Anemone.'] flora indica. 23 



sented a series of gradations connecting it with the ordinary form of the species. 

 The fruit is quite the same in all the varieties, the beak being hooked while young, 

 but straight and rigid in the ripe achenium. A. mollis, Wall. Cat., is said to be 

 from Khasia ; but as the species is rather an alpine one in the Himalaya, and has not 

 been found in that district by other collectors, it is probable that the specimens, 

 which are mere fragments, have been accidentally wrongly ticketed. 



10. A, rivularis (Ham. in DC. Syst. i. 211, Prod. i. 21, non 

 Wall. Cat.); foliis trisectis, segmentis tripartitis vel profunde trilobis, 

 lobis iterum trilobis irregulariter inciso-serratis. involucri 2-3-pbylli 

 foliis tripartitis, segmentis trilobis vel indivisis oblongis acuminata? 

 argute inciso-serratis, cyma decomposita, acheniis oblongis in rostrum 

 recurvum acuminatis. — Bon, Prod. 193. A. hispida, Wall. Cat. 4694 ! 

 A. Wightiana, Wall. Cat. 4697 ! W. et A. Prod. 3 ; Wight, Ic. t. 936 ! 

 Ni/ff. PL p. 2. t. 4 ! Hook. Ic. Plant, tf. 1 76 ! Lindl. Bot. Reg. 1842, 

 t. 8 ! A. dubia, Wall. Cat. 4698 (Jde W. et A.) ; W. et A. Prod. 3. 

 A. geraniifolia, Wall. Cat. 4693 ! 



IIab. Ladak: in aquosis infra 10,000 rara!; ubique in Himalaya 

 temperata, alt. 5-10,000 ped., in graminosis humidis et secus vias : 

 in Sikkim ubi ad alt. 13,000 ped. ascendit in jugisinterioribus tantum ; 

 in montibus Khasia ! ; in peninsulse australis et Zeylanise montibus 

 temperatis !— (Fl. per totam sestatein.) (v. v.) 



Serieeo-pilosa, 1-3-pedalis. Radix crassa, lignosa. Folia 2-6-uncialia, majora 

 longissime petiolata, cirenmscriptione rotundata vel reniformia, profunde cordata. 

 Involucri folia ssepe 3-5-uncialia, subsessilia vel alato-petiolata, segmentis ultimis 

 oblongis vel lanceolatis. Injlorescentia decomposite cymosa. Involucelli folia ssepius 

 bina, bipartite, segmentis lanceolatis vel linearibus parallele nervosis, inciso-serratis. 

 Sepala 5-8, ovalia, obtusa, extus sericea, £-f -uncialia, intus alba, extus carulescentia. 



Achenia ^-uncialia. 



This species, which grows at a lower elevation than any other, is the only one 

 which extends within the tropics, and, indeed, except A. elongata, Don, which is 

 found in Khasia, the only species yet known in India out of the Himalaya. Not- 

 withstanding the formidable array of synonyms which we have brought together, 

 it is by no means a variable plant, except in size. A monstrous state, in which the 

 flower is converted into a leafy umbel, sometimes six inches in diameter, is common 

 in northern India. The original specimen of A. dubia, in the Liunrean Society's 

 herbarium, belongs by some accident to A. nemorosa, or some closely allied plant, 

 'there can, however, be no doubt that that synonym is correctly referred here, as we 

 have the authority of Wight (Nilg. Plant, p. 2) for uniting it to A. Wightiana. 



Sect. 5. Omalocarpus, DC. — Achenia ovalia, valde compressa. 



11. A. demissa (ll.f. et T.) ; foliis trisectis, segmentis petiolatis 

 late cuneato-obovatis vane incisis, scapis prostratis, involucri foliis 3 

 sessilibus trilobis, floribus 1-6 exinvolucellatis, acheniis glabris stylo 



deflcxo apiculatis. 



Hab. In Himalaya? orientalis provincia Sikkim, alt. 13-16,000 ped.! 



(Fl. Jul.) 0. v.) 



Villosa vel rarius glabrata. Radix crassa, sublignosa, collo incrassato polyphyllo. 

 Folia uncialia, petiolo longitndine vario. Scapi 3-12-uneiales. Pedicelli floriferi 

 breviuscnli, fruetifcri stepe elongati. Sepala ovalia, j-|-uneialia, caruleseentia, 

 Ocaria glabra. Achenia late ovalia, \ unciam longa. 



