14 i. RANUNCULACEJE. (Hook. f. & Thorns.) [Tkalictrmm. 



pointed, achenes large strongly ribbed, beak short hooked. J/Vy/"7 / 



Ind. i. pt. 2, 5. T. glyphocarpuin, W. & A. Prod. -1 ; \\'u/ht Jc. t. 4 ; //. r. 



& T. Fl. Ind. 16. 



TEMPERATE HIMALAYA, from Simla to Sikkim, alt. 6-12,000 ft. KHASIA hills, alt. 

 5-6000 ft.; Parusnath iu BEHAK, ah. 4000 ft.; mountains of the WKMKK.N I'KM.NSI i.\ 

 and CEYLOX. DISTRIB. Java. 



Stem 2-3 ft., erect, glabrous ; roots fibrous. /.'"' without stipels; leaflets mem- 

 branous, |-f.in. diam., membranous, orbicular or oval, obtusi-lv ." 7 toothed at the lip. 

 base rounded or cordate, more or less glaucous beneath. P,nti<-l,> bruM-h-->l. / 

 often clustered at the ends of the Crunches, small, while. .!< '. huge, 



oblong. 



17. T. foliolosum, DC. Xy.tf. i. 175; tall, leaves piimately decom- 

 pound, sheaths auricled, tihuneuts filiform, anthers beaked, aehen 

 acute at both ends sharply ribbed. J)<.n I'm,/,-, !'.):>; \\'<tlt. C<tf. 3711; 

 li<,yle ILL 51 ; //./. < T. FL ///</. !;. 



TKMPERATE HIMALAYA, alt. 5-8000 ft. KHASIA HILLS, alt. 4-6000 ft. 



Stem 4-8 ft., glabrous. Leaves very mm -h divided, without stip-ls ; leaflets &-J in., 

 rarely 1 in., orbicular. Panicle much branched : bracts small. /' 

 white pale green or dingy purple. Ackt&Gl usually --5, small, oblong. 



18. T. minus, /,. . DC, Prodr. i. i:i ; tall, leaves derompoundly pinnate 

 exstipulate, lilann-nts tilit'nnn, antlu-rs f|nn_;tte apiculati-, achciifs tapering 

 at both ends ribbed tipped by the oblong oblique .style. //. /'. <( /'. /'/. 

 Ind. 16. 



Inner valleys of the TI--MIT.I: \ IK HIM M.AYA. and in \Vr.-t TIIM:!. ah 

 DISTIUB. Europe, M. A-i.i. .\l'\>-inia E 



Stem 2-4 ft., erect. /. thing, prineip.-il divisions with or without Bl 



leaflets very variable, orbicular oval or .;Nibed; lobes crenate or tooth'-d. 



Panicle mueh l'ranehel, lealle>s or nearh so. JPZt>io0rt dingy purple. 

 oblong. We have again O'iupaiv.1 BZteonTe suites of l-lurop.'an. N. Asiatic, and lnd : an 

 specimens, with the aid of Hegel's in^nograph, and find 1,0 n-asou f<.r modifying the. 

 views expressed in Flora Indica. that all our Indian foinis aiv t ;-[\ r. t l,!,- |,. one 

 which is very variable in foliage, but constant in flowers. The most piomiuent Indian 

 varieties are : 



VAK. 1. vulyare ; glabrous, leaflets small .} [ , in. T. minus, Boiss. Fl. < 

 i. 8. The common European form, less common in 'lilet than th- following. 



VAR. 2. Joetidum (sp. L.}\ glamlular -; .illy on the l.-av.-s bi-m-ath, 



leaflets as in culyare. T. minus /D. -landuiosiiin. A' liiatum, 7.'"/// / 



VAR. 3. majus (sp. Jacq.} ; glabrous, ot't.-n glaucous; leaflets 1 in., {icheii-s rather 

 shorter and broader than in the common form. T. Kemense, /-V/Vx. T. .Maxw(diii, 

 lioyle III. 52. Kunawer, Royle, ((<-. KafVri.-tan, Critjitli. Indian specimens hav 

 acutely 3-lobed leaflets, exactly agreeing with T. Ktinense, Er. In foliage it often 

 closely resembles T.jiarinn. 



5. CALXiXANTHEIKUXK, C. A. Meyer. 



A stemless perennial. Leaves all radical, 2-pinnate oV decompound. 

 Scapes 1 -flowered. Sepals 5, deciduous. Petals 5-lo, with a nectariferous 

 pit on the claw. Stamens numerous. Carpels many; style short; ovule 1, 

 pendulous. Fruit of many subglobose achenes tipped by the short style.- 

 DISTRIB. Two species, a European and Siberian, and the following : 



1. C. cachemirianum, Camb. in Jacq. Voy. Bot. 5, t. 3. C. pimpinel- 

 loides, H. f. & T. Fl. Ind. 26. Ranunculus pimpinelloides, Don in Royle 

 111. 53. 



