18 1. BANUNCULACEiE. (H ook. f. & ThoDQS.) 



** Leaves lobed or much divided. Achenes turgid, not margined, com- 

 pressed in 10, GhoBrophyllm (see 7, pulchdlus). 



9. R. liyperboreus,^o<?&.; stem creeping stoloniferous, leaves S^?- 

 lobed o^ capiutceo multifid, flowers smaU solitary, petals scarcely ezceedmg 

 t h p spnflfl s 



Inner regions of the Alpine Himalaya, from Sikkim to Kashmir, and in Westeeh 

 Tibet, alt. 14^17,000 ft.-DisxmB. Arctic and Alpine Northern regions „„:r„^ ,,„,, 



A small glabrous perennial, terrestrial or floating. Leaves orbicular o"^° ]°™>^^ 

 sometimes cuneate, lobed to the middle or base. Sepahreae^ed ■Pet'ikohoy^i^ 

 Achenes in dense heads, ver,. small, oval, beaked by the short style.-Minute specimens 

 without stolons are undistinguishable from M. pygmoeus, Valil. i, * *i, 



Var 1. typicus ; creeping on moist ground, leaves very small 3-lobed to about the 

 middle, base rounded or cuneate, head of achenes smaU. E. hyperboreus, M.f. & 1. 



vA.'2.natans, Kegel; floating, leaves 4-1 in. diam., reniform &-7-lobed, heads of 

 achenes large. E. natans, C. A. Meyer; E. radicans, S.f. <b T. Fl. Jnd. 32 (m 



Vak. 3. radicam; creeping in moist soil, leaves rounded or reniform 5-7-partite, 

 heads of fruit large. E. radicans, C. A. Meyer; H.f. & T. Fl. Ind. 32 (tn part) ; E. 

 radicans a ty pious, Regel. u t> i, •■ 



Var. 4. m'uUifidus; floating, leaves capillaceo-multifid like R. a^atdis. K. i-urblin, 

 Mook. Fl. BoT. Am. E. radicans y multifldus, .HejeZ.— Ladak, Stewart. 



10. R. Chserophyllos, Linn. ; erect, pubescent or villous, leaves ter- 

 nately partite rarely entire, achenes compressed in an oblong head, beak 

 long straight. H.f. & T. Fl. Ind. 33. 



Western Tibet, mountains of Hasora, alt. 12,000 ft., TFinieriotiom.— Disteib. 

 S. Europe, Asia Minor, Persia. 



Eootstock tuberous, with thick fibres. Stem 6-12 in., simple or with 2-4 long 

 1 -flowered branches. Badical leaves rarely oval and entire, usually with 3-partite or 

 variously cut segments, cauline few 3-partite or linear and entire. Flowers 1 in. diam. 

 Sepals spreading. Achenes many, oval. 



11. R. affinis, Br. ; erect or diffuse, hairy, leaves pedately 5-9-lobed, 

 achenes in oblong heads inflated, beak straight. E. csespitosus. Wall. Cat. 

 4701 ; H.f. & T. Fl. Ind. 33. K. pedatifidus, Led. {not Smith), R. dahu- 

 ricus, Turcz. 



Inner ranges of the Tempeeate and Alpine Himalaya, from Sikkim to Balti, alt. 

 11-16,000 ft. ; and in Western Tibet. — Distbib. Temperate and Arctic Asia and 

 America, 



Stems 6-12 in., often many, from a perennial, slender, branched rootstock. Bndicdl 

 leaves reniform, 4-1 in. diam., lobed to the middle or base, lobes oblong or linear; 

 lower cauline with narrower segments, upper entire or 3-5-partite. Flowers ^-| in. 

 diam. Sepals silky. Achenes .small, scarcely compressed. — Hardly different from the 

 Siberian iJ. ameenus, Led. (R. pedatifidiis, Sm.) 



12. R. hirtellus, Jioyle HI. 53 ; erect or decumbent, pubescent, leaves 

 3-pavtite, achenes in an oblong or globose head inflated, style straight or 

 hooked. H.f. & T. Fl. Ind. 34. E. attenuatus, nervosus choorensis and 

 glabratus, Royle III. 53. 



Temperate and snBALPiKE Western Himalaya, ascending to 14,000 ft. (a dwarf 

 large flowered state). 



Rootstock densely fibrous. Stems many, 1-1 J ft., branched, many-flowered (except 

 the alpine forms). Badical leaves 14-2 in. diam., reniform, lateral segments often 

 deeply 2-lobed ; cauline palmately 3-5-partite. Flowers J-| in. diam. Sepals with 

 appressed hairs. Achenes many, glabrous or hairy.— Very variable, and closuly allied 



