14 I. HANUNCULACEiE. (Hook. f. & Thoms.) [Thalictrum. 



pointed, achenes large strongly ribbed beak short hooked. Miauel M. 

 Ned Ind i. pt. 2, 5. T. glyphocarpum, W. & A. Prod/r. 2; Wight Ic. t. 48; 

 H.f. & T. Fl. Ind. 16. 



Temperate Himalaya, from Simla to Sikkim, alt. 6-12,000 ft. Khasia hills, alt. 

 5^6000 ft. ; Parusnath in Behae, alt. 4000 ft. ; mountains of the Westekn Peninsula 

 ant) Ceylon.— DisTHiB. Java. . , ^ i. i i a , 



Stem 2-3 ft., erect, glabrous ; roots fibrous. Leaves witbout stipels ; leaflets mem- 

 branous i-| in. diam., membranous, orbicular or oval, obtusely 3-7-toothe(J at the tip, 

 base rounded or cordate, more or less glaucous beneath. Panicle branched. Flowers 

 often clustered at the ends of the branches, small, white. Achenes 8-15, large, 

 oblong. 



17. T. follolosum, DC. Syst. i. 176; tall, leaves pinnately decom- 

 pound, sheaths auricled, filaments filiform, anthers beaked, achenes few 

 acute at both ends sharply ribbed. Bon Prodr. 192; WaU. Cat. 3711; 

 Eoyle m. 51 ■,B..f.& T. Fl. Ind. 16. 



Temperate Himalaya, alt. 5-8000 ft. Khasia hills, alt. 4-6000 ft. 



Stem 4-8 ft., glabrous. Leaves veiy much divided, without stipels ; leaflets J-J in., 

 rarely 1 in., orbicular. Panicle much branched ; bracts small. Flowers polygamous, 

 white pale green or dingy purple. Achenes usually 2-5, small, oblong. 



18. T. minus, L. ; DC. Prodr. i. 13;. tall, leaves decompoundly pinnate 

 exstiptdate, filaments filiform, anthers elongate apiculate, achenes tapering 

 at both ends ribbed tipped by the oblong oblique style. H. f. & T. Fl. ■ 

 Ind. 16. 



Inner valleys of the Tempekate Himalaya, and in West Tibet, alt. 9-12,000 ft. — 

 DisTEiB. Europe, N. Asia, Abyssinia, S. Africa. 



iSiem 2-4 ft., erect. Leaves sheathing, principal divisions with or without stipels: 

 leaflets very variable, orbicular oval or oblong, 3-lobed; lobes crenate or toothed. 

 Panicle much branched, leafless or nearly so. Flowers dingy purple. Achenes 5-8, 

 oblong. — We have again compared extensive suites of European, N. Asiatic, and Indian 

 specimens, with the aid of Hegel's monograph, and find no reason for modifying the 

 views expressed in Flora Indica, that all our Indian forms are referable to one species 

 which is very variable in foliage, but constant in flowers. — The most prominent Indian 

 varieties are : — 



Vae. 1. mdgaTe ; glabrous, leaflets small J-J in. T. minus, Boiss. Fl. Orient. 

 i. 8. — The common European form, less common in Tibet than the following. 



Vae. 2. fatidum (»p. L.) ; glandular-pubescent especially on the leaves beneath, 

 leaflets as in mdgare. T. minus /3 glandiilosum, Koch. T. vaginatum, BoylelU. 52. 



Vae. 3. majus (sp. Jacq.); glabrous, .often glaucous; leaflets 1 in., achenes rather 

 shorter and broader than in the common form. T. ^emense. Fries. T. Maxwellii, 

 Soyle JU. 52. — Kunawer, Boyle, &c. Kafiristan, Griffith. — Indian specimens have 

 acutely 3-lobed leaflets, exactly agreeing with T. Kememe, Fr. In foliage it often 

 closely resembles T.fiavwm. 



5. CAXiXiXANTHEMTTja, C. A. Meyer. 



A stemless perennial. Leaves all radical, 2-pinnate or decompound, 

 Scapes l-flowered. Sepals 5, deciduous. Petals 5-15, with a nectariferous 

 pit on the claw. Stamens numerous. Carpels many ; style short ; ovule 1; 

 pendulous. Fruit of many subglobose achenes tipped by the short style.— 

 DiSTEiB. Two species, a European and Siberian, and the following :— 



1. C. cachemirianum, Camh. in J acq. Voy. Bat. 5, t. 3 C pimpinel- 

 loides, H.f. & T. Fl. Ind. 26. Ranunculus pimpineUoides, Don in Hoyle 



