54 
4708. In paludosis per totius fer? orbis regiones temper- 
atas et frigidas provenit. 
Has. Soongnum in Kunawur. 
45, R. aquatilis p. capillaceus. Dee. Prod. 1. 26.—Planta 
polymorpha, in aquosis per Europam, Asiam, et Americam 
communissima, ores minores, albi. Carpella scabra. 
Has. Small streamsin the vicinity of Saharunpore. 
46. RR. polypetalus (Royle), scapo unifloro, foliis reni- 
formibus crenatis calyceque glabris, petalis oblongis nume- 
rosis. (Tab. 11, fig. 2.)\—Species distinctissima, ad Ficariam 
accidens. Herba perennis, cespitosa, rudimentis foliorum 
emarcidorum supra tecta, Radix fibrosa, fusca. Scapi erecti, 
filiformes, glabri, uniflori, semi v. pollicares. Folia petio- 
lata, reniformi-cordata, crenata, glabra, 3 y, 4-lineas lata: 
dentilus 7-10, magnis, obtusissimis.. Petioli glabri, semi- 
unciales. Calycis foliola 5, elliptica, obtusa, subcoriacea, 
glabra, persistentia. Petala 10 v. 15, spathulato-oblonga, 
obtusa, flava, calyce longiora, 3 v. 5-nervia, basi angustata, 
poro tubuloso esquamato aucta. Stamina duplici ordine 
numerosa: filamenta dilatata: anthere subrotunde! Torus | 
sphericus. Carpella compressa, g abra: rostro subulato, 
recto, elongato. e 
Has. This new and very distinct species has been 
hitherto found only on the peak of Kedarkanta, 
enamelling the ground with its rich yellow 
flowers immediately on the melting of the snow, 
It appears to be nearly allied to Ficaria? glacialis 
of Fischer, D.C. Prod. 1. p. 48, found also on the 
top of a mountain in Dahuria. 
For the foregoing account of the genus Ranuwn- 
eulus, the author is indebted to Mr. David Don, 
who also favoured him with detailed descriptions of 
the new species, of which the nature of the present 
work has for the present precluded the publication, 
Tris. 1V. HELLEBOREA, 
VI. Cautna. ; : 
47. C. Govaniana ; (Wall. Cat. 4710) caule erecto folioso,. 
foliis amplis rotundato-cordatis serrato-dentatis, auriculis 
magnis approximatis, foliis floralibus inciso-serratis, floribus 
subumbellatis, sepalis 5 oblongo-ovalibus, stigmatibus elon- 
gatis subaduncis.—Caulis pedalis, bipedalisve, Sepala sul- 
phurea, basi lutea, 
Has. Choor. Urukta. 
48. C. Himalensis (Don Prod. FI. N, ep. 195) caule erecto 
nudo paucifloro, foliis radicalibus longé petiolatis cordato- 
reniformibus argute serrato-crenatis, floralibus consimilibus 
auriculis rotundatis hiantibus, sepalis 5 y. 6 latis ovatis 
paralleli-venosis, capsulis rectis rostratis.—Caulis dodran- 
talis. Flores intens lutei. An prioris varietas ?. 
Has. Kedarkanta. 
VII. Troturs. 
49. T. pumilus (Don. Prod. 193). ; 
Has. Tuwe kedhar towards Cashmere. Gos. 
sainthan, Wallich. 
VIII. Isopyvrun, 
Sect. 1, Caules foliosi, multiflori 
Huc pertinent 7 Sumarivides, £ thalictroides, et J, 
aaoxoides, ee 
ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE BOTANY OF 
[ Ranunculacee. 
Sect. 2. Cauliculi subnudi, uniflori, 
50. L. grandiflorum (Fisch. D.C, Prod. 1. 48) capsulis 5, 
foliis biternatis, foliolis cuneatis apice tridentatis, v. tripartitis 
lobis lineari-oblongis, petalis emarginatis basi subtubulosis. 
(Tab. 1. fig. _ 
Has. Kunawur. Kherang Pass, July. R. In- 
glis, Esq. 
This plant is one of those common to Kunawur 
and the Altai mountains, flowering in the former 
in the month of July. The root is perennial, the 
stem extremely short, either simple, or immediately 
dividing into several equally short branches, each 
surrounded by a cluster of the dilated persistent 
bases of the petioles of former years, from the centre 
of which arise the single flowered scape and a few 
long petioled /eaves. These are biternate, with the 
leaflets small, cuneate, tridentate at the apex, or 
tripartite, with linear oblong divisions, the petioles 
dilated at the base and auriculate. The slender, 
simple, single-flowered stem or peduncle, rises 
from the centre of the leaves, bearing two minute, 
linear or awnshaped bracte-like leaves, with gene- 
rally expanded rounded membranous bases. These 
leaves are opposite, sometimes alternate, frequently 
of a lance-shape, or bifid, and supported by a 
short. petiole. The flower is large and showy for 
the genus. The sepals five imbricate, ovate 
obtuse, veined, and coloured. The petals five, 
about one-fourth the length of the sepals, oblong, 
a little tubular at the base, and emarginate at the 
apex. Stamens numerous, half the length of the 
sepals; filaments linear; anthers oblong, fixed by 
their base, two-celled, cells opening laterally, 
Ovaries five oblong-acuminate, terminated by the 
elongated style, straight on the inner angle, ventri- 
cose externally, five or six seeded. The specimens 
of this plant from Kunawur differ so much 
among themselves, that if it were not for the 
gradations, they would appear to belong to 
different species. Some are four times the size 
represented in the figure, and varying in the 
subdivisions of their leaves, but none have the 
petals bifid, as described by Ledebour, and to be 
seen in the specimens of this plant in Professor 
Lindley’s herbarium. 
51, I. microphyllum mn capsulis 5, foliis ternatim supra- 
deconipositis, foliolis tripartitis, lobis-cuneatis trifidis seg 
mentis oblongis acutis obtusisve, petalis emarginatis,— 
(Tab. 1. fig. 4.) 
Has. Jumnotri: Buddrinath, Wallich, 
I am indebted to Wilson Saunders, Esq., for the 
excellent drawing of this plant, of which, specimens 
in an imperfect state exist in the East-Indian Her- 
barium, 
