] I 2 A>'NALS OF ßOYAL BOTA>-IC GAlíDEiN', C'ALCriTA.
'J he only reliable character Ly whieli A. pa'matum can be distinguished from A. ferox is t
o£ the seed and the width of the traiisvci-se wrinkles; but sometimos the wrinkles of the seeds
¡mlv.aívm are rather wider lluiu they are commonly; so that it appews preferable to cousi
¡.ahnaium a subspecies of A. jcrox. The geographical distribution of the Iv-o is ahout the snrae.
ut oF subsp. mosrhalum, Troi
20. 2—S of A. forox pr^pi-ii
Joogri ; 5, var. JlavidiJlcra.
ta, To-ko.l5, sepoU dnri red
ies: 11—13 of A. pabnatum:
I'LATK 111. Anminm feror, ^Vall. (A) flon-sviuR pi.
woschatum, cut bugitudinally. 2—10, flowers, uadiral s
3. var. c^ihb'fonitis, Tha-pn, Sikkim; 4, six. fiavidifiora,
Tibet; 7, vnr. Clio-iS, Siktira ; S, Tni-. lacinw
JMiari. 10. SHl)Si>ecies yalmaUm. Piiullfit; 11—19, uectari
U-19 ot A. fero.cproprium-. U, Tar. navicalaris. Kung-
17, var. lacimaia, Cho-la; 18, var. fieteropkslhu/is. Sii
; 15, ^
iali4i ;
21, A.ßrox ificata; 22. A. ferox fiavidiflor
26, A ,n<j>:dwl<nni 27. J . firox ftaM'fiwai 28, A. f^n
A. Sikkim.
iCflslimir. 1, flon-er of subsp.
i 2, var. «oviru/arù. Cliiiml)!;
;-rik-lÄ ; vur. spinta. ïs.ing.
0, subspooies palmulum. Gùp,
1, Nipâl; 12, Güp; 18, Tonglù.
, CxarUívdl; Itì, var. L,;xift..r„. Saudakpliu;
UwlUßom. 20—25, ripe fcllicltìs : 20. A.
rox-, 24. 26, A. pnlm.ü,m 2Ü-ÍÍ. sc<icls :
fcro^ spicuta-,Z\}, A. f^rux ¡arimela 31,
IMi'zonie in-egukirly cylindrical; stems simple, erect; leaves subrenit'orni, palmately
tilc or trisect with the segraonts deeply cleft and incised-serratc; inflorescence
nso, many-flowered, axis densely hairy; posterior sepal with hctnisjjherical dorsal
nence anl long produced beak; base of stameus enclosed; nectaries mallet-shaped
oblong bifid labellum and short broiid claw; follicles 3, ovoid; seeds tliree-sidLcl,
convex back and the dorsal edges winged, oiherwise binooth.
tvipa
racei
pi-i^ji
Nvitli
^vitll
{mole. fil. Flora IiiJica 65 ; F/ora of Brit Jnd., vol. I, p. 28.)
D i s t r i b u t i o n : Alpine regi
Zë-lap-lfi, Taug-ka-lâ [Kinr/'s
near Tuck-ekung (Ä'%'
AcONITILM LUHIDUM, II. f . Ot T.
:al edges win.
s of Sikkiai i
>Ihciors .'), la
•-oUectors .'). Flower
—Rhizome often branclied,
ind Chumbi. On Fhulut, at the To-ku lii,
iikra et Cho-lu {mo/cer in Chumbi,
s in August and yepteinber.
Dcscriniion.—Rhizome often branclied, covered near the apex with the bases of
f a l l e n leaves. Stems slender, subcylindric, when flowering 36-—70 (even 90) cm. long;
n e a r iLe base 3—5 nun. thick, beset with spreading hairs. Infra-floral leaves crowded
n e a r tlio base ; Wade in the out Hue suborbicular or reniform, cordate at the base ; 2.)—8
cm. bill"' 5—10 cm. broad, on the upper aivface siib-adprcssedly hairy, lower surface
less hairy, nerves moro densely pilose ; middle segment obov;obovate
obloiig, broad-cuncate,
upward s deeply pinnately trind; lateral segments trapazoidal,al,
unequally bipartite,
division similai- to the middle segment, outer shorter unsyn
metrically bifid ; all
coarsely crenate-serrate, serratures apiculute; pctiolef
iiioderatoly dilated at the base,
canaliculate, baiiy, basal ones 20 - 3 0 cm. long,
w i t h a few spreading, lateral branches, 8—40
i s h i u g from the lowermost tripartite to the
u s u a l l y shorter than bracts and flowers, dei
above the middle of the pedicel, opposite,
brownish-purple, or pale red, inside somctiu
densely hairy, 6- 8 moi. high, 10—12 umi
a n d eiih?r licmispherical or hemispherical with short cylindric bas'
5—6 mm. wide; beak liorizontul or a little descendent, obtuse a
m a r g i n ; laieval sepals obovate cuneate somewhat asyn
t h e end of
broad, outside hairy, inside hairy
. long, obtuse, one
g l a b r o u s ; aii'eiior sepals 7—8
Infloresccnce usually simple, sometiu.cs
l o n g ; floral leaves gradually diminuppevmost
linear-lanceolate one. Pedicels
iiisely hairy, 0'5—1 mm. thick; bracteolea
narrow-lanceolate, 2—3 mm. long. Sepals
ICS yellowish ; posterior one su boo in p ressed,
. wide with the dorsal process doiiie-.shaped
cess 4—G mm. higli,
apex, siuuafc at the
im. long, 7 - 8 mm.
