10 flora indica. [Banunculacea \ 



will probably also be met with in Afghanistan. It is a conspicuous plant, with a 

 very peculiar habit for the genus j and an erect species certainly grows on the moun- 

 tains between Kabul and Bamian. See Griffith, Itin. Notes, p. 307. 



13. C. nutans (Royle ! 111. p. 51) ; adpresse sericea, foliis pinnatim 

 decomposes, panicula pluriflora, filamentis sepala aequantibus e basi 

 plana pilosa filiform ibus glabris. 



Hab. In Himalaya occidentali calida, alt. 2-5000 ped. : Simla ! 

 Garhwal ! Kumaon ! ; in montibus Khasia ad Nartiang, alt. 4000 ped.!; 

 et in raonte Parasnath provincial Behar ! — (Fl. Jul. Sept.) (v. v.) 



Rami graciles, angulati. Folia pinnatim decomposita ; segmenta ovata, oblonga 

 vel lanceolata, 1-2-uncialia, integerrima dentata vel varie lobata. Panicula ramosse, 

 bracteis parvis. Sepala oblonga, acuta, extus pubescentia. Filamenta angustissime 

 ligulata, basi pilosula, supra medium filiformia, glabrata. Achenia ovata, compressa, 

 sericea. 



Oar Khasia specimens are in young fruit only, but they have quite the foliage of 

 Dr. Royle's plant, and appear to be the wet-climate form of it, with lax, fewer- 

 flowered panicles. The specimens from Parasnath have larger leaves than those from 

 the Western Himalaya, the terminal leaflet being often as much as three inches in 

 length. 



14. C» Wightiana (Wall. Cat. 4674 !) ; pnbescens, foliis pinnatis, 

 segmentis late ovatis, paniculis magnis decompositis, filamentis anguste 

 ligulatis sericeo-pilosis.< — W. et A. Prod. i. 2 ; Wight! Ico?ies } t. 935, 

 III. 5, Ne'dg. Plants, p. 2. t. 3. 



Hab. In montibus Peninsulse: Nilghiri, Wight! Concan, Law! Dek- 

 han, Sykes! Orissa, in collibus secus flumen Kistna, Wight. 



Rami valid], rotundati, adpresse pilosi. Foliola srepius 5, crassa, velutino-pubescen- 

 tia, 2-3 uncias longa, ovata, basi cordata, triloba, lobo medio longiore, vel 5-loba, 

 interdum tripartita, grosse dentata, subtus dense villosa. Panicula foliis longiores; 

 bractea foliacese, lobata? vel dentate. Sepala 4, late ovata, patentia, extus villosa, 

 ^-uuciali. Stamina sepalis paullo breviora. Achenia ovata, compressa, dense sericea. 



This species has the habit and general appearance of C. grewiaflora ; it is how- 

 ever always smaller, and the shape of the expanded flowers is very different. In the 

 Wallichian distribution, specimens of C. Buchananiana, y torluosa, have been, by 

 some accident, mixed with this species, as in some collections (in Herb. Lindl. for 

 instance) that plant occurs under No. 4674. 



§ 2. Sepala per anthesin erecta, apice revoluta. 



15. C. grewiseflora (DC. Syst. i. 140, Prod. i. 4) ; dense fulvo- 

 tomentosa, foliis pinnatisectis, foliolis 3-5 crassis late cordatis 5-lobis 

 serratis, alabastris ovalibus, filamentis e basi ligulata dense pilosa fili- 

 formibus ^labris.— Don, Prod. Nep. p. 191; Wall. Cat. 4678 ! 



Hab. In Himalaya temperata et calida, alt. 3-5000 ped.: Kumaon! 

 Nipal I Sikkim !— (Fl. autumno.) {v. v.) 



Rami validi, rotundati. Foliola 4 uncias longa et lata, superne adpresse pilosa, 

 subtus dense tomentosa, profunde lobata. Panicula axillares, pluriflora ; bractea 

 oppositse vel vertieillatse, triloba? vel grosse dentate. Flares magni, late campanulatu 

 Sepala oblonga. Filamenta sepalis sequilouga. Achenia oblique ovata, sericea. 



16. C. Buchananiaxia (DC. Syst. i. 140, Prod. i. 4); incana 

 vel fusco-pilosa, foliis pinnatisectis, foliolis 5-7 fere rotuudatis lobatis 



