Ranunculus. POLYANDRIA POLYGYNIA. 671 
. A native of the interior of Bengal, flowers about the close 
of the rains ; in the environs of the ancient city of Gour, it 
forms with Porana panicula extensive, lovely festoons. 
THALICTRUM. Screb. gen. n. 951. 
Gen. CHAR. Calyx none. Corol of four or five petals ; 
styles, persistent, Seeds without a tail. , 
1, T..bracteatum. R. 
Perennial, scandent. Leaves opposite and three-fold, 
bi- and tri-ternate; leaflets long, cordate, ovate, entire; pe- 
duncles axillary, solitary, one-flowered, with two opposite 
cordate bractes above the base. ’ 
I received this very elegant, small, scandent, plant 
from Dr. Carey, who found it indigenous in the north- 
ern parts of Bengal. Flowering time the end of the cold 
season. Root perennial. Stems herbaceous, scandent, 
' round, smooth, scarcely so thick as a pack thread and 
from two to four feet long. Leaves opposite or three-fold. 
between bi- and tri-ternate ; leaflets of an oblique, ovate, 
oblong, cordate shape, entire and smooth on both sides, 
size various, the largest seldom more than an inch long. 
Peduncles axillary, solitary, erect, one-flowered, with two 
opposite cordate bractes above the base. Petals four or 
six lanceolate, expanding, very pale blue. Stamens, one- : 
fourth or one-fifth the length of the petals, Germs from — 
fifteen to twenty. Styles scarcely any. Seeds with a sharp 
stiff back. 
RANUNCULUS. Schreb. gen. n. 953. 
GEN. CHAR. Calyx five-leaved. Petals five, with a 
homey beating ee within the claw. Seeds naked. 
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Erect, annual ; pines spreading ; flowers many, termi- 
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