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flora tndica. [Ranunculacea . 



met, which is dome-shaped behind, with a very broad high arched projection. The 

 petals resemble a hammer with a very short handle. 



3. A. palmatum (Don, Prod. 196); panicula pauciflora, floribus 

 yiridi-caeruleis, casside convexa fornicata, petalorum ungue anguste 

 lineari incurvo apice in cucullum globosum ccalcaratum dilatato, folli- 

 culis 5 erectis glabris, seminibus transversim plieato-ruffosis.— Wall. 

 CM. 4723! Royle.Ill. 56. 



Hab. In Himalaya temperata: Nipal ad Gossain Than, Wall.! 

 Sikkim, in monte Tonglo, alt. 10,000 ped.! (Fl. Jun. Jul.)— (v. v.) 



Caulis erectus, simplex, 2-3-pedalis, foliosus, glaher, panicula subramosa pauci- 

 flora. Folia longc petiolata, glabra, diam. 4-6-poll., cit cumscriptione rotundata, basi 

 cordata, sinu latissimo, ultra medium palmatim 5-fida, lobis cuneato-ovatis grosse 

 inciso-lobatis ; floralia similia, minora. Flores in ramis elongatis subsolitarii, fere 

 pollicares. Cassis convexa, altitudine lougitudinem excedente, breviter roatrata. 

 Folliculi 1-1 \ -pollicares. 



4. A. variegatum (L. Sp. 751); ramis flexuosis, racemis laxis 

 paucifloris, floribus viridescentibus vel cseruleis, casside altissime forni- 

 cata, petalorum ungue recto, calcare adscendente reflexo, ovariis 5, semi- 

 nibus transversim plicatis. — DC. Prod. i. 59 ; Zedeb. FL Boss. I 68. 



Hab. In Himalaya orientali: Sikkim in valle Lachui 

 ped.!— (Fl. Sept.) (v. v.) 



Distrib. Europ. austr. ! Caucasus ! 



Herba gracilis, debilis, ramis elongatis flexuosis imo scandentibus glabris vel ad- 



presse puberulis. Folia 2-4-pollicaria, profunde palmatim 5-fida vel -partita, seg- 



mentis cuneato-ovatis inciso-dentatis ; floralia similia sed minora et altius incisa. 



Panicula divaricato-ramosa. Flores f-1 -pollicares. Cassis antice abrupte rostrata. 

 Ovaria glabra. 



The occurrence of a species only known as a native of Europe and western Asia in 



the interior of Sikkim, without any known intermediate station, is very remarkable ; 



but the Sikkim specimens agree so exactly with the species to which we have referred 



them, that the identity of the two cannot be doubted. Our specimens, however, 



are not numerous, and are in flower only. They were all obtained in one locality, 



and the species was not observed in any other part of Sikkim. This may, however, 



perhaps be ascribed to its slender subscandent habit, rather than to its rarity. It 



will probably be found to be a native of Western China, and to extend thence to 



Eastern Siberia, where a very similar species {A. volubile, Pall.) appears to be 

 common. 



5. A, ferox (Wall, in Ser. Mus. Helv. i. 160, non Plant. As. Ear. 

 t. 41); foliis ovalibus 5-fidis, racemo terminali multifloro basi composito, 

 floribus sordide caeruleis, casside alte fornicata acute et breviter rostrata, 

 petalorum ungue incurvo-filiformi, calcare recurvo obtuso, folliculis 

 5 erectis pubescentibus, seminibus triquetris dorso transversim mein- 

 brariaceo-plicatis.— DC. Prod. i. 61; Wall. Cat. 4721, B! C! D ! (non 

 A, nee Plant. Asiat. Ear. t. 41 quoad iconem). A. virosura, Don, 

 Prod. 196. 



Hab. In Himalaya interiori temperata, alt. 10-14,000 ped. : Garh- 

 wal ! Kiimaon ! Nipal ! Sikkim ! (Fl. Jul. Aug.) — (v. c.) 



Caulis erectus, 3-6-pedalis, foliosus, mol liter pubescens. Folia circumscriptioue 

 ovalia, basi cordata, utrinque pubescentia et sub t us ad nervos pilosa, rarius subglabra, 



