24 1. BANUNCULACE^. (Hook. f. & Thoms.) 



coloured, deciduous. Petals 5, funnel-sbaped. produced into a spur at the 

 base. Stamens many, inner reduced to scales. Carpels 5 or more, sessile; 

 ovules many. Follides many-seeded. Seeds with a, crustaceous testa.-*- 

 DiSTEiB. North temperate zone ; species 5 or 6, with many subspecies and 

 varieties. 



1. A. vulg-arls, L. ; glabrous or pubescent, stem usually branched, leaves 

 biternately compound, lobes incised sessile or petiolulate, sepals larger than 

 the carpels and stamens, spur of petals gradually narrowed to the point, 



Western; Tempebate and SuBAiPisE Hjmalaya. — Distrib. Temp. Europe and 

 Asia 



Sdbsp. 1. VULGARIS proper; glabrous or slightly putescent, sepals ovate obtuse, spur 

 hooked as long as the blade of the petal. — A. vulgaris, DC. &o. — Tibetan region. 



Sdbsp. 2. viscosA ; habit, &o. of vulgaris proper, but smaller, odorous, and covered 

 with glandular hairs. — -A. viscosa. Qouan, &c. — Western Tibet, abundant. 



SuBSP. 3. pdbiploka; softly pubescent, sepals ovate-lanceolate tapering to a 6ne 

 point, spur short much curved. — A. pubiflora, Wall. Cat. n. 4714; Royle III. t. 55. — 

 Temperate outer Himalaya. 



Sdbsp. 4. ALPiNA ; pubescent or glandular, leaflets generally much out, flowers very 

 large, sepals obtuse or subacute, spur nearly straight. — A. alpina, L., &c. ; Deless. 

 Jc. i. t. 48. A. glandulosa, I<'isch. in DO. J'rodr. i. 50. — Alpine region of the West 

 Himalaya. 



SuBSP. 5. PTRBNAiOA ; softly pubescent or glandular often glaucous, flowers often 

 white and sweet-scented, sepals ovate acute, spur very long slender straight or booked. 

 A.pyreraioa, DC. Prodr. i. 50. A. Kanawarensis, Camb. in Jacq. Voy. Bot. t. 5; 

 Bot. Mag. t. 4493. A. Moororoftiana, WaU. Cat. n.4713; Royle lU. 55. A. Olympica, 

 Boiss. Ft. Orient, i. 71. A. glauca, Lindl. Bot. Reg. xxvi. t. 46. A. fragrans, Benth. 

 in Mound's Botanist, iv. t. 151. — Alpine and temperate western Himalaya and Tibet, 

 alt. 10-14,000 ft. 



ScBSP. 6. jdcdnda; stem simple, 4-8 in. leafless or with one small leaf, flower very 

 large dark purple, sepals very broadly ovate, spur short much incurved. — A. jucunda, 

 Fisch. & Mey.; Ltd. Ft. Ross. i. 736. — Kashmir. 



15. DEXiFHXNIirnX, Linn. 



Annual or perennial erect herbs. Leaves palmately lobed. Flmjoers 

 racemed or panicled, irregular, white blue or purplish. Sepals 5, free or 

 cohering at the base, dorsal spurred behind. Fetals 2-4, small ; spurs of 

 the 2 dorsal developed within that of the sepal ; 2 lateral spurless or 0. 

 Stamens many. Follicles 1-7. Seeds many, testa wrinkled or plaited.— 

 DiSTEiB. N. temperate zone ; species about 40, very variable. 



* Spur cylindric or inflated (not subulate or conical). 



^i:?"ii""*'™,**"?' S-f-^T.; leaves 5-partite, segments inciso-pin- 

 ?? i- 7 w^^^ P' ^"'^^' ^P""^ inflated hooked obtu>«e. D. penicillatum, 

 ■^/•ftr ,, ■'; „■ i""- ^^' "°* ofBoismr. D. vestitum, Boiss. Fl. Or. I 92, not 

 of WaU,. & Royle. 



Salt range of the Punjab, Vicary, and West Himalaya, from Banahal to Marri; 

 on dry hills, Wtnterlottom, &c. 



Stem i-i ft-,, simple or sparingly branched, pubescent or glabrous, few-leaved. 

 Radical leaves 2 in. Fhwers m long many-flowered densely glandular-hairy or glabrous 

 racemes. W eqnalling or shorter than the flower, more or less incurved: Anterior 

 petals deeply 2-fid, densely hairy. FoUides 3, straight 



A West Asiatic form which we formerly identified with D. penicillatum of Boissier, 

 who, however, wiih far better materials betore hiru, considers it distinct. The glabrouB 

 form was iound at the ilargala pass, near Kawal Pindi, by Major Vicary 



