22 i. RANUNCULACEJE. (Hook. f. & Thorns.) [Cnltlia. 



EASTERN ALPINE HIMALAYA, Sikkim, in marshes, alt. 15-17, 000 ft., ITonl-.f. 



Rootstock densely fibrous. Leaves all radical, 1-1 4 in. diam., iong-petioleo, obtuse, 

 base deeply cordate, entire or finely repand-crenate. Scap<-s many, 3-6 in. Flowers 

 1 in. diam. Sepals 5-6, oval, somewhat persistent. Follicles many, stalked. 



10. CALATHODES, H. f. & T. 



A perennial, erect, leafy herb. Lmiv* palmatipartite, / T Aw/v?v terminal, 

 regular, large. Sepals 5, golden-yellow, deciduous. J^/n/s 0. ('"//"/* 

 many; ovules 8-10, 2-seriate towards the base of the carpel. Fruit un- 

 known. Intermediate between Caltha and 7W////.V, having the apetalous 

 flowers of the former, and divided leaves of the latter. 



1. C. palmata, //./. d- T. Fl. I ml 41. 



KASTKRX TEMI-KHATK HIMALAYA, Sikkim, alt. 10,000ft., Ilool'.f. 



/Stem 1-2 ft., simple or branched. Leav 2-4 in. diam., radical soon withering; 

 cauline 3-partite, segments cuneate at tin- ha-e, deeply 3-lohed, lobes acuminate im-isu- 

 serrate, petiole with a basal inflated membranous sheath. Flowers nearly 2 in. diam. 



11. TROLLIUS, Linn 



Erect, perennial herbs. Zone* palmate. FTowerv terminal, regular, glo- 



bose or suoglobose. Sepals 5 or more, petuloid, coloured. Prful* :> or nn.rc, 

 small, clawed, blade with a basal pit. ,S/<////< //.- very many. Carpett 

 more, sessile; ovules many, 2-seriate. Seedt angled, testa coriaceous. 

 DISTRTB. 9 species, N. temperate and arctic. 



1. T. acaulis, Li mil. in Hot. K>-,,. 1842 J J//^. K\ nml 1843, t. 82 : 

 leafy above the middle, petals short-clawed. //./ ( T. /'/. ln<l. 41. T. 

 purnilis, Royk III. 54 (not of Don"}. 



WKHTERN ALT-INK HIMALAYA, fn-m Kumai.n to Kashmir, alt. 11-13,000 ft. 



Rootstock stout, fibres thi< k :npk :: C, in. in tl.-wcr, 12 or more in fruit. 



base clothed with fibres. Leaves appcarm.-: \\itli or after the llcv. , 1 lon^- 



pctioled, palmati-5-partite, setrmcnts dUoDg lanceolate, inci>ed : cauline 1-3, similar; 

 base of petiole sheathing. Floirers 2 in. diam., solitary. /Sepal* 6-8, broad-oval, 

 spreading, obtuse or entin-. l^tula ll' It',, shorter than the stamens ; blade oblong. 

 ('urpels many, ripe 1 in., membranous, wrinkled, style persistent. Very near T. 

 Salisb. (amtricanus, DC.), zmlpatulux, Salisb. 



2. T. pumilus, Don Prodr. 195; cauline leaves few, all below the 

 middle of the stem, petals long-clawed. //./. & T. Fl. I ml. 41. 



ALPINE HIMALAYA, in the interior ranges; Kumaon, alt. 14,000ft.; Nipal; Sikkim, 

 alt. 15-17,000 ft. 



Rootstock horizontal. Stems 6-12 in., naked above, base clothed with old leaves. 

 Leaves 1-2 in. diam., radical long-petioled, orbicular, coriaceous, 5-partite ; se. 

 broad-obovate 3-lobed, toothed, base cuneate. Fl<r<-rx 1 in. diam., solitary. Sepals 

 5-6, rounded, tip obtuse, notched, subpersistent. Petals 10-12, eq nailing the filaments, 

 blade cuneate-oblong, obtuse, tip thickened. Follicles many, membranous, beaked by 

 the short style. 



12. COPTIS, Salisb. 



Small stemless herbs ; rootstock perennial. Leaves ternatisect. Flowers 

 regular, small, white, on slender leafless scapes. Sepals 5-6. Petals 5-6, 

 clawed, hooded or linear. Carpels lew or many, pedicelled, spreading ; 



