18 i. RANUNCULACE^:. (H ook. f. & Thorns.) [Ranunculus. 



** Leaves lobed or much divided. Achenes turgid, not margined, com- 

 pressed in 10, Gh&rophyllo* (see 7, pulchellus). 



9. R. hyperboreus, Kotlb. ; stem creeping stolon iferous, leave- 

 lobed or capillaceo-multifid, flowers small solitary, petals scarcely exceeding 

 the sepals. 



Inner regions of the ALPINE HIMALAYA, from Sikkim to Kashmir, and in AVi 

 TIBET, alt. 14-17,000 ft. DISTRIB. Arctic and Alpine Northern regions. 



A small glabrous perennial, terrestrial or floating. bicular or renifonn, base 



sometimes cuneate, lobed to the middle or base. A't//"/x rellexed. Pi-tal* obovate. 

 Ackenes in dense heads, very small, oval, beaked by the short style. Minute specimens 

 without stolons are undistinguishable from H. pyyimvus, Vahl. 



YAK 1. typicus; creeping on moist ground, leaves very Miiall 3-lobed to about the 

 middle, base rounded or cuneate, head of achenes small. It. byperboreus, H. ;'. ( T. 

 Fl Ind. 32. 



VAK. 2. natans, Regel ; floating, leaves ^-l in. diam., renifonn f>-7-!oled, b- 

 achenes large. R. natans, C. A. Meyer; 11. radicans, II. f. & T. Fl. Ind. 32 (in 

 part) . 



VAR. 3. radicans; creeping in moist soil, leaves rounded or re in form 5-7-partito, 

 heads of fruit Inrgfe. R. radicans, ('. A. .)/,//,/; II. j. A: T. Fl. L,d. 32 (in part) ; 11. 

 radicans a typicus, Iic<i< I. 



VAK. 4. 1/,-itltijitIn*; lli.ating. \< avcs cajiillaeeo-multifid like A', ttijiidtilix. R. Purshii, 

 Hook. FL Bor. Am. II. radicans y inultitidus, litgd. Ladak, 



10. R. Chaerophyllos, Linn. ; erect, pubescent or villous, ICHV. 

 nately partite ran-lv i-ntiiv, aclii'iK-.s coiiipn-ssL-d in an i>l>luiig head, beak 

 long straight. //../'. <( T. /'/. ln<l. :i:j. 



^'KSTKKN TJUKT, motmtaiiis of Jl.isora, alt. 12,000 ft., Wmtcrluttum. DJSTHIB. 

 S. Eurojic, Asia Minor, IV-r-ia. 



];<>t*t<>fk tubenms, with thick fibres. Stem 6-12 in., simple or with 2 -4 long 

 1 -flowered branches. ]!<i,Hi'(il l<urtx rarely oval and entire, nsuallv with ,'l-jiariite or 

 variously cut Begmenta, cauline few ;;. partite or linear and cnti r 1 in. diam. 



/Sepals spreading. .\<-h<i .s- many, oval. 



11. R. affinis, //;.; erect or dillusc, hairy, leaves pedately 5-9-lobed, 



ads inflated, beak straight. II. ra-spitosus, !('///. Cut. 



achenes in oblong he 



4701 ; //./. & T. /'/. ///'/. 33. R. pedatitidus. Led. (not *mitlt\ U. dahti- 



ricus, Tarcz. 



, Inner ranges of the TKMIM IIATK and AI.I-INK HIMALAYA, fiom Sikkim to Haiti, alt. 

 1 1-1 0,000 ft. ; and in \Vi>n.i;.\ TII;KI -. 1 >I.-TKIH. Tcmnuniti- and Arctic Asia and 

 America. 



Sterns 6-12 in., often many, from a perennial, slender, branched rootstock. Itml'u-tiL 

 Icavt'S renifonn, .J.-1 in. diam., lobed to the middle or base, lobes oblong or linear ; 

 lower eauline with narrower segments, upper entire or 3 -:">-partite-. Flowers ^- in. 

 diam. /v/.a//,- silky. Arliriirx small, scarcely compressed. Hardly different t'rom'the 

 Siberian R. amcenus, Led. (R. pedati/idiw, Sm.) 



12. R. hirtellus, Roylv III. 53 ; erect or decumbent, pubescent, leaves 

 3-partite, achenes in an oblong or glohose liead inflated, style straight or 

 hooked. 11. j. a- T. FL Ind. 34. K. attenuates, nervosus choorensis and 

 glabratus, Royle III. 53. 



TEMPERATE and SUBAM-INE WESTERN HIMALAYA, ascending to 14,000 ft. (a dwarf 

 large flowered state). 



liootstock densely fibrous. Stems many, 1-1 i ft., branched, many-flowered I 

 the alpine forms). Radical leaves 1^-2 in. diam., reniibrm, lateral si-gmen: 

 deeply 2-lobed ; cauline palmately 3-5-partite. F(Oicers ^-$ in. diam. S-pals wi;h 

 appressed hairs. Achents many, glabrous or hairy. Very variable, and closely allied 



