28 Mr. Edgeworth on some unpublished Species of 



1 1 . Ranunculus (Hecatonia) nephelogenes ; acaulis, foliis radicalibus petio- 



latls glabris lanceolatis cuneatisve integris vel tri-inciso-crenatis, scapo 

 solitario 1-2-foliato 1-floro, petalls subrotundis, acheniis rugosulis recte 

 acuminatis. 

 Hab. Himala, in elatls, alt. 17,000-18,000 pedes. Floret Sept. Oct. 



Acaulis, uncialis, nee stolonifera. Folia radicalia, petiolata, lanceolata, integerrima v. cuneata 

 3-inciso-crenata. Scapus solitarius terminalis 1-florus 1-2-foliatus, foliis integris tri- 

 fidisve, apice pubescens. Sepala basi pilosa, apice glabra, reflexa. Petala subrotunda, 

 laete aurea, sepalis longiora. Stamina 10-15. Ovaria 0. Achenia rugosula ovata 

 acuminata, stylo recto nee adunco. 



Proxime accedit R. salsugineo, nubigeno, cymbalariaque, sed ab omnibus differt egentia stolo- 

 num, forma petalorum foliorumque et calyce reflexo nee adpresso. 



12. Ranunculus {Hecatonia) riparius ; hirsutus, foliis radicalibus ternatisec- 

 tis ; foliolis petiolatis basi cuneatis 3-partitis : segmentis dentatis acutis, 

 receptaculo elongate piloso, acheniis compressis Isevibus stylo incurvo 

 brevissimfe apiculatis. 



Hab. In ripis arenosis fluminum Indiae Septentrionalis. Lodihana, Bhogpur in Gange. / 



Radix fibrosa. Caules numerosi hirsuti ramosi. Folia radicalia petiolata ternatisecta ; foliolis 

 petiolatis basi cuneatis 3-partitis, segmentis dentatis acutis pilis paucis adpressis sub- 

 hirsutis : caulina similla sed gradatim difformia : floralla lanceolata. Flores solitarii 

 axillares, pedunculo folio breviore. Sepala extiis hirtella reflexa. Petala sepalis bre- 

 viora. Achenia numerosa, in receptaculo elongato piloso spiraliter disposita, compressa, 

 marginata, stylo incurvo (saepe caduco) brevissime apiculata. Herba annua pedalis. 



R. fibrosa, Wall. Cat., eidem ac R. nepalensi, DeC. no. 113, maxime accedit; differt pluri- 

 bus notis. 



13. Ranunculus brevirostris ; adpress^ pilosus, foliis radicalibus long^ petio- 

 latis rotundatis palmatim tripartitis ; segmentis obtusis 2-3-fidis dentatis, 

 sepalis adpressis, acheniis glabris gibbis marginatis, stylo brevissimo in- 

 curvo caduco. 



Hab. In uliginosis Himala, alt. ped. 10,000-11,000. Floret Oct. Badhrinath, 1838. 



and therefore not belonging to the section Homalocarpus. Dr. Lindley's plant is almost identical with 

 A. villosa, Royle, 111. Bot. Him., differing only in the degree of villosity. My plant differs from both, in 

 having tlie leaves more and more deeply divided and very much shorter pedicels. 



