28 I. HANUNCULACEiE. (Hook. f. & Tkoms.) [Aeomtum. 



1. A. uncinatum, Linn. ; stem twining, leaves palmately 3-5-fid, 

 flowers panicled, helmet with a short blunt dorsal cone testa plaited. 

 DC. Prodr. i. 60. A. variegatum, H.f. <fc T. Fl. Ind. 56 («o< of L.). 



East Tempeeate Himalaya ; Sikkim, Lachoong valley, alt. 9Q00 ft., Eoolc.f. 



Stem several feet long, very slender, weak, sparingly blanched, glabrous or puberulOBS. 

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

 Flowers f-l in. lone, in open large panicles, yellowish or bluish gi-een. Helmet much 

 arched, bluntly beaked in front. Spur reflexed. FoWkles 5, glabrous.— bpecimens too 

 scanty for correct identification. 



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

 mately deeply 5-9-lobed, racemes branched, helmet with a short beak and 

 long cylindric or conical dorsal prominence, testa plaited. DC. Prodr. i. 57 ; 

 H.f. & T. Fl. Ind. 72. A. laeve, Royle III. 56. 



West Temperate Himalaya; Kumaon to Kashmir, alt. 7-10,000 ft.— Distbib, 

 Europe, N. Asia. 



Stems 3-6 ft., glabrous or pubescent. Leaves 6-10 in. diam., lobes oimeate-ovate, 

 sharply cut, lower long petioled, upper sessile. Raceme long, _ tomentose ; bracts 

 minute. Flowers pale vellow or dull purple, variable in size. Follicles 3, spreading. 



3. A. luridum, H. f. & T. Fl. Ind. 55 ; stem erect simple, leaves 

 palmately 5-fid below the middle, raceme sim])le, helmet with a long 

 straight beak and broad dome-like dorsal prominence, testa smooth. 



Alpine East Himalaya; Sikkim, alt 14,000ft., jffoofc./. 



Stem 2-3 ft., slightly pubescent, few-leaved. Radical leaves 2-3 in. diam., segments 

 cuneate-ovate, 3-fid and coarsely crenate, petiole long ; cauline 2-5-partite. Raceme 

 4-1 ft., pedicels short ; lower bracts leafy, sessile, 3-5-partite, upper entire. Flowers 

 dull red. Sepals brown-tomentose. Follicles 3-5, erect. 



4. A. palmatum, Don Prodr. 196 ; stem erect simple below, leaves 

 reniform deeply 5-lobed, panicle few-flowered, helmet much vaulted shortly 

 beaked, testa plaited. Wall. Gat. 4723 ; Boyle 111. 57 \H.f& T. Fl. Ind. 

 56 ; A. lethale, Griffith Notid. iv. 732. 



Temperate Himalaya, from Sikkim to Garwhal, alt. 8-10,000 ft. ; Misbmi, 

 Orimh. 



Stem 2-5 ft., leafy, glabrous. Leaves 4-6 in. diam., sinus shallow ; segments cuneate- 

 ovate, deeply sharply cut ; petioles long. Flowers large, greenish-blue, pedicels long. 

 Helmet rather higher than broad. Follicles 5, i-lj in. long, glabrous. 



5. A, ferox, WdU. in Seringe Mm. Eelvet. i. 160, & in DC. Prodr.' i. 64 

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

 palmately 5-fid, raceme terminal dense-flowered, helmet vaulted with a 

 short sharp beak, testa plaited. Wall. Cat. 4721, B, C, D; H. f. <& T. M. 

 Ind. 56. A. virosum, Don Prodr. 196. 



Temperate Subalpine Himalaya, from Sikkim to Garwhal, alt. 10-14,000 ft. 



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

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

 thickened at the top ; bracts pinnatitid ; bracteoles linear. Flowers large, pale dirty 

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

 glabrous in some G-arwhal specimens. 



6. A. Kapellus, Linn. ; stem erect simple, leaves palmatipartite, seg- 

 ments linear multifid, raceme simple few- or many -flowered, helmet shallow, 

 tapering to a slender beak, testa smooth. DC. Prodn; i. 62 ; H.f. d; T. Fl. 

 Ind. 57. 



