28 i. RANUNCULACE.E. (Hook. f. & Thorns.) [Acnnitum. 



1. A. uncinatum, Linn.; stem twining, leaves ]iabnately 3-~>-fid, 

 flowers panicled, helmet with a short blunt dorsal cone. te>ta plaited. 

 DC. Prodr. i. 60. A. variegatum, 11. f. <( T. Fl. In<l. 56 (w< of'Z.). 



EAST TEMPERATE HIMALAYA ; Sikkini, Lachoong valley, alt. 9000 ft., Hook.f. 



Stem several feet long, very slender, weak, sparingly biam-hed, glabrous or puU-rulous. 

 Leaves 3-4 in. broad, lobes cuneate ovate sharply cut and toothed ; bracts similar. 

 Flowers -1 in. lon<_, in open large panicles, yellowish or bluish green. J/< /'/// t much 

 aiched, bluntly beaked in tmnt. fyur reflexed. Follicles 5, glabrous. S 

 scanty for correct identification. 



2. Ai Lycoctonum, Linn. ; stem erect much branched, leaves pal- 

 mately deeply 5-y-lohed, racemes branched, helmet with a short U-ak and 

 long cylindric or conical dorsal promim-i. laited. D( '. l'n./i: i. ."7 ; 

 H.f. d- T. Fl. In-l. '-I. A. laeve, A'<><//< 111. 



WEST TKMPKKATK HIMALAYA; Kuniaon to Kashmir, alt. 7-10,000 ft. DISTKIH. 

 Europe, N. Asia. 



Sterns 3-6 ft., glabrous or pubescent. Leaves 6-10 in. diani., lobes cnneate-ovate, 



shai-j)ly cut, lower long petioled, upp<T sessile. 

 minute. Flowers pale yellow or dull purple, variable in ii 



3. A. luridum, //./.<( T. Ft. Z^tid 55 ; stein ert-rt simple, leaves 

 palinately 5-fid In-low the mi. Idle, raceme simple, helmet with a long 

 straight beak and broad dome-like dor.-al promim-inr, tot a smooth. 



AI.IMNK IV\M HIMALAYA ; Sikkirn, alt. 14. nun it.. IIn,,h.f. 



Xt( in 2-3 ft., slightly pubescent, : m. diam.. segments 



vaneato-orate, 8-fid and c..;u ly cr.ii.-it>-, ]><;: 



J-l ft., pedicels short ; ln\\er 1 le, 3 5-pai-tite, upper entire. /' 



ull red. Segals brown-tomentoM. Fo 



4. A. palxnatuxn, I)<,n r,-<>'r. r.ic,; stem erect simple below, leaves 

 reniform deeply :> -lolted. panicle t'ew-llowered, helmet much vaulted shortly 

 beaked, testa plaited. \\',ill. < . li.yl, III. r,7 ; //. f. L- T. /'/. /,(.. 

 56 ; A. lethale, Vrijit/i Xntnl. iv. 798, 



TKMI-I.I:ATK HIMALAYA, from 8ikkim to Garwhal, alt. 8-10,000 ft. : MISHMI, 

 Griffith, 



t^h in 2-") ft , leafy. gla*brous. Leaves 4-Ti in. diani., sinus shallow ; segments cuneate- 

 ovate, deeply sharply cut ; j..-li..!.-> l-.m: ';ish-blue, peiic.-i.s long. 



Helmet rather higher than broad. FoUioUl 5, 1-1^ in. long, glabrous. 



5. A. ferox, WaU. in String* .!///.. ll>l>:ct. i. 100, <(' in DC. Pr<,<Ir. i. 114 

 (not of Plant. As. Rar.} ; stem erect simple below, leaves rounded or oval 

 palinately 5-fid, raceme terminal dense-llowered, helmet vaulted with a 

 short sharp beak, testa plaited. Wall. Cat. 47^1, //, (', 1> : 11. j. <C T. Fl. 

 2nd. 56. A. virosum, Don 



TEMPERATE SUBALIMXE HIMALAYA, from Sikkim to Garwhal, alt. 10-14,000 ft. 



Stem 3-6 ft. ; puberulous, leafy. Lew* 3-6 in. ; lobes cuneate-ovate, incised. 

 flficeme 6-12 in., simple or sparingly branched below, tomentose ; pedicels 1-2 in., 

 thickened at the top; bracts pinnatild; bracteoles linear. Flou-cr* large, pale dirty 

 blue. Helmet about twice as long as high. Follicles 5, erect, usually densely villous, 

 glabrous in some Garwhal specimens. 



6. A. NapeIlus,Z^>?. ; stem erect simple, leaves palmatipartite, seg- 

 ments linear multitid, raceme simple few- or many-flowered, helmet shallo-.v, 

 ta})ering to a slender beak, testa smooth. DC. 1'rodr. i. 02 ; 11. f. <- T. Fl. 

 Ind. 57, 



