38 flora indica. {Ranunculacece \ 



Hab. In Nipalia, Wall.! et in oryzetis et paludosis montium Kliasia, 

 alt. 2-6000 ped.!— (Fl. Jul.-Sept.) (v. v.) 



Caulis sesqui- vel bipedalis, e basi prostrata interdum ad nodos radicans erec^us. 

 Radix dense fibrillosa. Folia radicalia longe petiolata (cum petiolo spithamrca et ul- 

 tra, majora fere Heraclei), adpresse pilosa, ternatisecta ; foliolis longe petiolatis, ter- 

 minali tripartita, lateralibus bipartitis, segmentis omnibus lobatis, lobis ultimis 1-2- 

 pollicaribus oblongis acutis inciso-serratis foliorum superiorum lineari-oblongis. Flores 

 paniculati, diam. pollicares. Petala obovata, sepalis duplo longiora. Achenia dia- 

 metro i-poll., ovata, plano-eompressa, margine acuta, intra raarginem linea elevata 

 marginata, in stylum rectum compressum sensim attenuata. 



21. R. Chinensis (Bunge, Mem. Sav. etr. St. Petersb. ii. 76); 

 caule erecto hirsute*, foliis triseetis, segmentis bi-trisectis, calyce reflexo, 

 acheniis in capitulum oblongum collectis dorso tricostatis punctatis, 

 receptaculo elorigato oblongo piloso. 



Hab. In paludosis provincise Assam, Jenkins! Griffith! Masters! 

 Simons! — (v. s.) 



Distrib. China borealis, Bunge! 



Radix fibrosa. Caulis erectus, ramosus, 2-3-pedalis, cum petiolis pilis rufis ad- 

 presse hispidissimus. Folia radicalia 3-6-pollicaria (petiolis 6-12-poll.), adpresse 

 pilosa, 2-4 -tim ternatisecta, segmentis plerumque petiolatis palmatim incisis, idtimis 

 cuneato-oblongis grosse dentatis vel inciso-serratis. Flores terminales, paniculati, f - 

 pollicares. Sepala hirsuta. Achenia in capitulum oblongum f pollicem longum con- 

 gesta, costis lateralibus valde prominentibus, dorso fere truncata, tricostata. 



Sect. 3. Echinella, DC. — Carjpella echinata vel tuberculata. 

 Flores flavi. 



22. R. flaccidus (H.f. et T.) ; caule prostrato filiformi, foliis ro- 

 tundatis crenato-lobatis, acheniis tuberculatis. 



Hab. In Himalayas ternperatse paludosis : Kumaon, alt. 10,000 ped., 

 Sir. et Wint. No. 2 ! Sikkim, alt. 9-10,000 ped.! Bhotan, Griffith!— 

 (Fl. Jun. Jul.) (v. v.) 



Herba pusilla. Caulis glaber, 3-6-pollicaris, interdum ad nodos radicans. Folia 

 longe petiolata (petiolo 1-2-polL), diam. 2-4-lin., rotundata, basi cordata vel cuneata, 

 3-5-loba velcrenata, glabra. Pedunculi 1-flori, oppositifolii, strigoso-pilosi. Flores 

 (_£_ poll, diam.) ininuti, flavi. Sepala ovalia, reflexa. Petala vix majora, obovata. 

 Achenia 6-] 2, in capitulum globosum collecta, ovalia, vix compressa, pubescentia, 

 stylo brevi reflexo apiculata. 



23. R. Wallichianus (W. et A. Prod. i. 4); caule prostrato, foliis 

 ternatim pinnatipartitis, acheniis compressis marginatis punctatis et 

 tuberculatis.— ^/^, Ic. t. 937 ! Nilg. Fl. t. 5. R. pinnatus, Wight, 



III. i. 6. 



Hab. In montibus temperatis Zeylanise ! et Malabariae austr. ! 



ft 



Herba perennis. Caulis prostratus, ad nodos radicans, pilis patcntibus hirsutus, 

 rarius glabriusculus. Folia radicalia longe petiolata, pilosa, segm. \-\ poll, longis 

 ovatis trifidis et grosse dentatis \ caulina tripartita. Pedunculi oppositifolii, 1-flon. 

 Flores ^-pollicares. Sepala ovata, reflexa. Petala anguste obovata, sepalis duplo 

 longiora. Achenia plano-compressa, orbicularia. 



Dr. Wight has identified the Nilghiri plant with that of Ceylon, and applies to both 

 the name of jR. pinnatus, Poiret, founded on a plant said to occur in Ceylon and 



