ov^ es
_ sparse^ ha,ry all o.er. Kurrum Valley .') ; Ziarat (/..i,
Subspeczcs I. CBKT.TKuomKs, P. B.; rhizome subtuberous, stem rather elongate towards
tho base glabrcsoent, upwards sparsely hai.7 and like the pedicels glandulose- sepahnl
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