8 I. RANUNCULACEJi. (Hook. f. & Thorns.) [Anemone. 



3. A. rupicola, Camb. in Jacq. Voy. Bot. 5, t. 2 ; rootstock long slender 

 woody, scape silky, leaves 3-partite, segments acutely toothed or cut, flowers 

 1-2 large. H. f. & T. FL Ind. i. 20. 



Inner alpine valleys of the HIMALAYA, from Gores and Kashmir to Sikkim, alt. 

 12-15,000 ft., Jacquemont, &c. 



ticape 12 in., softly silky. Radical haves long-petioled, segments more or less 

 petioled, sharply incised or 3-lobed. Invol. leaves almost sessile, 3-lobed to the middle ; 

 segments toothed and cut. Flowers showy ; lateral pedicels iuvolm-fllate. .Sy^/.s 1 1 ', 

 in., broadly oval, downy outside. Achenes in an oval head. Variable in pul< 

 and acuteness of leaf-lobes. 



VAR. 1. sericea ; leaves coarsely toothed, softly silky. 



VAR. 2. glalriuscula ; nearly glabrous, leaves sharply cut. 



4. A. vitifolia, If am. ex DC. Syst. i. 210 ; rootstock stout woody, 

 scape branched many-flowered, leaves orbicular-cordate. ]j<m /Vn/r. 193 ; 

 Hook. Sot. Mag. t. 3376 ; Wall Cat. 4695 ; //./. & T. Fl. I,,, I. 20. 



TEMPERATE HIMALAYA, alt. 5-10,000 ft. : in Sikkim found only on the inner ranges. 

 MISHMI, Griffith. 



Stem 1-3 ft , stout, erect, branched. 7,W/raZ leares 4-8 in. diam. ? deeply ."> 

 glabrous above, densely tomentose beneath ; lobes sbarply l.dmlute and cut. ////<,/. 

 leaves petiolate, like the radical. Flowers 1^-2 in. diam , white, in decompound rymes ; 

 lateral peduncles involucellati-. Sfjnih f> 8, silky outside. Achcius in large heads. 

 Habit of A.jajponica, but leaves 3-lbliolate. 



SKCT. III. Aneraonanthea, DC. A clones tipped by a short style, not 

 imbedded in wool, oblong cylindric or slightly compressed. 



r>. A. Griffith!!, H. f. 6 T. /'/. tn,I. 21 ; rootstock horizontal woody, 

 invol. leaves like the radical long-petioled free, scape 1-2-flowerecL 



KAST HiMAtAYA, Lachen veil, y in Sikkim, alt. 8-9000 ft., JJ.f.; BHUTAN, near 

 Chuka, alt. 6000ft., and MISHMI HILLS, ffrijfitti. 



A small plant. Leaves 3-pariitc ; sc^nu-ms cnneatf at the base, tapering upwards 

 to a point, 3-lobrd : lobes ineisn en-nato. Floinrti 1 in. diam., white or pinkish. 

 Habit of A. nemorosa, L., and A. ranunculoide*, L. 



6. A. Falconer!, Tlmm*. in Hook. Jc. PL t. sf)0 ; rootstock short stout 

 fibrous, invol. leaves small sessile connate, timvrrs solitary. //./. ii- T. i '/. 

 I ltd. 21. Hepatica sp., /'//r. /// limjl,' 111. ^ (in note]. 



A\'EST TKMI-EKATE HIMALAYA, in shady woods; Kashmir, Falconer; Kishtwar, 

 T/.owson ; llaxara, ./. L tit>irtirt. 



Softly hairy. ffeuKcoHeavet many, long-petioled, 3-partite; segments ovnte-cunoate, 

 lolied. Scapes 3-6 in. ; invol. leaves oblong, entire or obtusely 3-lohrd. Flowers 4-4 

 in. diam., \\hite, shortly pedicelled. Achenes oblong, angled, .silky. Habit of H>j,nti-<i, 

 but flowers pedicelled. 



7. A. obtusiloba, Don Prodr. 194 ; rootstock woody fibrous, radical 

 leaves 3-partite, segments broad sessile, invol. leaves small sessile free, 

 scape 1-3-flowered, JJ.f. & T. Fl. Ind. 22. A. Govaniana, IIW/. Cat. 4688. 

 A. discolor, Royle III. 52. t. 11, /. 1. A. micrantha, KlAztch in /V. A'r/X 

 Pr. Waldem. t. 38. A. mollis, }\ r all. Cat, 4689, in part. 



TEMPERATE AND ALPINE HIMALAYA, from Kashmir to Sikkim, alt. 9-15,000 ft. 



Densely tufted, glabrate or softly hairy, lloolstock clothed with old leaf-sheaths. 

 Radical leaves many, stalked, suborbicular, deeply cordate ; segments broad, cuneate, 

 variously cut and lobed, rarely shortly petiolate. Scapes 6-12 in., 1-3-flowered: 

 iiivol. leaves 3-fid. Flowers white purplish or golden ; pedicels long, slender. Sepals 



