Ranunculus.] i. hanunculaceje. (Hook. f. &, Thoms.) 17 



Higher mouutains of the Western Peninsdla, WigU, &e. 



Bootstock stout, horizontal, densely fibrous. Stem I-14 ft. ; branches few, 1-flowered. , 

 Badical haves 1-3 in., thick, base truncate or cordate, glabrate or sparsely setose; 

 cauline few, narrow, bracteiform. Flowers 1 in. diam. Petals obovate-oblong. Achenes 

 oblong, tumid, in a globose head ; beak straight. ' 



5. R. sa^ittifollus, Hook. Ic. PI. t. 173 ; erect, glabrous above, leaves 

 oblong-cordate or sagittate crenate, petals 5. H. f: & T. Fl. Ind. 30. K 

 hastattis. Walker mss. ex Wight III. i. 5. 



Mountains of Cetlon, above 6000 ft.. Walker, &c. 



Bootstock creeping. Stem erect, with scattered hairs near the base. Badieal leaves 

 long-petioled, base deeply cordate with rounded lobes,; cauline narrow-lanceolate, 

 inciso-dentate or almost pinnatitid. Betals nearly orbicular. Achenes as in B. reni- 

 formis. — Distinguished from B. reniformis chiefly by the few petals ; the leaves are 

 very variable in both. B. javanicus, Bl., is closely allied, but quite glabrous. 



6. R. Cymbalariae, Pn/rsh. Fl. Bor. Am. ii. 392 ; creeping, glabrous, 

 leaves oblong or orbicular 3-5-lobed, or -partite, petals 5-8. H.f. & T. Fl. 

 Ind. 31. 



West Tibet, between 7000 and 17,000 ft., Thomson. Interior of Sikkim, alt. 

 14,000 ft., Hook.f. — DiSTKiB. Persia, Siberia, Arctic and cold temperate N. America, 

 Cordillera of N. and S. America. 



Bootstock with long rooting runners ; stem 0. Leaves J-4 in. diam., base rounded 

 or slightly cordate. Scape erect, leaflets 1-8-flowered ; bracts at the forks, linear. 

 Flowers |-4 in. diam. Sepals spreading or reflexed. Achenes many, small, obovate, 

 compressed, gibbous at the back, sides longitudinally g-ribbed ; beak straight or hooked. 

 •■ — ^Variable in foliage aod form of heads of fruit, and Stolons sometimes absent. 



7. R, pulchellus, C A. Mey. in Led. Fl. Alt. ii. 333 ; erect, glabrous 

 hairy or silky, leaves elliptic oblong entire or 3-7-toothed or lobed, petals 

 5. H.f. <fc T. Fl. Ind. 31. R salsuginosus, Wall. Cat. 4708 [not of Dm). 

 il. flammulaj Don in Royle III. 53 {not of Linn.). K. nephelegenes, Fdgew. 

 m Trans. Lmn. Soc. xx. 28. 



Alpine Himalaya, in the inner ranges from Sikkim westward, and in Westehk 

 Tibet, from 10-18,000 ft. — Distkib. Affghanistan, Siberia, Mongolia. 



Stem 3-12 in., simple or with a few 1-flowered branches. Leaves glabrous or pubes- 

 cent, sometimes palmately lobed ; cauline lanceolate, often entire. Flowers J in. diam. 

 Sepals elliptic, often black-tipped. Petals broadly obovate. Achenes in an oblong 

 head, small, inflated, glabrous ; style nearly straight. — Common and very variable, 

 states with broad deeply cut leaves pass into glabrous achened states of B. pedatifidus. 

 The R. longicaulis, C. A. Meyer, is another variety. 



Vak. 1. typicus ; leaves glabrous or slightly pubescent, 



Vak. 2. sericeus ; leaves densely silky. E. membranaceus, Boyle lU. 53. 



8. R. lobatus, Jacq. ex Camh. in Jacq. Voy. Bot. 5, t. i. B ; decumbent, 

 glabrous, leaves orbicular crenate coriaceous, petals 5. ,H.f. & T. Fl. Ind. 

 31. E. salsuginosus, Don in Boyle III. 63 (not of Wall. Gat.). 



Alpike Himalaya, in the inner ranges, alt. 12-16,000 ft. from Zanskar to Sikkim, 

 and in West Tibet, Jacquemont, &c. 



Bootstock giving off weak decumbent leafy stems 2^3 in., not stoloniferous. Badical 

 leaves J-1 in. diam., long-petioled, rounded or cordate at the base ; cauline similar but 

 shorter petioled, often 3-toothed. Flowers |-| in. diam. Sepals oval. Petals broadly 

 obovate. Achenes in an oval head, slightly compressed, beaked by the long straight 

 style. — ^Distinguished from B. pulcheUus by the diffuse stem, large fleshy cauline 

 leaves and large flower, but intermediates occur. 



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