Ranunculus.] i. banunculace^. (Hook. f. & Thorns.) 19i 



to the European R. awicomus, but the aohenes are smaller, less compressed, are in an 

 oval head, and the radical leaf appears never to be entire. 



13. It. nivalis, Linn.; small, erect, 1-flowered, shaggy above, leaves 

 3-5-lobed or -partite, sepals shaggy. H.f. & T. Fl. Ind. 35. 



Alpihb Himalaya. Tunkra pass in Sikkim, alt. 16,000 ft., Hooh. f. — Dibtkib. 

 Arctic Europe, Asia, and America. 



Hootstock small. Stems subsolitary, 1-3 in., glabrous below. Radical leaves gla- 

 brous, segments 3-lobed; lower cauliiie petioled, upper sessile. — Apparently the same 

 as the arctic plant, but not found io fruit. 



14. R. sceleratus, Linn. ; annual, erect, glabrous, leaves 3-partite, 

 achenes many in an oblong liead small obtuse or apiculate. Don ProSr. 195 ; 

 Royle lU. 53; H.f. & T. Fl. Ind. 35. E. indicus, Roocb. FL Ind. ii. 657 ; 

 Wall. Gat. 4699. 



River banks in Benoal and Nokthekn India ; marshes of Peshawer ; warm valleys 

 of the Himalaya (unknown south of the Nerbudda). — Distkib. Throughout the North 

 temperate zone. 



Stem 1-3 ft., often stout, fleshy and branched, rarely puberulous above. Leaves 

 with ouneate cut segments, cauline sessile. Flowers \-^ in. diam. Sepals reflexed, 

 nearly equalling the oblong petals. Receptacle oblong, hairy. 



*** Leaves deeply divided. Acheties flattened, with an intramarginal rib. 

 (See 20, muricatus.) 



15. R. diffusus, DC. ; diffuse or prostrate, , hairy, leaves 3-partite. 

 achenes in globose heads dotted, receptacle of fruit small. Don Prowr. 195 ; 

 H.f. & T. Fl. Ind. 36. R napaulensis, DO. Prodr. i. 39. R. trilobatus, 

 Dtm Prodr. 194. R. geranioides, .SZwrne Bijdr. 2. R. hydrocotyloides, Wall. 

 Cat. 4703. R. mollis, Wall. Cat. 4704 ; Don in Royle III. 53. R. obtectus, 

 Wall. Gat. 4705. R. vitifolius, Royle III. 53. R. subpinnatus, W. & A. 

 Prodr. 4; Wight Ic. t. 49 ; H.f. & T. Fl. Ind. 36. 



Temperate Himalaya, from the Chenab to Bhotan, alt. 6-10,000 ft. Higher moun- 

 tains of the Westeen Peninsdla. — Uistrib. Sumatra, Java. 



Perennial, covered with spreading hairs ; nodes at times rooting. Leaves softly 

 hairy, segments cuneate, of lower leaves often stalked. Peduncles 1-flowered, terminal 

 or leaf-opi)Osed. Mowers i-1 in. diam. Sepals hairy. Achenes ovate, compressed, 

 with an intramarginal rib at a variahle distauce from the acute margin ; style short, 

 straight or hooked. — Peninsula specimens have usually larger flowers and more divided 

 leaves. — Near R.repens, L. 



16. R. IsBtus, Wall. Gat. 4702 ; erect, appressedly hairy, leaves 3-partite, 

 achenes in a globose head not dotted, receptacle of fruit oblong glabrous. 

 H.f. dt T. Fl. Ind. 36 {excl. syn. R. riparius, Edgew.) ; Royle 111. 53. R. 

 distans, Royle III 53. R. brevirostris, Edgew. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xx. 28. , 



Temperate Himalaya and Western Tibet. Common on the inner ranges only of 

 SiKKiM. — DiSTRiB. Affghanistan. 



Rootstoeh woody. Stenf X-l ft., usually much branched, many-flowered; hairs 

 white. Radical leaves 2-4 in. diam. ; segments cuneate-obovate, deeply cut ; cauline 

 sessile. Flowers \ in. Ai&ia.. Sepals villous. Achenes many, oval, margined, rather 

 large; style' short, straight, broad at the base. — Closely allied to and perhaps a var. of 

 R. acris, L. 



17. R. pensylvanicus, Linn. ; erect, hirsute, leaves tematisect, achenes 

 in oblong or globose heads, not dotted, receptacle pilose. R. iibrosus, Wall. 

 Cat 4706 : HooJc.f. & T. Fl. Ind. 37. R. chinensis, Bunge ; H.f. & T. Fl. 

 Ind 38 R. riparius, Edcjew. in Trans. Lmn. Soc. xx. 28. Ranunculi, sp. 



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