2%aHcirum,.] I. ranunculace^. (Hook, f, & Thorns.) 11 



Sdbalpise Himalaya, from Hazavato Sikkim, alt. 10-13,000 ft. 

 ■ Leaves decompound ; leaflets small, sutorbicular, 3-Iobed or -partite ; segments ob- 

 ovate. JPankle sparingly branched ; branches almost racemose. Flowers very small, 

 green-purple. Filaments filiform. Achenes 6-12, shorter than their stalks, obliquely 

 obovate, membranous ; stigma sublateral, incurved. 



2._T. platycarpum, H. f. & T. Fl. Ind. 13; stems 8-18 in., leaves 

 2-3 in. glandular-puberulous beneath, flowers small, anthers long not 

 pointed, achenes short-stalked strongly 3-ribbed on each side. 



Alpine Himalaya and West Tibet, rare; Nubra, H. Strachey; Hundes, Str.S 

 Wint. ; Badrinath and Chur in Garwhal, Falconer. 



Habit and appearance of T. ehgans, but more wiry, branches of panicle longer and 

 more leafy, and segments of leaves sharper. Flowers greenish. Achenes 4-10, gla- 

 brous, broadly obovate, dorsal suture nearly straight.— Probably an alpine state of T. 

 cuUratum. 



3. T. cultratum, Wall. Gat. 3715 ; PI. As. Ear. ii. 26 ; stem 2-4 ft., 

 leaves large, flowers greenish-white, anthers with a long joint, achenes 

 short-stalked 3-ribbed on each side. T. Chelidonii /3, E. f. & T. Fl. 

 Ind. 13. 



TEMrtiHATE Himalaya, from Kashmir to Sikkim, alt. 8-12,000 ft. 



Glabrous, branched. Leaf-sheaths with small auricles ; leaflets i-J in., ohovate- 

 cuneate, membranous, glabrous or slightly pubescent below, obtusely 3-lobed, lobes 

 muoronate, of the upper leaves acute. Panicles lax. Sepals 4 in. Achenes glabrous, 

 4-obovate; dorsal suture straight ; style straight or hooked. 



4. T. Chelidonii, DC. Prodr. i 11 • stem 2-8-flowered, leaves large, 

 flowers large lilac or purple, anthers shortly mucronate, achenes long-stalked 

 membranous reticulate, style incurved. T. Chelidonii y cysticarpum, H.f. 

 & T. Fl. Ind. 14. T. cysticarpum. Wall. Gat. 3714 ; PI. As. Ear. ii. t. 129. 



Temperate Himalaya, alt. 8-12,000 ft. ; from Kulu to Sikkim. 



Usually much-branched. Leaflets of the lower leaves 1 in. diam., orbicular- 

 cordate, 3— 4-crenate or -lobed, glabrous and pale beneath; floral leaflets sharply 

 toothed. Panicle with long rigid branches ; pedicels often 1 in., rigid, tips deflexed, 

 especially in fruit. Flowers 1 in. diam. Sepals elliptic, obtuse. Achenes numerous, 

 as long as their stalk. — Muricated bulbils often occur in the leaf axils ; monstrous 

 states have many or all the achenes enlarged and seedless. 



5. T. renlforme, Wall. Gai. 3716 ; PI. As. Ear. ii. 26 ; glandular when 

 young, stem 3-6 ft., leaves large, flowers small greenish-white, anthers with 

 a long point, achenes long-stalked puberulous 3-ribbed on each side, style 

 straight. T. Chelidonii a reniforme, H.f. <Ss T. Fl. Ind. 13. T. neurocar- 

 pum, Eoyle HI. 51. 



Temperate Himalaya, from Kulij to Sikkim, alt. 8-10,000 ft. 



Usually much-branched. Leaf-sheaths expanding into adnate stipules ; principal 

 divisions with white deciduous stipellie at the base; leaflets I-I4 in. diam., orbicular- 

 cordate, often slightly 3-lobed, pale and softly pubescent beneath, flbral smaller and 

 more sharply toothed. Panicle lax, decompound. Flowers smaller than in the two 

 last, ^-J in. diam. Sepals very deciduous. Achenes 6-8, as long as their stalks, 

 l-obovate, dorsal suture straight. 



6. T. pauciflorum, Eoyle HI. 52 j glabrous, stem 1-2 ft., leaves sub- 

 sesaile 2-ternate, flowers small, anthers shortly pointed, achenes short- 

 stalked, 3-nerved on each side, style straight. H.f, <& T. Fl. Ind. 14. T. 

 secundum and T. macrostigma, Edgem. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xx. 26. 



Western Temperate Himalaya; from Kashmir to Kumaon, alt. 7-13,000 ft. 



