20 i. RANUNCULACE^E. (Hook. f. & Thorns.) [Delphinium. 



slightly cnn-ed, nearly 4 as long as the sepal. Anterior petals 2-fid. Follicles f in., 

 tojnentose. 



7. I>. altissimum, Wall Plant. As. Rar. ii. t. 128; Cat. 4718; stem 

 sparsely hairy glabrous below, racemes lax few-flowered, flowers .iee.p Idue 

 or purple, spur longer than the sepals. Griff. It. Sott-s 54 (Nw. b^l) ; 

 If.f.&T. Fl.Ind. 51. 



CENTRAL HIMALAYA; Nipal, Wallich. KHASIA HILLS, above 5000 ft., Griffith, &c. 



Stem 2-4 ft., much-branched, few-leaved, hairs spreading. Jitnl'Ctt/ Icnre* 3-6 in. 

 diam., pale beneath, 5-7-fid, lobes broadly cuneate, 3-lobed, coarsely toothed ; canlinu 

 sessile, 3-lobed or entire ; petiole 1 It. and under. //</' un-* long, lax, few-flowered; 

 pedicels often 2 in. ; bracts and bracteoles linear. Finn; ;-x large, very fetid, hairy out- 

 side. Spur subulate, incurved. Anterior petals 2-lobed, hairy ; posterior, dark-purple, 

 2- toothed. Follicles 3, pubescent 



8. D. elatum, L. ; stem glabrous or hairy, racemes dense-flowered, 



flowers pale blue or purplish, spur njiiallinn the sepals. 1). ranunculi- 

 folium, \Vall. C,,t.4-\(\ ; //. f. ,( /'. /'/. I ml. 51. I), incisum, \Ynll.C.tt. 4717. 

 D. pyramuiale, 7.WA- ///. o(f. 1). Hulhneistori, A"/ 7V. ' 



t. 39. 



TEMPERATE HIMALAYA, in the inner and Tibetan valleys, alt. 10-12,000 ft.; 

 from Kumaon to Kashmir. 



Stem 2-4 ft . sparingly branched. Leaves 4-6 in. diam., roundi-d or renifonn, pale 

 beneath, 5-7-!"l,cil c.r -partite, segments ei:nrati--ol>loi)g, 3-lol'ed or variously cut. 

 Racemes much branched, t-longat.- : j di> ds 1 :} in.; li>\vt-r brads l.-at'y, ;Mi>bi-d or -par- 

 tite ; bracteolt-s linear. Finn; , hairy outside. Sepals elliptic, obtuse. *S/mr subu- 

 late. FoUl. 



\"\i:. 1. ranuncidifolium ; leaves 5-lobed to about the middle, segments broadly 

 cuneate. 



VAK. '2. i/".'i*nm; leaves 5-partite, segments narrow incised. 



*"** Spur inflated, conical. Flowers large ; sepals connivent, mem- 

 branous. 



9. D. vestitum, II'///. Cut. 4715; stem hispid, leaves palmately 5-7- 

 lol)ed, flowers in long dense racemes. Roylejll. 55 ; II. f. <C- T. Fl. 1 /id. 52. 

 1 ). ivetiveniuin, /,'>///<; ///. 56. 



NN'KST and CENTRAL TEMPERATE HIMALAYA, alt. 8-12,000 ft., from Nipal to 

 Kunawer. 



tit em 1^-3 ft., simple below, hairs spreading or reflexcd. llmlii-nl hdi;es 6-12 in. 

 diam., lobes rounded, cut or toothi-d ; petiole tl-l'J in. ; caiilinc '_' ,'5, smaller. /, 

 often 1 ft., simple or sparingly branched below ; pedicels 1 -ii in. ; bracts linear or lan- 

 ceolate, low., r sometimes 3-lobed; bracteoles 2 above the middle. Flowers dense, 

 large, hairy. Si-pal* membranous, broad, rounded, equalling or exceeding the conical 

 incurved spur. Follicles 3. 



10. D. Cashmirianum, lloyle. III. 55, t. 12 ; stem glabrous strigose 

 or softly hairy, leaves palmately 5-7-lobed, lobes sharply cut, flowers in lax 

 corymbs. 77. /. <( T. Fl. !//. 52 (excl. syn. D. Jacquemontianum, Camb.}. 



WEST TIBET and TIBETAN HIMALAYA, from Kumaon to Kashmir, alt. 11-16,000 ft. 



titem 1-14 ft., few-leaved, glabrous or softly or hispidly hairy. Radical leaves 2-4 in. 

 diam., lobes cuneate-oyate, acute, 3-lobed and cut ; cauline 3-5-partite. Branches of 

 corymb terminating in few-flowered racemes, upper bracts lanceolate ; bracteoles linear. 

 Sepals 1 in. or more long, hairy, equalling or exceeding the straight conical spur. Fol- 

 licl'S 3-7, downy. The strigose states are best distinguished from small plants of D. 

 vestitum, by the inflorescence and size of the flowers. 



