1 I. BANUNCULACEiB. (Hoofc, f. & ThopflS,) 1§ 



AwjKE Himalaya ^pd Wijst Tibht, alt, 10-17,000 ft. — Di^trib. Noith Alpine saxi 

 Arqtio regions. 



A slender, tufted, glatrous perennial. Stem 3-6 in. Leaflets small, rounded, 3-lobed 

 or almost 3-partite, glaucous beneath. Saapes simple, rarely forked ; pedicels short, 

 leflexed in fruit ; tiracteoles oblong, obtuse, membranous. I'bweps greenish. Anthers 

 beaked. Aokenea kw.-^The length of thS' stalk of thsaohene varies in both European- 

 and Indian specimens. 



12. T. Fotundifolium, DC. Spst. i. 185 : leases simple, stipiUes free, 

 filaments filiform, achenes with a straight beak hooked at the tip. Dnrt 

 Fpodr. 193; Wall. Cat. 2713 ; PL As. Bar. t. 264 ; H.f. & T. Fl. Ind. 19. 



NiPAL, Hamilton, Wallich. _ _ ' 



Stem et?et,, 1 ft,; roots fibrous. Zeanes long-petioled, 2-3 in. diam., orbicular or 

 reniform, ■with many shallow toothed lobes, membraaous, much reticulate, scabrous on 

 bqth surfacfts ; stipules oblong. Fanicle few-flowered. Aehenes immature.: 



13. T. Dalzellii, Hook. Ic. Fl. t. 866 ; leaves S-foliola/fce rarely a-teruate^ 

 stipules free, panicle subsimple, filatraenta clavate, achenea with a long 

 straight beak hooked at, thje tip., M.f. & T. Fl. Ind. 10;: Dah. dc. Gibs. 

 Bombay Flora, 2. 



Mountains of the Westers PENiHsriLA ; Harrichandei!, Daksett ; Bababuden hills in 

 Malabar, Lg^. 



Stem erect, 1 ft. Leaves slightly sheathing at the base ; leaflets 1^-2 in. diam., 

 reniform, deeply cordate, 7-9-lobed, lobes crenate or toothed ; stipules oblong. Fanicli 

 small, brancheafew. Mowers white, fascicled at the '^idsi of the bcainehes. Achenes 

 many, sessile, ribbed. 



14. T. Funduanum, Wall. Cat. 3712; Fl. As. Bar. ii. 26; leaver 

 2-temate, sheaths auricled, panicle much branched, filaments filiform, 

 a,chenes many small ribbed, beak long straight hpoked at the tip. H,f. da T. 

 Fl. Ind. 18. 



Temperate Westerk Himalaya; wet rocks of Garwhal and Kumaon, alt., 4500--. 

 7000 ft. Khasia hills, rocks near Ohurra, alt. 3-4000 ft. 



Stem 2 ft., erect. Leaves long-petioled, upper 3-foUolate,; leaflets 1-2 in. diam., 

 orbicular or OTal. base.cgrdat* or truncate, 5-lobed, crenate, glancous, or tomentose be- 

 neath, lateral oblique ; stipels 0. Parade nearly leafless. Flowers white. Aeheaiet 

 sessile or stalked, beak neai-ly their own length.— Two •well-marked rarieties. 



Var. 1. glaucum; leaves membranous, glabrous and glauoous beneath, achenes 

 sessile glabrous. — W. Himalaya and Khasia. 



Vak. 2. glandvlospm; leaves coriaceous viacidly pubescent beneath, achenes mora 

 or less stalked glandplar-hairy.— Khasia, with, the former. 



tt Leaves temateh/ orpinnatdy deeo'rrxpound. 



15. T. santeulaeforme, DG. Frodr. i. 12; small, leaf subsdlitary, 3-4- 

 ternate, stipules almost free, filaments filiform, anthers short mucronate, 

 achenes many small ribbed with a long straight beak hooked at the tip. 

 H.f. & T. Fl. Ind. 15. T. radiatum, Royle III. 52, 



Temperate Himalaya; on wet rpcks and tree trunks^ from Simla and Kunawer 

 to Sikkim (alt. 8000 ft.). , , „■ . 



Erect, 6-12 in., wiry, glabrous ; root fibrous. Sadical leaf often equalling the pa* 

 mole, long-petioled, stem leaves few ; leaflets J-l in., orbicular or oval, base cuneatej 

 membranous, glaucous beneath, 3-Iobed or vpartite, lobes rounded or mucronate^ 

 Flowers- small, white. Achenes sessile, oblong, as long as their beak.-'Omitted ia 

 Wallioh's Catalogue, but distributed by him. 



16. T. Javanicumj Blwme Bijd. 2 ; tall, leaves ternately decompound, 

 stipules adnate membranous fimbriate, filaments club-shaped, anthers not 



