S3 I. HANUNCULACE^. (Hook. f. & Thoms.) [CaltM. 



Eastern Alpine Himalaya, Sikkini, in inarRhes, alt. 15-17,000 ft., Hool.f. 



Sootstock densely fibrous. Leaves all radical, 1-1 4 in. diam., lonK-petioled, nbtnse, 

 base deeply cordate, entire or finely repand-orenate. Scapes many, 3-b in. J^ Wwlirs 

 1 in. diam. 8epaU 5-6, oval, somewhat persistent. FoUides many, stalked. 



10. CAIATKODES, H. f. & T. 



A perennial, erect, leafy herb. Leaves palmatipartite. Flowers terminal, 

 regular, large. Sepals b, golden-yellow, deciduous. Petals 0. Carpeh 

 many ; ovules 8-10, 2-seriate towards the base of the carpel. Frwit un- 

 known.— Intermediate between Caltlia and TrolKus, having the apetalous 

 flowers of the former, and divided leaves of the latter. 



1. C. palmata, H.f. & T. Fl. Ind. 41. 



Easteeh Temperate Himalaya, Sikkim, alt. 10,000 ft.. Hook. f. 



Stem 1-2 ft., simple or branched. Leaves 2-4 in. diam., radical soon -withering ; 

 cauline Spartite, segments cuneate at the base, deeply 3-lobed, lobes acuminate inciso- 

 serrate, petiole with a basal inflated membranous sheath. Flowers nearly 2 in. diam. 



11. TROZiXiIVS, Linn 



Erect, perennial herbs. Z«aws palmate. J^'Zowers terminal, regular, glo- 

 bose or subglobose. Sepals 5 or more, petaloid, coloured. Petals 5 or more, 

 small, clawed, blade with a basal pit. Stamens very many. Carpels 5 or 

 more, sessile; ovules many, 2-seriate. Seeds angled, testa coriaceous.—, 

 DiSTRiB. 9 species, N. temperate and arctic. , 



1. T. acaulls, Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 1842 ; Misc. 56, and 1843, t. 82 ; stem 

 leafy above the middle, petals short-clawed. H.f. & T, Fl. Ind. 41. T. 

 pumilis, Royle III. 54 {not of Don). 



Western Alpine Himalaya, from Kumaon to Kashmir, alt. 11-13,000 ft. 



Rootstock stout, fibres thick. Stem simple, 3-6 in. in flower, 12 or more in fruit, 

 base clothed with fibres. Leaves appearing with or after the flowers ; radical long- 

 petioled, palmat.i-5-partite, segments oblong lanceolate, incised; cauline 1-3, similar; 

 base of petiole sheathing. Flowers 1 in. diam., solitary. Sepcds 6-8, broad-oval, 

 spreading, obtuse or entire. Petals 12-16, shorter than the stamens ; blade oblong. 

 Carpels many, ripe 1 in., membranous, wrinkled, style persistent. Very near T. laxus, . 

 Salisb. [americarms, DC), a,n^lpat^dtts, Salisb. 



2. tf . pumilus, Don Prodr. 1 95 ; cauline leaves few, all below the 

 middle of the stem, petals long-clawed. — H.f. & T. Fl. Ind. 41. 



Alpike Himalaya, in the interior ranges; Kumaon, alt. 14,000 ft.; Nipal; Sikkim, 

 alt. 15-1-7,000 ft. 



Bootstock horizontal. Stems 6-12 in., naked above, base clothed with old leaves. 

 Leaves 1-2 in. diam., radical long-petioled, orbicular, coriaceous, 5-partite ; segments 

 broad-obovate 3-lobed, toothed, base ouneate. Flowers lin. diam., solitary. Sepals 

 5-6, rounded, tip obtuse, notched, subpersistent. Petals 10-12, equalling the filaments, 

 blade ouneate-oblong, obtuse, tip thickened, Follieles many, membranous, beaked by 

 the short style. 



12. COPTIS, Salisb. 



Small stemless herbs ;■ rootstock perennial. Leaves ternatisect. Flowers 

 regular, small, white, on slender leafless scapes. Sepals 5-6. Petals 5-6, 

 clawed, hooded or linear. Carpels few or many, pedicelled, spreading; 



