82 ANNALS OF ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN, CALCUTTA. 
Var. e. MoNANTHA Р. B.; scapes subereet or ascending, slender, 5—12 om. long, subvillose; 
divisions of slightly hairy blade spreading, not over-lapping; blade 2— 2-5 om. Across ; 
flowers solitary; pedicel distinctly longer than the involucral leaves; sepals obovate- 
oblong, cuneate, about 1 cm. long, white; androgynaecium forming a conspicuous 
globular head, stamens 30—40, pistils 40—50; filaments linear and linear-lanceolate ; 
ovaries elliptic-sblong, moderately compressed; style about half as long as ovary, 
recurved. — Sikkim: on the Tankra-La 15,000’ (G. Gammie!). This variety is possibly 
identical with Franchet’s var. yunnanensis, 
Prars 107 В. Anemone demissa, H. f. 3 Th. 1, var. umbellata; 4, var. monantha; 8, sopal of var. umbellata ; 9, of var. 
villosissima ; 10, of var. monantha; 13, stamens of var. umbellata; 14, of var. villosissima; 15, of var. macrantha; 17, pisti 
of var. umbellata; 18, of var. villusissima; 19, of var. macrantha; 20, of var. monantha; 21, achene of var. umbellata. 
ANEMONE ELONGATA, Don. 
Rhizome woody, stout, fusiform. Basal leaves very long-petioled with the nerves 
little prominent, reniform or semicircular in outline, usually rather shallow-cordate, 
deeply tripartite or trisect, 4—12 cm. from base totip, paler beneath, subglabrous or 
more or less pubescent, especially along the nerves; lateral segments trapezoidal or 
unsymmetrieally obovate in outline, often semicordate, unequally bipartite, outer 
division bifid, inner irregularly trifid, secondary segments cuneate, and coarsely and 
irregularly serrate; petiole shortly sheathing at the base, slender, 2—6 times the length 
of the blade, subglabrous or moderately hairy. Stems erect, longer than the leaves, 
30—100 cm. long, glabrous or somewhat pubescent, usually villose at the insertion of 
involueral leaves. Inflorescence a large, lax, subumbellate суше.  Involueres of Ње 
first order usually 2-, more rarely, 3-leaved; leaves cuneate at base, broad-cuneate, 4—14 
em. long, glabrous, subglabrous, or densely pubescent along the nerves, 3 tripartite, 
middle segment trifid, lateral bifid, all serrate; involucres of second order 1--3-leaved, 
leaves 3-cleft, densely villous at base; involucral leaves of the third order 1—2-leaved, 
2—3-fid sparsely serrate; involucral leaves 4 to 1 the size of those of the next higher 
order. Peduncles of first order 8—30 cm. long, Mery slender, glabrous or slightly hairy, 
base usually densely villous; secondary peduncles 2—8, rarely all of them simple, usually 
the central one and one or two others simple, the remainder umbel-bearing, rather 
unequal im length. Pedicels pretty slender, slightly puberulous to densely silky- 
pubescent. Sepals 5, obovate, 9--20 mm. long, 3 to 3 as broad, white, glabrous. Stamens 
50—70, unequal, the longest ones $ to $ of sepals; filaments complanate, the outermost 
rarely filiform, linear; anthers Medio amo, 12-1-3 mm. long. Pistils 10—15, 
sessile, 3—3'5 mm. long, glabrous; ovaries compressed to nearly flat, ovate to oblong, 
en oblique, narrowly or broadly gun rene ; Style slightly tapering into the obtuse 
| atose apex, from 1 to E of ovary. Achenes usually only few (1—3, some- 
| Кана 6) attaining maturity, flat, elliptic or elliptic-oblong, nearly symmetrical on 
ateral aspect, rather narrow-margined, about 1 cm. long, persistent style rather central, 
_ permanent basal part short, straight or nearly so, not reflexed and nearly contiguous 
to achene. Sceds and sides of achenes longitudinally ribbed. 
Flowers i in July. 
_ Garhwal, 9—10,000’ near Ramri (Duthie 1) ; Kumaon, 9—10,000' : in forests near Sosa, Shinko-ta 
Dut бе /); Nipal; Khas‘a, 5,000° (Hooker). 
