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I. RANUNCULACE^. (Hook. f. & Thoms.) [Tlialictrum. 



pointed, achenes large strongly ribbecl, beak short hooked. Miqml Fl Neil 

 hid. I pt. 2, 5. T. glyphocarpum, W. d: A. Prod. 2 ; Wu;fht Ic. i. 48 ; //./ 

 A T. Fl. hid. 16. 



Temperate Himalaya, from Simla to Sikkim, alt. 6-12,000 ft. Khasia hills, alt. 

 5-6000 ft,; Parusnath in Behau, ah. 4000 ft.; mountains of the Westekn' Peninsula 

 and Ceyi.ox. — Djstrib. Java. 



Stem 2-3 ft, erect, glabrous; roots fibrous. Leaves without stipels; leaflets mom- 

 branous, |-f in. diam,, membranous, orbicular or oval, obtusely 3-7-toothed at the tip, 

 base rounded or cordate, more or less glaucous beneath. Panicle branched. Flowen 

 often clustered at the ends of the branches, small, white. Achenes 8-15, laig^i 

 oblong. 



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17. T- foliolosum, DC. Syst. i. 175 ; tall, leaves pinnately decom- 

 pound, sheaths auricled, filaments filiform, anthers beaked, achenes few 

 acute at both ends sharply ribbed. Don Prodr. 192; Wall. Gat. 3711; 

 Poyle III. 51 ; //./. d: T. FL Ind. 16. 



Temperate Himalaya, alt. 5-8000 ft. Khasia hills, alt. 4-6000 ft. 



Stem 4-8 ft., glabrous. Leaves very much divided, without stipels ; leaflets ^-| in-» 

 rarely 1 in., orbicular. Panicle much branched; bracts small. Flowers polygamous, 

 white pale green or dingy purple. Achents uaually 2-5, small, oblong. 



18. T. minus. Z. .• DC. Prodr. L 13 : talL leaves decomiioundlv pinnate 



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Himalaya, and in West Tibet, alt. 9-12,000 ft. 



Ind. 16. 



Tuner valleys of the Te? 

 — DisTRiB. Europe, N. A^ia, Abyssinia, S.Africa. 



iS/^TR 2-4 ft., erect. Leaves fcheathing, principal divisions with or without stipels- 

 leaflets very vanable, orbicular ovul or oblong, 3-lobed ; lobes crenate or toothed. 

 Panicle much branched, leafless or nearly so. Flowers dingy purple. Achenes 5-8, 

 oblong — We have again compared extensive suites of European, N. Asiatic, and Indian 

 specimens, with the aid of Regers nmnograpli, and find no reason for modifying the 

 views expressed in Flora Indica, that all our Indian forms are referable to one species 

 which is very variable in foliage, but constant in flowers.— The most piominent Indian 

 varieties are : — 



Var. 1. vuhjare ; glabrous, leaflets small \~\ in. T. minus, Boiss. Fl. Orient. 

 I. 8. — The common European form, less common in Tibet than the following. 



VAR.2^foeti'dum (sp. L.)\ glandular-puWscent especially on the leaves beneath, 

 leaflets as in wlgare. T. minus /3. glandulosum, Koch. T. vagiuatura, Boyle III. 52. 



Var. 3. majus {sp, Jacq.); plabrous, often glaucous; leaflets 1 in., aclunes rather 

 shorter and broader than in the rnmmon form. T. Keraense, Fries, T. Maxwelliit 

 Poyh III 52.— Kunawer, Eoyle, <fcc. Kafiribtan, Gri^fA.— Indian specimens have 

 acutely 3-lobed leaflets,, exactly agreeing with T. Kerne nse, Fr. In foliage it often 

 closely resembles r.J^afMw. 



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A steniless perennial. Leaves all radical, 2-pinnate or decorapoun^^. 

 Scap'8 1 -flowered. Sepah 5, deciduous. Petals 5-15^ with a nectariferous 



Stamens nnmerons. Carpels mRXiy; style short; ovule 1, 

 pendulous. Fruit of many subglobose achenes tipped by the short style.- 

 bisTRiB. Two species, a European and Siberian, and the following :— v 



1. C. cachemlrianum, Ca?}ib. in Jacgi. Voy. Pot. 5 t 3. C. pimpinel- 

 loides, II. /. d: T. FL Ind. 26. Ranunculus pimpinelloides, Don in Poifl^ 



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