26 I. RANUNCULACE^. (Hook, f. & Thoms.) [Delphinium, 



conic, slightly carved, nearly i as long as tlie sepal. Anterior petals 2 -fii. Follicles 

 i| in., tomentose. 



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7. D. altissimum, Wall. Plant As. Bar. ii. t. 128; Cat 4718; stem 

 sparsely hairy glabrous below, racemes lax few-flowered, flowers de^ep 

 blue or purple, spur longer than the sepals. GriJ*, It Notes. 64 (No. 827) ; 

 H.f.&T.Ftlnd. 51. 



■ Central Himalaya; Nipal, Wallich. Khasia hills, above 5000 ft., Griffith, &c. 

 Stem 2-4 ft., much branched, few-leaved, hairs spreading. Badical leaves 3-6 in. 

 diam., pale beneath, 5-7-fid, lobes broadly cuneate, 3-lobed, coarsely toothed; cauline 

 sessile, 3-lobed or entire; petiole 1 ft. and under. Racemes long, lax, few- flowered; 

 pedicels often 2 in. ; bracts and bracteoles linear. Flowers large, very fetid, hairy 

 outside. Spur subulate, incurved. Anterior petals 2-lobed, hairy; posterior dark- 

 purple, 2-toothed. Follicles 3, pubescent. 



8. B. elatum, Z. ; stem glabrous or hairy, racemes dense-flowerea, 

 flowers pale blue or purplish, spur equalling the sepals. D. ranunculi- 

 f*»Uum, Wall Cat 4716 ; H.f. & T. Fl Ind. 51. D. incisum, WaU. Cat 4717. 

 D. pyramidale, lioyle III 56. D. Hoff'meisteri, Klotzsch Bot Beise Pr. Wald. 



t. 39. 



West Temperate Himalaya, in the inner and Tibetan valleys, alt. 10-12,000 ft.; 

 from Kutnaon to Kashmir. 



Stem 2-4 ft., sparingly branched. Leaves 4-6 in. diam., rounded or reniform, pale 

 beneath, .^7-lobed or -partite, segments cuneate-oblong, 3-lobed or variously cut. 

 Bacemes much branched, elongate; pedicels 1-3 in.; lower bracts leafy, 3-lobed or 

 -partite ; bracteoles linear. Flowers hairy outside. Sepals elliptic, obtuse. Spur 

 subulate. Follicles 3. 



Vab. 1. ranuncuUfolium ; leaves 5-lobed to about the middle, segments broadly 

 cuneate. 



igments 





*** Spur inflated, conical Flowers large ; sepals connivent, mem- 

 branous. 



9. ». vestitum, Wall Cat 4715 ; stem hispid, leaves palmately 5-7- 

 lobed, flowers in long dense racemes. Boyle III 55 ; H.f, <Sc T. FL Ind. 52. 

 D. rectivenium, Boyle III. 56. 



West and Central Temperate Himalaya, alt. 8-12,000 ft., from Nipal to 

 Kunawer. ^ ' 



Stem 14-3 ft., simple below, hairs spreading or reflexed. Radical leaves 6-12 m. 

 diam., lobes rounded, cut or toothed ; petiole 6-12 in. : cauline 2-3, smaller. Raceme 

 often 1ft,, simple or sparingly branched below; pedicels 1-3 in. ; bracts linear or 

 lanceolate, lower sometimes 3-lobed; bracteoles 2 above the middle. Fhicers dense, 

 large, hairy. Sepals membranous, broad, rounded, equalling or exceeding the conical 

 incurved spur. Follicles 3. 



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10. D. Cashmirlanum, Boyle III 55 t. 12; stem glabrous strigose 

 or softly hairy, leaves palmately 5-7-lobed, lobes sharply cut, flowers in lax 

 corymbs. //./ <fr T. F\ Ind. 52 {exd. Syn. D. Jacquemontianum, Camb.\ 



West Tibet and Tibetan Himalaya, from Knmaon to Kashmir, alt. 11-16,000 ft. 



Stem 1-1 4 ft., few-leaved, glabrous or ^oftly or hispldl^ hairy. Badical leaves 2-4 in. 

 diara., lobes cuneate-ovate, acute, 3-lobed and cut ; cauline 3~5-partite. Branches of 

 corymb terminating in few-flowered racemes, upper bracts lanc^ojate ; bracteoles linear. 

 Sepals 1 in. or more long, hairy, equalling or exceeding the straight conical spur- 

 Follicles 3-7, downy. — The strigose states are best distinguished from small j>lauts Qf 

 D. vestitum, by the inflorescence and size of the flowers. . 7 f /"Sr^ ' ? - .^v, T^ 



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