36 flora indica. [Banuncalacete. 



caule carnoso 6oepiu9 ramosissimo. Folia radicalia reniformia, 1-3 uncias lata, ad 

 basin fere tripartita, segmentis obovato-cuneatis trifidis et obtuse incisis; caulina 

 (excej)tis iniimis) scssilia, tripartita, segmentis anguste oblongis 1-2 uncias longis in- 

 ciso-pinnatifidis vol tridentatis. Flores diam. i-^-poll. Sepala reflexa, petala ob- 

 loiiga Ecquautia. Achenia in capitulum 3-4 liueas longum colleeta, iiumerosa, mi- 

 nuta, oblique obovata, obtusa vel stylo brevissimo apiculata. Receptaculum oblon- 

 gum, pilosuuu. 



§ 4. Folia secta. Caulis erectus, rarim prodratus. Achenia piano- 



compressa 



R 



patentibus hirsutus, foliis tripartitis, pedunculis unifloris oppositifoliis, 

 floribus parvis, sepalis patentibus, acheniis in capitulum globosum col- 

 lectis punctatis, receptaculo parvo piloso. — Bon, Prod. 195. R. Na- 

 paulensis, DC. Prod. i. 39. It. trilobatus, Don, Prod. 194. E. gera- 

 iiioides, Blame, Bijd. 2. R. hydrocotyloides, Wall. Cat. 4703 ! R. 

 mollis, Wall. Cat. 4704 ! j Don! in Boyle 111. 53. R. obtectus, Wall. 

 Cat. 4705 ! 



Hab. In Himalaya temperata, alt. 6-8000 ped. : Simla! Garhwal! 

 Kumaon! Nipal! Sikkim, 9-11,000 ped.!— (Fl. per totam sestatem.) 

 {v. v.) 



Caules pilis patentibus albis vel rufi9 longe pilosi, interdum basi glabrescentes, 

 prostrati, ad nodos interdum radicantes, vel apice adscendentes. Folia 1-3-pollicaria, 

 .utrinque molliter pilosa, radicalia primordialia in adulto Sfcpe evan i da, trisect a, fo- 

 Jiolis trilobis, csetera et caulina profunde triloba, lobis inciso-dentatis. Pedunculi op- 

 positifolii et terminales, 1-flori, foliis sequilongi vel duplo longiores. Flores parvi, 

 dj a , n . ^_| j )0 ]i Sepala oblonga, pilosa. Petala obovata, sepalis subduplo lougiora. 

 Achenia ovata, margiue acuta, lateribus utrinque intra margineni 1-costatis, in stylum 



sensira attenuata. 



The position of the costa or elevated ridge of the disk of the carpels, in this and 

 allied species, varies very much, being sometimes close to the margin, at other times 

 distant from it. 



17. R. subpinnatus (W. et A. Prod. i. 4); diffusus, pilis patenti- 

 bus hirsutus, foliis trisectis, segmentis petiolatis, pedunculis unifloris op- 

 positifoliis, floribus magnis, sepalis patentibus, acheniis in capitulum 

 globosum collectis puuctatis, receptaculo parvo piloso. — Wight! Ic. L 49. 



Hab. In montibus Nilghiri, Wight!— {v. s.) 



Rhizoma horizontal. Caules elongati, prostrati vel rarius adscendentes, patentiin 

 pilosi. Folia ternatim rarius quiuatim pinnatisecta ; foliola molliter pilosa, longe 

 net iolala, late cordata, tripartita, segmentis profunde incisis, floralia subsessilia tri- 

 partita. Flores oppositifolii et terminales, ultrapollicarcs, longe pedunculati. bepala 

 villosa. Petala late obovata. Achenia in capitulum 3 lineas longum colleeta, mar- 

 ginata 2 lin. longa, carinata, stylo recto vel recurvo compresso apiculata. 



Very like the last, but the leaves are much more divided, and the flowers a gooa 

 deal larger. When carefully examined in their native country, connecting links win 

 probably be found. Both require comparison with E. repens, L., which is a widely 

 diffused plant, and varies very much. 



18. R. laetus (Wall. Cat. 4702 ! excl. lit. C. partim); erectus, a d- 

 presse pilosus, foliis tripartitis, panicula multiflora, sepalis patentibus, 

 acheniis in capitulum globosum congestis epunctatis, receptaculo ob- 



