14 flora jndica. ' [Ranunculacem \ 



Herba 2-4-pedalis et ultra, laxe ramosa. Panicula magna, terminalis, ramis deinum 

 elongatis, raceiniformibus, fere aphyllis. Stipulce foliorum inferiorum maximae, pe- 

 tiolis adhjcrentes, membranacea3 ; stipellce cito decidual Foliola magnitudine valde 

 varia, diametro ^--li-unciali. Mores longe pedicellati, majusculi, interdum maximi 

 diametro plus quam unciali, purpurascentes, seepe pulchre purpurei. Sepala elliptica, 

 obtusa. Filamenta filiformia, apice vix dilatata ; antherce mucronatse. 



An excessively variable plant iu the size of the leaves, but otherwise pretty con- 

 stant to the characters above given. The powdery pubescence of the under surface 

 of the leaf seems to be invariably present. In the variety y, which has usually very 

 large flowers, the fruit appears to enlarge without a corresponding development of 

 the embryo, which, though always present, is seemingly abortive. In a very nume- 

 rous suite of specimens from Sikkim not one exhibits a dilated achenium, or any 

 indication of a perfect seed, all being quite flat. The great amount of variation in 

 the size and shape of the fruit indicates disease, and many of the specimens are evi- 

 dently in an abnormal state, having muricated or tuberculated bulbous masses, iustead 

 of branches, in their axils. 



4. T. pauciflonim (Uoyle ! 111. 52); foliis biternatis subsessili- 

 bus, foliolis inciso-trilobis, floribus in panicula pauciflora longe pedi- 

 cellatis, acheniis 5-15 breviter stipitatis dolabriformibus nervosis stig- 

 mate dilatato apiculatis. — T. inacrostigma et T. secundum, Udffewortkf 



Linn. Tr. xx. 26. 



Hab. In Himalaya occidentali interiore, alt. 7-13,000 ped. : Kash- 

 mir! Kishtwar ! Garhwal! Kumaon ! — (v. v.) 



Herba 1-2-pedalis, glaucescens, apice tantum ramosa. Folia subsessilia, biternata, 

 petiolo folioli medii elongato lateralium abbreviate ; foliola basi rotundata vel 

 cuneata, i-uncialia, nervosa ; floralia angustiora, pedicellis breviora. Flores parvi. 

 Sepala ovata, acuta, trinervia. Filamenta filiformia ; antherce mucronata3. 



By an oversight, perhaps by a typographical error, Dr. Royle describes the leaves 

 as triternate, so that it is not surprising that Mr. Edgeworth should have failed to 

 recognize his plant in Royle's description. The leaves are uniformly biternate, and 

 always sessile or nearly so ; they are nearly uniform in size from the base to the 

 summit of the stem. 



Sect. 2. Euthalictrum, DC. — Achenia ovali-oblonga nee com- 

 pressa, stipitata vel sessilia. 



§ 1. Achenia elongata, stipitata. 



5. T. virgatum (H.f. et T.) ; subsimplex, foliis ternati-partitis 

 subsessiiibus, foliolis rotundatis lobatis rigidis, panicula terminali ra- 

 mosa foliosa, acheniis plurimis breviter pedicellatis oblongis costatis. 



Hab. In Himalaya orientali temperata, supra rupes humidas : Sik- 

 kim in montibus interioribus, alt, 8-10,000 ped. !— (Fl. Mai. Jun.) 

 (v. v.) 



Radix tuberosa ; caulis erectus, l-l^-pedalis, strictus, glaacus, ^ P^F^ 8 : 

 simplex vel apice tantum ramosus. Folia ternatim partita, "^J^™^ 

 stifle minute, scarios* ; foliola fr* unciam tonga ngida nervo a, ^tandata J»n 

 cuneata vel cordata, 3-5-loba, lobis integns vel obtuse tntotat^ ^fo,« , parv^ 

 albi. Sepala elliptica, multinervia. Filamenta filiformia ; anther* mutic*. Achenia 

 10-25, utrinque acuta, stigmate sessili persistente apiculata. 



6. T. rutaefoUum (H.f. et T.) ; foliis pinnatim decompositis, fo- 

 liolis membranaeeis parvulis varie inciso-lobahs, floribus racemosis, 



