Ranunculus] flora indica. 33 



Distrib. Europa! Asia! et America arctica ! 



Herba pusilla, erecta vel lcmge stolonifera et ad nodos radicans. Folia radicalia 

 circumscriptione orbicularia, diam. 2-5 lin., 3-5-iida vcl -partita, lubis oblongis vel cu- 

 neatis sicpius integris. Caules 1-2-pollicares, folia 1-2 se>silia triloba vel tripartita 

 gerentes. Flores solitarii, 2-3 lineas diam. Sepdla reflexa. Petala sepalis paullo 

 longiora, obovata. Achenia in capitulum parvum globosum collecta, late ovalia vel fere 

 globosa/vix compressa, stylo brevi recto vel rctlexo apiculata. 



Ledebour admits two varieties of R. hyperboreus, differing in the straight or hooked 



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In Sik- 



style ; auu n. pyymcvu* vmj umt.10 ««»" i*** *— — ~ 



kirn both the erect and the stoloniferous states occur, and specimens from that pro- 

 vince are identical in every respect with those of northern Europe. The heads of 

 fruit of this species are a good deal like those of R. radicans, but smaller. 



§ 3. Folia sect a, caulis ereclus; achenia ovalia, snbcompressa, late- 

 ribus convexis. (R, pulchellus, 0. J. Meyer, foliis trifidis vel in- 

 tegris, in § 1 quserendus.) 



10. R. Chserophyllos (L. Sp. 780); foliis triseetis, lobis ple- 

 rumque linearibus, seapo uni- vel pauciiioro, acheniis in spicain ob- 



longam dispositis. — DC. Prod. i. 27. 



/3 ; foliis primordialibus integris late ovalibus grosse dentatis. 



Hab. p. In Himalaya maxime oecidentalis montibus : Balti, alt. 

 12,000 ped., Winterbottom ! 



Distrib. Europa australis ! Asia Minor! Persia! 



Herb a erecta, 6-12-pollicaris, subvillosa, radice bulbosa fibros crassos emittente. 

 Folia radicalia 1-3-uncialia, trisecta, segmentis tripartitis et varie iucisis, lobis line- 

 aribus; caulina pauca, tripartita vel linearia. Flores flavi, pollifcares. Sepald ob- 

 longa, patentia. Petala d\iplo longiora, late obovata. Achenia numerosa, ovalia, 

 compressa, in stylum longum rectum sensim attenuata. 



11. R. caespitosus (Wall. Cat. 4701!); foliis radicalibus reni- 

 formibus pedatim multipartitis, sepalis patentibus, acheniis in capitu- 

 lum oblongum dispositis subglobosis.— R. pedatifidus, Ledeb. FL Ross. 



i. 732 ; non Smith in Rets' Cj/cl. 



Hab. In Tibetia occidental^ et in alpibus Himalayae mtenoris, alt. 

 11-1 6,000 ped.: Nubra! La dak ! Zanskar ! Kanawer! Kumaon! Nipal! 

 Sikkim!— (FL Jun.-Aug.) {v. v.) 



Distrib. Asia et America temperata et arctica ! 



Herba erecta vel diffusa, pilosa, caule raxnoso 3-18-pollicari. Folia radicalia 

 rotundata vel reniformia, diam. £-1 poll, pedatim 7-multifida vel -partita, segmentis 

 rotundatis oblongis vel linearibns ; caulina subsessilia, infenora pedatim multipar- 

 tita superiora 5-3-partita, segmentis omnium linearibns. Catdrs saepe plures, ra- 

 mosi graciles, ramis elongatis folia 1-2 parva gerentibus, apice 1 -tloris. Flores \ |~ 

 nollicares. Sepala elliptic, sericeo-pilosa. Petala oblonga vel obovata Achenm 

 numerosa, parva, ovali-subglobosa, vix compressa, stylo recto apiculata. glabra. 



This elegant species agrees so well with the description of R. amornns, Ledeb., 

 which is universally considered to be the Siberian form of S. affinis, R. Br., that it 

 is difficult to consider it different, especially as there are specimens referred by bota- 

 nists to that species, not only of Siberian origin, but also from arctic America, which 

 are undistinguishable from the Indian plant d< rited above. R. Dab uncus, Turct 



mss. (which is quoted by Ledebour as a synonym ot his It. pcattftjidus),** certainly 



xfjin is 



the same as the Indian plant, if the specimen in the Hookenan Herbarium may h< 

 relied upon as authentic; and it differs from the usual Siberian states of R. affl, 



