RANUNCULACEiE. d 



Thalictrum, L. (DC. pr. \, p. 11 ; — W. and A. pr. I, p. 2.) Meadow Rue. 

 — From 1817, up to the present time, 34 species of this genus — one of 

 the surest indicators of a cold climate — have been introduced into the Se- 

 rampore Garden, but only the following two have flowered : — 



1. foliolosum, DC. (/. c. p. 12.) %. Nepal, Kemaon, Khassya Moun- 

 tains. Fl. small, yellowish, — August. Herb bitter ; used by the 

 Natives in fever. 



2. flexuosum, Jacq. {Loud. hort. brit. p. 229, No. 14,529.) %. Native 

 place unknown. Fl. small, yellowish, — May and June ; fr. Aug. — 

 Seeds received from the Liverpool Botanic Garden. 



T. bracteatum, Iloxb. {Fl. ind. 2, p. 671.) % k^ N. Bengal. Intro- 

 duced in 1797. Fl. C. S. {Roxb.) No doubt a species of Clematis. 

 Ranunculus, L. {DC. pr. I, p. 26; — W. and A. pr. \,p. 3.) Crow-foot. 



1. sceleratus, L. {DC. pr. 1, p. 34; — E. B. 10, t. 681.— R. indicus, 

 {Roxb.fl. ind. 2, p. 671.) © Europe, Siberia, Cochin China, India, 

 (Serampore, Calcutta, &c.) Fl. small, yellow, and fr. C. S. — A very 

 acrid plant ; v/hen applied fresh, quickly producing a blister. — Besides 

 Ranunculus aquatilis, L., a variety of which has been found about 

 Saharunpore, this is the only species of Crow-foot hitherto discovered 

 in the plains of tropical India. The Natives have no name for it, nor 

 do they use it. 



2. bulbosus, L. {DC. pr. 1, p. 41 ,—E. B. 8, t. 515 ^—Roxb. H. B. p. 

 43.) %. Europe, America, Kunawur. Fl. largish, bright yellow, — 

 March and April ; fr. May. The whole plant, but especially the un- 

 ripe fruit, very acrid. 



3. arvensis, L. {DC. pr. I, p. 41 ;~E. B. 2, t. 135.) © Middle and 

 South Europe, Suen mountains, Kemaon. Fl. small, yellow, — Febr. 

 and March ; fr. April. Poisonously acrid. 



4. muricatus, L. {DC. pr. 1, p. 42; — Sibth. fl. grcsc. t. 522.) S. 

 Europe, along the Mediterranean. Fl. smallish, yellow, — Febr. and 

 March ; fr. April. 



5. nodiflorus, L. {DC. pr. 1, p. 43 ; — Waldst. and Kit. pi. rar. hung. 2, 

 p. 192, t. 176.) © France, Hungary. Fl. small, yellow, — Febr. and 

 March ; fr. April. 



Eight other perennial species of Ranunculus, introduced between 1816 

 and 1828, could scarcely be kept alive during the hot season. 

 CoPTis, Salisb. {DC. pr. I, p. 47.) 



1, Teeta, Wall. {Notes on the Drugs called Mishmee Teeta and Pucha 

 Pat. Med. and phys. soc. Calcutta, vol. 8, p. 85. — W. Twining; 

 Notes on the medical properties of the root of the Mishmee Teeta, I. c.) 

 '^■. Mishmee mountains. Introduced into H. C. G. Fl. ? — Root 

 pure bitter, tonic, and as such recommended by Twining. 

 IsoPYRUM, L. {DC. I, pr. 1, p. 48.) 



I. fumarididcs, L. {DC. I. c, — Schkuhr. handb. 2, No. 1531. t. 153.) 

 © Siberia. Fl. small, white, — Febr. and March ; fr. April. 



