3 

 Anemone.} I. RANUNCULACE^E. (Hook. f. & Thorns.) 9 



silky outside, generally lead-coloured near the claw. Achenes strigose, rarely glabrous. 

 Very variable in size, hairiness, and colour of flower ; the most abnormal torm is de- 

 scribed as var. glabra in Fl. Ind. from W. Tibet (Winterbottom), it is quite glabrous 

 with very many golden sepals. 



8. A. rupestris, Wall. Cat. 4696; slightly hairy, rootstock stout 

 fibrous, radical leaves 3-partite, segments narrow petioled,, invol. leaves 

 small sessile free, scape 1-3-flowered. H.f. & T. Fl. Ind. 21. 



ALPINE HIMALAYA, from Kashmir and Hazara to Sikkim ; ascending to 15,000 ft., 

 Wallich, &c. 



Probably a state of A. obtusiloba, but smaller, more slender, less hairy, with narrower 

 segments to the more cut leaves. The Sikkim specimens have more divided leaves and 

 hooked glabrous achenes, but the latter are immature. Slower golden yellow. 



9. A. trullifolia, H. /. & T. Fl.Ind. 22 ; densely hairy, rootstock stout 

 fibrous, radical leaves oval 3-lobed, in vol. leaves small sessile free, scape 

 1-3-flowered. 



ALPINE EASTERN HIMALAYA, Sikkim, alt. 11-15,000 ft., Hooker /; Bhotan, 

 Griffith. 



Probably another form of A. obtusiloba, with more entire leaves, and more silky 

 hairs, the flowers are golden yellow and achenes densely strigose. Amongst Strachey's 

 specimens of A. obtusiloba, are some with similarly entire leaves, but they are longer- 

 petioled and less hairy than in A. trullifolia. 



10. A. rivularis, Ham. in DC. Syst. i. 211 (not of Wall. Cat.); silky- 

 pubescent, rootstock stout woody, radical leaves 3-partite, segments lobed 

 and serrate, invol. leaves large free, cymes many-flowered. Don Prodr. 

 i. 93 ; //./. & T. Fl. Ind. 23. A. hispida, Wall. Cat. 4694. A. Wightiana, 

 Watt. Cat. 4697; W. & A. Prodr. 3; Wig/it Ic. t. 936. A. dubia, Wall. 

 Cat. 4698; W. & A. Prodr. 3 ; A. geraniifolia, Wall. Cat. 4693. 



Temperate regions above 5000 ft. throughout INDIA, and CEYLON. 



Stem 1-3 ft., branched. Radical leaves long-petioled, 3-6 in. diarn. ; segments 

 cuneate at the base, broadly oval or trapezoid, deeply 3-lobed, lobes cut and serrate. 

 Cyme compound; branches spreading, elongate, 2-bracteolate ; invol. leaves large, 3- 

 partite, ultimate segments linear-oblong, acutely inciso-serrate. Flowers 1-1^ in. 

 cliam., white or bluish outside. Sepals 5-8, silky outside. Achenes large, oblong ; 

 style hooked. A monster with the inflorescence or leafy umbel often 6 in. diam., is 

 common in the W. Himalaya. 



SECT. IV. Omalocarpus, DC. Achenes with a short style, not imbedded 

 in wool, much compressed, almost winged. (Flowers usually many in the 

 umbels ; pedicels not involucellate.) 



* Flowers in simple umbels (sometimes compound in 12, polyanthes.) 



11. A. demissa, //./. & T. Fl. Ind. 23 ; softly hairy, leaves 3-partite, 

 segments petiolate, scapes decumbent. 



ALPINE EASTERN HIMALAYA; Sikkim, alt. 13-16,000 ft., Hooker f. 



Rootstock woody, clothed with old leaf-sheaths. Leaves 1 in. diam., orbicular ; seg- 

 ments cuneate-obovate, variously cut. Scapes 6-16 in., stout; invol. leaves small, 

 o-lobed. Flowers 3-6, 1 in. diam., bluish. Achenes very flat, orbicular, glabrous ; 

 style deflexed. 



12. A. polyanthes, Don Prodr. 194; densely silky, leaves 5-7-lobed, 

 scapes erect. //. / & T. Fl Ind. 24. A. longiscapa, Wall. Cat, 4691. A. 

 scaposa, Edgew. in Trans. Linn. tioc. xx. 27. A. villosa, Moyle III. 52. A. 

 Govaniana, 76. p. 45 (not. Wall. & Don.) 



