Anemone.] floka indica. 21 



kim, ubi in jugis exterioribus humidissimis non obvia, usque ad alt. 

 11,000 pedum occurrit. — (Fl. Jun.-Aug.) (v. v.) 



Herb a elata, 1-3-pedalis. Radix perpendicularis, cylindrica, lignosa. Folia 

 diaraetro 4-8-uncialia, rotundata vel ovata, late 5-loba, lobis acutis argute inciso-den- 

 tatis, superne pilis sparsis adpressis tecta vel glabra, subtus cum petiolis et scapo 

 niveo-floccosa rarius demum subglabra. Cyma decomposita, floribus gradatim evo- 

 lutis, in planta juuiore ramis lateralibus nondum evolutis ad speciem uni- vel pauci- 

 flora. Sepal a 6-8, ovalia, uncialia, extus adpresse sericea, albida. Achenia in capi- 

 tulum globosum coalita, miuima, stylo nudo sequilongo apiculata. 



Sect. 3. Anemonanthea, DC. — Involucra 1-2-flora. Pedicelli 

 nudi. Achenia oblonga, cylindrica, angulata vel subcompressa, 

 parva, distincta, nee in capitulum concreta. 



5. A* Griffithii (H.f. et T.); foliis involucralibus 3 longe petio- 

 latis tripartite sparse pilosis, floribus 1-2. 



Hab. In Sikkim interiori in sylvis densis vallis Lachen, alt. 8-9000 



iffith 



(v. v.) 



Species A. nemorosa et A. ranunculoidi affinis, sed specimina valde manca. Radix 

 et folia radicalia non suppetunt. Scapi 3-6-unciales. Folia involucri tripartita : 

 segmentis acutis incisis et serratis, lateralibus oblique bilobis, terminali trilobo. Se- 

 pala 6, ex sicco rubescentia, ovalia, obtusa, \ unciam longa. 



6. A. Falconeri (Thorns, in Hook. Ic. Plant, t. 899 !) ; foliis tri- 



Eartitis, segmentis late cuneato-ovatis trilobis, involucri tripbylli foliis 

 asi coalitis oblongis apice tridentatis vel obtusis, flore solitario, acheniis 

 angulatis oblongis sericeo-pilosis. 



Hab. In Himalaya occidentali, alt. 6-10,000 ped.,in sylvis umbro- 

 sis : Kashmir ! Kishtwar !— (VI Apr. Mai.) (v. v.) 



Herba pusilla, molliter pilosa. Rhizoma horizontal^ lignosum, fibros plurimos 

 emittens. Folia numerosa, 1-2-nncialia, longe petiolata, submembranacea, adpresse 

 sericea, tripartita. Segmenta lateralia obliqua biloba, terminale trilobum. Petioli \>\\is 

 longis patentibus tecti. Scapi 3-6-unciales, folia sequantes. Pedicelli florum invo- 

 lucro breviores vel wquales. Flores parvi, diametro |-^-unciales. Sepal a obovata, 



obtusa. Achenia stylo brevissimo apiculata. 



This is the plant mentioned by Falconer in the introduction to Royle's Illustra- 

 tions, p. 25, as a new species of Hepatica. Its relationship to that genus or sec- 

 tion is certainly very close, not only in general habit, but also in flower and fruit. 

 Its pedicellate flowers, however, are an obstacle to its being placed in the section (or 

 genus) Hepatica, and seem to indicate that that section is not a natural one, but 

 that J. Hepatica ought probably to find a place in the section Anemonanthea, along 

 with J. Falconeri. 



Sect. 4. Anemonospekmos, DC. — Involucra pluriflora. Pedicelli 

 laterales involucellum gerentes. Achenia prions. 



7. A. rupestris (Wall. Cat. 4696 !) ; foliis trisectis, involucri tri- 

 folii foliis basi angustatis foliorum segmentis conformibus, floribus 1-3, 

 acheniis oblongis vix compressis glabris stylo uncinato apiculatis. 



Hab. In Himalaya interiori alpina : Kashmir ad Pir Panjal jugum, 

 Jacquemont! Nipal ad Gossain Than, Wall.! Sikkim, alt. 15,000 

 ped.! — (Fl. Aug.) (v. v.) 



Radix lignosa, subhorizontalis. Caulis basi vestigiis petiolorum delapsorum fibril- 



