CopHs.] I. HANUNCULACEiE. (Hook. f. & Thoms.J 23 



ovules many. Follides many-seeded. Seeds with a black cnistaceous testa. 

 — DiSTEiB.. North temperate zone ; species 6.— Genus too nearly allied to 

 Isopyrum. 



1. C. Teeta, Wall, in Trans. Med. & Phys. Soc. Calc. viii. 347 ; H. f. 

 & T. Fl. Ind. 42 ; Gnff. Journ. 37 ; Notul. iv. 733, Ic. iv. t. 660, f. 2. 



MisHMi Mia., east of Assam, in the temperate region. 



liootstock horizontal, golden .yellow, -woody, densely fibrous, very bitter. Leaves 

 glabrous; petioles 6-12 in.; leaflets 2-3 in., ovate-lanceolate, pinna tifid, lobes incised, 

 terminal largest. Scape slender, equalling the leaves. Mowers 1-3, pedieelled, bracts 

 leafy. Sepals 4 "'•, oblong-lanceolate, acnte. Tetals narrow, ligulate, obtune,' |. 

 shorter than the sepals. — Characters taken chiefly from Wallich's description ; Griffiths' 

 specimens are in leaf only. The very bitter rootstock is much used as a drug in 



13. XSOFVRVnx, Linn. 



Small stemless herbs ; annual, or rootstock perennial. Leaves decompound. 

 Flowers regular, white, few or solitary, on leafless or leafy slender scapes. 

 Sepais 5-6, petaloid, deciduous. Petals 5, variable, very small or 0. Stamens 

 10 or more. Carpels 2-20, sessile ; ovules 3 or more. Follicles few or many- 

 seeded. Seeds -with a smooth or granulated testa, crustaoeous. — Disteib. 

 North temperate regions ; species 7. ' 



1. X. adiantifolium, ff. f. & T. Fl. Ind. 42 ; cauline leaves opposite 

 or whorled compound, petals long-clawed, carpels 3. 



Tempehatb Eastern Himalaya, outer moist valleys of Sikkim, alt. 7500 ft., 

 Hooh.f., &c. 



Rootstock slender, horizontal, scaly. Radical leaves long-petioled, stipellate at the 

 top of the petiole; terminal segment simple, lateral compound ; leaflets 6-7-petiolulate, 

 i-4 in., cuneate at the base, obtuse, crenate. Flowers \ in. diam. 



2. I. thalictroides, Linn. ; cauline leaves alternate 3-lobed or 3-folio- 

 late, petals hooded shortly clawed, carpels 2-4. DC. Prodr. i. 48 ; H.f. & T. 

 Fl. Ind. 43. I. anemonoides, Kar. <Ss Kir. En. PI. Soong. No. 55, 



Temperate Western Himalaya, north of Kashmir, Winterhottvm ; Lahul. — 

 DisTRiB. Affghanistan, Siberia, E. Europe. 



Rootstock horizontal, fibrous or scaly. Stem 4-8 in., slender. Radical leaves 2-3- 

 ternate ; leaflets 2-3-lobed, cuneate at the base, membranous. Flowers 4 in. diam., in 

 few-flowered terminal panicles. Sepals oval, obtuse. Petals with a flliform claw. 

 Follicles g-4, oval, beaked by the style. — The petals are very variable in European 

 specimens. 



3. 1. grandlflorum, Fisch. in DC. Prodr. i. 48; leaves all radical 2-4 

 times ternatisect, carpels 3-7. Wall. Cat. 9123 : Poyle III. 54, 1. 11, f. 3; 

 H.f. & T. Fl. Ind. 43. I, microphyllum, Moyle III. I.e. f. 4. 



Western Alpine Himalaya, from Kumaon to Balti, alt. 13-17,000 fl. — ^Distrib. 

 Siberia. 



Stems densely tufted ; rootstock stout, clothed with rigid bristles. Leaves long- 

 petioled ; petiole auricled at the sheathing base ; leaflets small, cuneate-obovate, 2-3- 

 fobed. Scapes 3-4 in., equalling the leaves, with 2 small subopposite bracts. Flower 

 solitary, 1-li in. diam. 



14. AQVXXiEGXA, Linn. 



Erect, perennial-rooted herbs. Leaves temately compound. Flowers re- 

 gular, handsome, drooping, white purple or yellow. Sepals 5, regular, 



