Oxyyraphis.'] flora indica. 27 



sectis, scapis 1-floris. — Ranunculus pimpinelloides, Don ! in Royle, III. 

 53. C. Cachemiricum, Camb.f in Jacq. Voy. Bot.p. 5. t. 3. 



Hab. In montibus Himalaya interioris, alt. 9-13,000 ped. : Kash- 

 mir, Falconer, Jacquemont! Winterbottom ! Kanawer, Royle! Kumaon, 

 Str. et Wint.! Sikkim?— (Fl. vere.) (v. v.) 



Herba pusilla, 2-4 -uncial is, glabra ; radice fibrosa, collo squamis involuto. Folia 

 ssepius longe petiolata, bipinnatisecta, segmentis rotundatis bis ternatim sectis. Scapi 

 folia sequantes, 1-flori. Flores diametro unciales. Sepala herbacea, late elliptica. 

 Petala 8-12, sepalis subtriplo longiora, 6-8 lineas longa, oblongo-cuneata, retusa, 

 fovea parva. Achenia ovalia, utrinque obtusa, vix compressa, rugosa, stylo brevi 



apiculata. . 



Our specimens from Sikkim are unfortunately so imperfect that tbeir identity 

 with the plant of the Western Himalaya is very doubtful. They are in fruit only, 

 and have larger and less divided leaf-segments, but are not otherwise distinguish- 

 able. 



Tribus III. Ranuncule^e. 



Sepala zestivatione imbricata. Petala plana. Carpella monosperma, 

 semine erecto. — Herbse foliis alternis . 



7. OXYGRAPHIS, Bunge. 



Sepala 5, persistentia. Petala 10-15, fovea nectarifera impressa. 

 Achenia in capitulum globosum collecta, membranacea, stylo subulato 

 rostrata. Semen erectum. — Herbae alpestres acaules, radice perennante, 

 foliis integris, floribus aureis. 



This genus is remarkable in the Order for its persistent sepals, which afFord a 

 curious analogy with Nuphar. The only known species are those described below. 



1. O. glacialis (Bunge, Enum. PL Alt, 35); foliis ovalibus inte- 

 gerrimis crenatisve obtusis.— Ledeb. Fl. Ross. i. 47. Ficaria glacialis, 

 Fisch. in DC. Prod. i. 305. Ranunculus Kamtschaticus, DC. Prod. i. 



43, fide Ledeb. 



Hab. In Himalaya interioris summis alpibus: Kumaon, Str. et 



Wint.! Sikkim, alt. 16-18,000 ped. !— (Fl. Jul. Aug.) (v. v.) 

 Distrib. Sibiria altaica ! Davuria ! Kamtschatka ? 



Herba acaulis, 1-4-uncialis, glabra. Radix fibrosa. Folia crassiuscula, £-l£ un- 

 cias longa, £-1 unc. lata, petiolo subzequilongo, basi vaginante. Scapus solitarius, 

 erectus, 1 -floras. Sepala late elliptica, obtusa, post anthesin aucta. Petala 12-15, 

 anguste oblonga, 4 lineas longa, sepalis duplo longiora, infra foveam callo trans- 

 versali instructa. Achenia numerosa, stylo subulato recto terminata, in capitulum 

 globosum collecta. 



crenato-lobatis. 



polypetala 



/ 



Walp 



Hab. In Himalaya occidentali interiori, alt. 12-15,000 ped. : Zan- 



i o: 7>„..7„ / F n «, n iuAv TLfiiYim 1 Ivnrrmnn Rtr ft Wint. f 



(Fl. vere.) (v. v.) 



Herba pusilla, ceespitosa, acaulis, radicibu* fibrosis. Petioli 1-3-uncialus. Folia 



