Ranunculus.] i. ranunculace^. (Hook. f. & Thorns.) 17 



Iliglier mouTitains of the Western PKNl^'STJLA, WigJit, &c. 



Sootslock stout, hoiizontal, densely fibrous. Stem 1-1 4 ft. ; branches few, l-flowered. 

 Kadicd leaves 1-3 in., thick, base truncate or cordate, glabrate or sparsely setose ; 

 CHulIne few, narrow, bracteiform. Flowers 1 in. diam. Petals obovate oblong. Jchencs 

 *ng, tumid, in a globose head ; beak straight. 



5. a. sag^ittifolius, Hook Ic. PL t. 173; erect, glabrous above, leaves 

 oblong-cordate or sagittate crenate, petals 5. JJ.f. <t T. FL Ind. 30. R has- 

 tatus, Walker mss. ex Wight lU. i. 5. 



Mountains of Ceylon, above GOOO ft., Walker, &c. 



liootstock creeping. Stem erect, with scattered hairs near the base. Radical leaves 

 |ong-petioled, base deeply cordate with rounded lobes; cauline narrow lanceolate, 

 mciso-dentate or almost pinnatifid. Petals nearly orbicular. AcJienes as in B. reni- 

 /tTmw.-.Distinguished from i?. reniformis chiefly by the few petals; the leaves, are 

 »ery vaiiable in both. B.javanicus, BL, is closely allied, but quite glabrous. 



«. a. CymbalariSB, Pursh. Fl Bor. Am. ii. 392 ; creeping, glabrous, 

 /r ^ ^^^^ ^^ orbicular 3-5-lobed, or -partite, petals 6-8. H. / & T. FL 



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,^^l Tibet, between 7000 and 17,000 ft., Thomson, Interior of SrKKiM, alt. 

 H,UU01t., ^00/:./.— DisTRiB. Persia, Siberia. Arctic and cold temperate N. America, 

 Cordillera of N. and S. America. ■ ' ^ 



Jicputock ^l^Y^ long rooting runners; stem 0. Leaves ^-4 in. dir.m., base romided 

 w Slightly cordate. Scape erect, leafless, 1-8-flowered; bracts at the foiks, hi.ear. 



mers \^^ in. djam. Sepals spreading or reflexed. AcJieves many, sma 1, ol ovate, 

 coDipre88ed, gibbous at the back, sides longitudinally 3-ribbed ; beak straight or hooked. 



vanable in foliage and fnrm nf lif^Q^u M'fn.^f mwi K+nlntiB Rometimes absent. 





ge and form of heads of fruit, and etolons sometimes 



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J- *• PUlchellus, a A. Mey. in Led. Fl. Alt. ii. 333 ; erect, glabnius 



airy or sUky leaves elliptic-oblong entire or 3-7-tootlied or lobed, petals 



R. Fl/- */• ^^- ^«^- 31. R. salsugiuosus, Wall. Cat. 4708 {not of Don); 



t tZ^"^^}^' ^o« *■« KoyU 111. 53 inot of Linn.) ; R. nephelegcues, Ed,jew. 



I rans. Imn. Hqc. xx. 28. 



^»«I^f!^^,'^'''^'^^' ^n the inner ranges from Sikkim wostward, and in Westerm 



St^n^T^l-^'^'^^ ft.— DisTRiB. Aff-hanistan, Siberia, Mongolia, 

 cent .nnf".- ^"■' ^™Ple or with a few llflowered branches. Leaves glabrous or pubes- 

 VaK-T' P?^°iately lobed ; cauline lanceolate, often entire. Flowei-s { m Jiam. 

 head «^ fi •' i*^^"'' black-tipped. Petals broadly obovate. Achenes m an oblong 

 *&2t\ '"^^'^' glatrous; style nearly straigbt.-Common and vtry vamb.e, 

 Tie fi 1 ^.^'^a^deeply cut leaves pass into glabrous achened states ot It. j^edatijidus. 

 y^^l^ngicauhs, C. A. Me.ver, is another variety. 



Var 2" Z^.'^"*' leaves glabrous or slightly pubescent. 

 ^^:^- ^ertceus ; leaves densely silky. E. membranaceus, Eoyle III- 53. 



Rlabr^',*?***^^' '^«^?- e^ Camb. in Jacq. Voy. Bot. 5, t. i. B; /Jeciunbent, 

 3V r- 1'^^^« orbicufar crenate coriaceous, petals 5. //./. <t T. Fl. Ind. 

 ^^«. salsuginosus, Don in Boyle lU. 53 {not of WaU. Cat.). 



»nd in We.2' T**""^^' ^° *^'« inner ranges, alt. 12-16,000 ft. from Zanskar to Sitkim, 



^"^t J-l i/'I-"S °«"^<^ak decumbent leafy stems 2-3 in., not stoloniferous. ^aeZtca 

 *'>rterUiot/'%°>' '«ng-petioled, rounded or cordate at the base ; ^^i}^ ''f^'C ^^^^ 

 "Wate^ ^'\^' ""^^^^ 3.toothed. Fhwers S-f in. diam. SepaU oval. ' P^tai* broadly 

 r^le— Disti.^iW,^'^ "^^1 ^ead, slightly compressed, beaked by the long 8trai|:ht 

 ■^^^o" and u r/T^'^ f^'™ R- .pulcheUushj the diffuse stem, large fleshy cauhue 

 VOi, T ^^ "*^«^ but intermediates occur. ; ' r * 





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