50 flora indica. [Ranunculacea . 



sus angustata et bidentata ; antica profunde biloba, utrinque longe pilosa. FolUculi 

 3, pilosuli vel sabglabri. 



A very common plant in the outer mountains of the Western Himalaya, varying 

 much in size, but in general readily recognizable by its few-flowered, much-branched 

 stems. D. paucifiorum of Don is probably correctly referred by Wight and Arnott 

 to their plant of the same name, which is apparently a state of D. consolida ; but 

 Don's description is not certainly referable to any known plant, for though the greater 

 part of it can apply only to _D. consolida, the petals are those of a plant of the sec- 

 tion Delpkinastrum. 



5. D. dasycaulon (Presen. Mus. Senkenb. ii. 272); caule ra- 

 moso paucifoliato, foliis radicalibu9 amplis rotundato-reniformibus late 

 5-lobis, lobis trilobis et grosse incisis, caulinis 5-partitis seginentis ar- 

 gute incisis, racemis laxis elongatis, sepalis extus incano-tomentosis, 

 calcare conico subrecurvo duplo longioribus. — JValp. Rep. i. 52. 



Hab. In sunimis inontibus Dekhan occidentalis prope Junir (Joo- 

 neer), Stocks! Gibson! — (Fl. Aug. Sept.) (v. s.) 

 Distbjb. Abyssinia, Schimper! 



Caulis erectus, 1^-3-pedalis, pilis incanis vel fulvis villosus vel tomeutosus. Folia 

 radicalia numerosa, plerumque longe petiolata, diam. 3-6-pollicaria, lobis late trape- 

 zoideis, utrinque pubescentia, sericea vel villosa, subtus pallida et conspicue reticu- 

 latim nervosa ; caulina ad basin secta, segmentis linearibus incisis ; floralia indivisa, 

 linearia. Fedicelli flores eequantes vel duplo superantes, tomentosi, bracteolis 2 

 alternis subulatis. Flores laete cserulei. Sepala f -pollicaria, versus apicem macula 

 pallida dense pilosa notata. Fetala postica cartilaginea, calcare subulato recto, an- 

 tice obliqua, angustata, acuta vel bidentata; antica biloba, pilosa. FolUculi 3, recti, 

 f poll, longi, tomentosi. 



We can find no difference between Dr. Stocks' specimens and those distributed by 

 Schimper, except that the latter are more villous, and want the radical leaves. As 

 Fresenius in his diagnosis describes the leaves as quinquepartite, the same deficiency 

 probably exists in all the specimens collected by Schimper. As a species B. dasy- 

 caulon seems very distinct, and its occurrence in Western India is very interesting as 

 a proof of the affinity which exists between the flora of that country and that of West- 

 ern Africa. Many more instances of this will be met with in the course of our work. 



6. D. incanum (Royle ! 111. 55); caule folioso, foliis tripartita 

 segmentis lineari-multifidis, racemis elongatis multitforis, pedicellis flores 

 majusculos aequantibus vel superantibus, calcare recto sepalis longiore. 



Hab. In Himalaya interiori occidental^ alt. 6-8000 ped.: Kashmir! 

 Kanawer ! — (FL Aug, Sept.) (v. v.) 



Radix lignosa, cylindrica vel tuberosa, perpendicularis. Caulis strictus, erectus, 

 bipedalis et ultra, striatus, saepe angulatus, incanus vel subtomentosus, basi interdum 

 glabrescens. Folia petiolata vel subsessilia, petiolis basi diktat is. Inflorescentia 

 subsimplex vel rarius paniculata, pedicellis bracteolis pluribus linearibus munitis. 

 Flores hete crerulei. Sepala ovalia, f-pollicaria, incana. Fetala postica antice ob- 

 tuse angulata, bidentata, calcare subulato ; antica bifida, pilosa. FolUculi 3, ^-polli- 

 cares, brevissime tomentosi. 



like some forms 



\orum 



lorum, ±j., uul wim umu \uv\, cihu^ « u ^** v * r v, fc «*^. -— ^ r ~~~* ^ — 



iably entire in that species, and they are always bitid in the Indian plant, except in 



It is, never- 



some specimens ^ unfortunately nowers oniy, wummt ic»»co,, uuu mo 

 Tibet behind East Nipal, in which they are very slightly emarginate. 

 theless, extremely probable that our species is not distinct from I), yrandijl 

 which seems to be very widely distributed. 



