24. flora indica. [Ranunculacece. 



12. A. narcissiflora (L. Sp. 763) ; foliis palmatim 5-sectis, seg- 



mentis cuneatis prof uncle incisis, laciniis angustis, involucralibus 3-5 

 tridentatis vel incisis, floribus urabellatis, acheniis ovalibus late alatis 

 stylo obliquo rostratis. — DC. Syst. i. 212, Prod. i. 21 ; Ledeb. Fl. Ross. 



i. 18. A. umbellata, Willd. ; DC. St/si. i. 213, Prod. i. 22 ; Deltas. Ic. 

 sel. i. t. 18. 



Hab. In montibus Kashmir borealis versus Gares, Winterbottom! 

 (PL Jul.) 0. s.) 



Djstrib. In alpibus Europse mediae et australis, Asise temperatae 

 et Americae bor. occid. 



Planta pedalis, sericea vel glabriuscula. Folia longe petiolata, diametro 2-polli- 

 caria, ad basin usque secta, segmentis inciso-lobatis linearibus vel oblongis obtusis 

 vel acutis, plerumque adpresse sericeis. Pedunculi nndi, abbreviate uuifiori, rarius 

 elongati. Sepala 5, elliptica, ^-f poll, longa. 



The specimen of this species, which was collected by Mr. Winterbottom, is in no 

 way different from some forms of the European plant, which is evidently very vari- 

 able. The lobes of the leaves are, however, less deeply cut, and the teeth not so 

 narrow, as in the ordinary state. It is very silky, and in so far belongs to the var. 

 villosissima of DC, or the var. 5, Led. 1. c. 



13. A. polyanthes (Don, Prod. 194); foliis reniformi-cordatis 

 5-7-lobis, segmentis trilobis grosse crenatis, involucri foliis 3-5 tri- 

 lobis, lobis varie inciso-crenatis, pedunculis subquinis unifloris vel um- 

 bellatim multifloris iuterdum decompositis, involucellis incisis vel tri- 

 lobis, acheniis ovalibus stylo subulato oblique rostratis late alatis. — A. 

 longiscapa, Wall. Cat. 4691 ! A. villosa, Royle! 111. 52. A. obtusi- 

 loba, Lindl. Bot. Reg. 1844, t. 65, et A. Govaniana, lb. p. 45, mm 

 Wall, nee Don. A. scaposa, Edgew! Linn. Tr. xx. 27. 



Hab. In Himalaya interiori, alt. 10-12,000 ped.: Kishtwar! Kana- 

 wer! Garhwall Kumaon! Nipal! Sikkim !— (Fl. Jun. Jul.) (v. v.) 



Planta 1-2-pedalis, sericeo-pilosa, pilis plerumque patentibus. Folia saepms 

 longe petiolata, 3-6 uncias lata, ultra medium vel fere ad basin lobata. Scapi vahdi, 

 erecti, foliis lougiores. Involucri folia magnitudine valde varia, 1-2-uncialia. 

 Pedunculi nunc uniflori, involucro breviores vel longiores, nunc elongati umbellatim 



decompositi. Sepala 4-5, £-J-uncialia, alba, extus adpresse sericea vel subglabra. 



Ovaria glabra vel parce pilosa. Achenia -J- uuciam louga. 



This is much larger and stouter than the last species, to which, however, it is so 

 nearly allied that future observations may render it necessary to unite them. The 

 umbels of A. narcissiflora are occasionally compound, and those of the present 

 species are not always so ; so that the shape of the leaves is the only valid mark ot 

 distinction, and that, as we know, is a very variable character in this genus. The 

 discovery by Mr. Winterbottom of A. narcissiflora, L., in Kashmir, throws still more 

 doubt on the distinctness of this species. 



A 



dato 



gris vel trilobis argute subduplicato-serratis, involucro ssepius maxnno 

 3-4-phyllo, foliis basi angustatis late obovato-cuneatis trilobis, lobis 

 argute dentatis, pedunculis umbellatim decompositis, acheniis oblongis 

 late alatis stylo arete defkxo terminatis. 



