22 flora indica. [Ranunculacea. 



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losis involutiiSj multifolius. Folia glabra vel pilosula, 1-2-uncialia, trisecta. Seg- 

 menta pedicellata, tripartita vel pinnatifida, varie incisa, lobis ultimis cuneatis vel 

 late linearibus. Scapi pilis patentibus hirsuti, 4-8-unciales. Pedicellus terminalis 

 nudus, laterales bracteis 2 oblongis integris vel inciso-dentatis involucellati. Sepal a 

 5-6, obovata, ^-uncialia, ca3rulesceiitia. 



8. A. truilifolia (H.f. ct T.) ; foliis late ovalibus basi rotundatis 

 vel subcordatis trilobis, lobis obtuse tridentatis, involucri trifolii foliis 

 oblongis subintegris vel profunde trilobis, floribus 1-3, acheniis ovali- 

 bus subcompressis rigide pilosis. 



Hab. In Himalaya orientali interiori : Sikkim, alt. 11-15,000 ped.! 



Bhotan, Griffith!— <FL JuL-Sept.) (v. v.) 



Tota planta dense pilosa. Radix crassa, valida, sublignosa. Folia e collo cras- 

 sissimo, reliquiis foliorum fibrosis involuto, plurima. Fetioli late vaginantes, foliis 

 breviores, rarius elongati. Folia obtusissima, subintegra vel plus minus profunde 

 triloba, rarius pinnatisecta, l^-S-uncialia. Scapi intra folia nidulantes vel elongati 

 pedales tiliformes prostrati. Involucri folia magnitudine valde vai ia. Flos termi- 

 nalis nudus, lateralium pedicellis involucello e foliis 2 oblongis indivisis constaute 

 munitis. Sepal a 6-8, ex sicco aurea extus pallide cserulea, obovata vel oblonga, 

 i-1-uneialia, extus adpresse sericea. Achenia parva, ovalia, subcompressa, stylo 

 nudo apiculata, setis strigosis ereetis hispidis tecta. 



This species closely resembles in habit the next, but the leaves in all our speci- 

 mens, which are from mauy localities, are very different. The achenia scarcely differ. 



9. A. obtusiloba (Don, Prod. 194); foliis ^ rotundatis cordatis 

 trisectis vel tripartitis, segmeritis varie lobatis, involucralibus 3 cu- 

 neato-obovatis trilobis, lobis integris vel incisis, floribus 1-3, acheniis 

 compressis ovalibus stylo rostratis pilis rectis rigidis hirsutis.— A. Go- 

 vaniana, Wall. Oat. 4688 ! A. discolor, Jiot/lef III. 52. t. xi. /. 1. A. 



mollis, Wall. Cat. 4689 ! ex parte. 



0. glabra; scapo foliisque glabris vel glabrescentibus. 



Hab. In Himalaya occidentali temperata et alpina, alt. 9-15,000 



ped.: Marri, Fleming! Hasora, Balti et Kashmir, Wint.! Kishtvyar! 



Sirmur, Boyle! etc. Kanawer, Munro! Garhwal, Sir. et Wint.! Nipal, 



Wall.! Sikkim! 0. In alpibus Tibetias occidentals, Wint.!—(FL 



Mai 



Caulis basi reliquiis foliorum fibrosis involutus, poh 



latissi 

 tentibus 



ICIllUJUS Uinuu. i»wm»w» *v,**« a tit •„1«^ 



nudus, laterales (dum adsuut) bracteis 2 oblongis involucellati. Mores £- Vunciales, 

 camilescentes albi vel aurei, sepalis basi cscruleo-plumbeis. Sepala obovata vel ro- 

 tundata 5-10. Achenii immaturi rostrum rccurvum, matun rectum ngidum. 



A very widely diffused plant in Western Himalaya, flowering on the grassy slopes 

 of the mountains in early spring, as soon as the snow has melted. Like most very 

 common plants, it varies a good deal in size and degree of hairiness; but these va- 

 riations depend chiefly on situation, and perhaps on the age of the plant. Ihe dif- 

 ference in the colour of the flowers is very remarkable, but seems quite unconnected 

 with the variations in leaves and hairiness, as specimens of the golden-yellow and ot 

 the blue forms may be selected which are in every other respect und.stiiiguishaole. 

 The glabrous state is a very striking variety, and we should have kept it separate 

 had not the specimens collected in Balti and Kashmir by Mr. Wintcrbottom pre- 



