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[Anemone, 



IxNKR Himalaya, alt, 10-12,000 ft.; from Kashmir to Sikkim, Wallich, &c. 

 ' Jiootstock stout, woody. , Stem 1-2 ft. Leaves long-petioled, 2-4 in. diam., renifonn- 

 cordate ; lobes broad, cuneate, 3-fid and crenate. Umbels manj-flowered, simple or 

 with the side branches divided and involucellate ; invol. leaves cuneate-oblong, variable, 

 more or less cut. Flowers 1 in. diam., white. Achencs broadly oval, with a sharp 

 straight beak. — Perhaps only a form of -k. narcmiflora, with less cut leaves, more com- 

 pound umbel, and differently shaped achenes. 



13. A. nardsslflora, L, ; DC. Prodr. i. 21; densely villous, leaves 

 palmately 5-partite, segments deeply cut into linear lobes, scapes erect. 

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Kashmir, Falconer, Winterhottom. 

 Asia, Siberia, N. W. America. 



-DiSTRiB, Alps of S. and Central Europe, W. 



Very similar to and probably connected by intermediates with A, poh/antli 

 smaller, 1 ft. high ; leaves 1-2 in. diam.; flowers simply umbelled, and achenes 



orbicular with an incurved beak. 



es, but 

 nearly 



** Flowers hi umbels o?* cymes {see 12, polyanthes). 



14. A« tetrasepala, Eoyle III. 53 ; glabrate, leaves deeply 5-lobed, 



aclienes obovate-oblong with a hooked beak. i/./. & T. FL Ind. 24. 



tVESTEKN Himalaya, Marri, Kashmir and Kishtwar, alt. 8-11,000 ft. ' 



JRootstocJc woody, crown fibrous ; buds, petioles, and young leaves woolly. Eadlcal 



leaves 3-10 in. diam., long-petioled, coriaceous, reniform or cordate, deeply 5-lobed; 



segments acute, entire lobed or inciso serrate. Cyme often thrice branched, contracted 



or effuse and 1 foot long; invol. leaves large, broadly cuneate, sharply toothed 

 Flowers white. — A large robust species allied to A. polyanthes, 



15. A. elongrata, Don Prodr. 194 ; pubescent, leaves 3-partite, achenes 

 broadly oval with a short straight beak. H.f. tt T. FL Irtd, 25. A. riva-, 

 laris, Wall. Cat 4692 {wt of others). 



Temperate Himalaya, Garwhal, alt. 10,000 ft, Str . & Winterh , ; Nipal, WalUch; 

 Khasia hili-s, alt. 5000 ft., H. /. & T. 



Rootstoch small, fibrous, btem 2-3 ft., slender, pubescent. Badical leaves 2-4 in. 

 diam., loug-petioled, orbicular, base cordate, with a few soft hairs chiefly below ; lateral 



segments deeply 2-lobed, mid-segment 3-lohed ; lobes acute, inciso dentate. Cymes 

 elongate, few-flowered, twice or thrice divided, fascicles 2-3-flowered. Invol. leaves' 

 oblong or broad -cuneate, variously toothed. Flowers white. — Remarkable for the elon- 

 gate stems and scapes. 



4. TKAIiZCTZlUK, Linn 



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Erect, usually rigid, perennial herbs. Leaves compound ; petioles sheath- 

 ing, often auricled or stipuled. Flowers panicled or racemed, often poly- 

 gamous. :Sep<d$ 4-5, petaloid, imbricate. Petals 0. Stamens many. Carpels 

 tew or many; ovule 1, pendulous. Fmit a small head of sessile or stalked 

 achenes ; style persistent or deciduous,— Distrib. Temperate and cold 

 northern regions, very rare in the S. ; species 60. 



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Sect. L Ftaysocarpiim, DC. Achenes stalked, laterally compressecl, 

 flat or inflated. Leaves ternately decompound, or in 6, paticificn-um. 2-ternately 

 divided. , r 



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> 1, «. elegrans, Wall. Cat. 4728/ stem 8-12 in., leaves 2-3 in. glaucous 

 beneath, flowers small, anthers short mucronate, achenes long-stalked 

 ventral suture winged. Eoyk lU. 51 ; i/./. Jc T. FL hid. IZ\ FdQew. in 

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