otherwise hairy or
other siibspatulate.
th
etric, U—11
liddle nerv.
ubovut tlic
Ncctariferoi
conduplicat)
a n acute a
t h e claw
DESCEIPTIONS OF KEW AiVD IÎABI5 I.XDIAN PIAOTS. 113
staminodes enclosed, orecf, hammer-sh^pod, glabrou« ; daw 3 - 5 mm. Ion-,
s t r a i g h t , broader towards tho baic; spur 1-2-1-8 mm. long, capitate, formiilr
a n g l e with tl,o claw; labelhnn 2'0-3-5 mm. long, usually at right angles to
Stamens about 20, outer ones 7 - 1 0 mm. long; filaments filonn above tho
middle, membranous-dilated below; anthers siibglobose, about 1 mm lon-^ Pistils 3
erect 4-5-5 mn,. long; ovaries oblong-ovoid, densely hairy; style subcylinXic, i - f the
loDgJi of the ovary ; st.gma shortly bilobed. Follicles subdivergent, chartaceous obovoidsubcyhndne,
crowned with a short style, 8 - 1 0 mm. long, 3 - 4 mm. broad near apex
g l a b r e s c c n t . Seeds about 5—C.
PLÍTE 121. Acotti •« UH,(urn, JI. f. and Tli.—1, floweSr! plant;
8, pi.t
3 lateral I 4 posterior sepal; B, post<
r pare of style ; 10, follicle; II, s
i c o N r j u i i GYIIYANDRUM, Maxim.
E l ú » n , e fmifom., leave, Mpinnatisect with tho sogaenls iloisecI-SBrmte: ¡nfl„„„om-o
racemose, more rardy subcopymbose, many-flowsretl; sepals long-ekiyod, leavin- tho stamen,
«neoverecl, posterior one subnarioular; nectaries ,vitl, broad ela„, a ahortly-eyli^drioal obtuso
spnr aBd a very krge, protruding, semi-oiroalar, dentate labeHno,; follicle, 5 - 8 • soed.
i i a r i w obpyromidal tliree-sided witll narrowly and sinuously plaited tosta.
Flowers in August.
P h a r i : Kang-ma, 60 miles mrth of the town of Phari; Ting ¡Ki.,', coll '1 •
Tach.eillu region {Fralt No. 496, 307 !); Kansu. ° * ' '
i « n > & » . - K h i . o i n e descending, fasifonn or suboylindrical, o - i O enr. long, sometin.es
branched. Stem usually short or of medium si.e, straight or asoe.rding, simple » branched
f r om tho very ^ery base,base, 5 5 - - 3 3 0 0 ((
- 9 0 ) cm. high, near the b=,se 3 - 1 mm. thick, leafy „labr„„.
more
the infra-floral ones loi
long, yellowish-green
biijinn.uisect, upper o
serratures apiculate.
subcorymbose; raceni
petioled, upper ones su
and simpler; pedicels
loss covered with white longish hairs, upwards often villous. Lei
IS mor e or less ha
irg-petioled, crowded or rather remote;
i n a b i p i n n a t i s e c t , about 3 t
on the lower snrfaeo; prima,y segments petiolulate, lowest pair snbiies
pmnat,partite with the divisions spreading, incised and serrate
lufloroscenco racemose or race,nose-paniculate or in smaller speoin,ens
es usually elongate, lax or rather dense; floral leaves moslly short
ibsessrle, lower subsimilar to the infra-floral leaves, upper ones narrower
„ . n t 0, ,l,g,,tly spreading^ ¿„..¡„j,
flowers, at;ei-wards elongating, the lowest linally 3 - 6 - 5 cm. long, l - 1 - ñ mm. thick ; br.oteoles
near the base of the flower or somewhat retuote, alternate or opposite, sessile or very shortlv
petroled, variously divided or undividod and hnear. Sepals blnish-purplc, long-elawoj subvillous
outado, deciduous; posterior one unguieulato-navieular, very shortly and obtnselv
rostrale, claw broad erect 9—11 mm. long, lamina more or less horizontal , about as Ion- • s
t h e claw; lateral sepals about 15 mm. long with unsynnnetrical suhorbicnlar lamina and°tho
claw 6 - r mm. long, about 2 mm. broad ; anter ior sepal s spatulate, about 13 mm. l„n„ kmiua
4 - 0 nun. broad, obtuso at the apex, claw about 3 ,um. broad near base jXectariferoua t "
nodes 2; claw nearly straight, flattened, broad-linear, hyaline at the edses l!".!'
long, about 2 o mui. broad; spur about 4 mm. long;
d e n t a t o or crenato, reaching beyond the helmet. Stam
peisisEeut; fllaments dilated below, coloured, cibate; i
Ü—8, mostly 8, erect, 4—5 mm. Ion..'
; labellui ir. long, 9 mm.
ens 40—50, unequal, Ö—8, mil
inthers subglobose, dark-blue.
o;d-ublon^., more or lees villous
broad,
oig,
P i s t i l s
s t y l o